How 'driving force' Carole Middleton stepped into the breach in daughter ... trends now
FROM the moment that Prince William began dating Kate Middleton two decades ago, he made it clear that his relationship with his in-laws was non-negotiable.
Since then, the close-knit Middleton family has been integrated into the fold of the Royal family and invited to key events such as Royal Ascot, the late Queen’s Diamond and Platinum Jubilees and the King’s Coronation.
Now Kate’s mother Carole has become ‘the driving force’ as the family helps care for the Prince and Princess of Wales in the wake of Catherine's cancer diagnosis - stepping into the breach to help look after George, ten, Charlotte, eight, and Louis, six.
Proud mother Carole Middleton with her daughter, Kate, at Royal Ascot in 2017
A still image from Kate's moving video message, in which she disclosed that she was undergoing chemotherapy
Carole, right, watching over her grandson, Prince George, at the King's Cup Regatta in Cowes in 2019
Carole is always in the background, quietly helping her daughter bring up her family. Here, they are pictured at Cowes in 2019
Carole, right, smiles at Prince George as they attend the Christening of Princess Charlotte in 2015
Carole, 69, lives with husband Michael, in a £4.7 million manor house in the village of Bucklebury, which is 32 miles from Adelaide Cottage, the Wales’ home in Windsor Home
