Prince William‘s mother-in-law, Carole Middleton, has been hit with a deluge of negative press in the past few days.
Carole and her husband, Michael Middleton, recently sold Party Pieces. The couple was paid only £180,000 ($227,008) for their party paraphernalia business, which was initially valued at several millions of pounds.
The sale of the company left Kate Middleton‘s parents in a humiliating situation. The business people now owe creditors £2.6 million ($3.27 million) and are unable to repay it.
Carole Middleton and Michael Middleton’s names have been dragged in the mud by angry and distraught creditors, banks, and companies who cannot get their money back.
Sultani Gas, a company that supplied Party Pieces with helium, slammed the couple in a statement that dragged Prince William and the monarchy into the drama.
A spokesman said: “What hurt me the most was that I trusted her as the mother-in-law of the future king — and she just betrayed me. It is absolutely unacceptable.”
A close friend of Carole Middleton told the Daily Mail‘s Richard Eden that she is devastated over the situation. The person went on to reveal that the businesswoman worked in vain to solve the matter.
The source shared: “Carole is understandably upset and deeply disappointed in this situation. Over the past five months, she really has done her best to find a buyer who not only would take the business forward but would also honor any outstanding debts.”
The family friend went on to say: “Carole believes in accountability and accepts she had been a little naïve to step back and trust someone else to run the business she had spent decades nurturing, and it’s been desperately sad to see the company sold off in this way.”
Discreetly, Kate Middleton’s mother threw the new management team under the bus. The pal shared: “The truth is Carole had stepped back from the business over three years ago, trusting the day-to-day running to a new management team. Sadly, the business took a turn for the worse, and by the time she realized it, it was just too late.”
The vast amount of details leaked about the disastrous state of affairs of the Middletons startedd chatters claiming that a senior royal, who is not a big fan of Princess Kate, has been pushing the humiliating stories.
Many are baffled that Prince William has not discreetly intervened to help or do some damage control to save his wife and in-laws’ reputations.
In the past, Prince William made it clear that he profoundly appreciates his mother and father-in-law. Andrew Morton, a royal author, revealed in a documentary that Prince William, whose parents’ marriage fell apart when he was relatively young, saw the Middletons as the ideal family.
He said: “For a kid from a broken home which is, after all, what William is, he has always yearned towards the stable and towards the steady. It’s not just Kate he’s in love with — it’s the family.”
Journalist Richard Kay added: “Everything about William you can trace back to what happened to his parents. He lived through the bitter breakup of their marriage. He knows that what happened to them destroyed their marriage, and he is very careful not to make the same mistakes.”
Many are looking at King Charles III for opting not to give the parents of his daughter-in-law a helping hand.
I wonder if the not so loyal royal comes from over the pond ‘with the nose that shows her true colour even after all the skin whitening you can never change green’ oh sorry that’s eveny but as for the story I maybe stupid but what has it got to do with Kate and william they maybe her parents and his in-laws but that’s about it they wern’t running the business carole middleton was full stop