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What Is Princess Kate Middleton Really Like? Brother James Tells Us All


Princess Kate’s brother, James Middleton, and royal experts weigh in on her life behind-the-scenes in the latest Us Weekly cover story

In November 2010, the day before her engagement to Prince William was announced, Princess Kate Middleton sat in a corner at The Old Boot pub near her childhood home in Bucklebury with her sister, Pippa, and her brother, James. As a child, she was a Girl Scout who enjoyed going on field trips and earning badges, writes Catherine, thePrincess of Wales: A Biography of the Future Queen author Robert Jobson. A former boss at one of Kate’s first jobs (she was an assistant buyer at the clothing brand Jigsaw in 2006) says the future queen was “down-to-earth and unpretentious,” adding, “She sat in the kitchen at lunchtime and chatted with everyone from the van drivers to the accounts girls.

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