Prince William was out and about last night in London, which makes me wonder again how his job at the East Anglia Air Ambulance is going. It just seems like William might already be over it, which is very interesting. Anyway, William attended the event for his late friend Henry van Straubenzee, who passed away in 2002. William and Harry are active in memorializing their friend, and they are active in raising money for the memorial fund set up in Henry’s name. Last night’s event (a caroling service) raised money for the memorial fund.
What’s somewhat interesting is that Kate did not attend this memorial with her husband. Instead, Carole and Pippa Middleton came out with him, although they did not pose for photos together. You can see some pics of Pippa and Carole here (Niraj Tanna, the Middletons’ favorite pap, got the shots, how shocking). The fact that Kate sent her mother and sister in her place with William reminds me of Kate’s absence from social events over the summer, especially when she canceled her appearance at a friend’s wedding at the last minute and sent Pippa in her place. There’s a lot of talk about how Kate hates most of William’s friends, so I wonder if that’s at play here.
Meanwhile, people finally got the designer ID on Princess Charlotte’s ensemble from the photos released this weekend. Shockingly, Charlotte was not wearing some English-designed baby dress! The dress is by m&h, a Spanish retailer, and it’s believed that Spanish nanny Maria bought the £21 outfit for Charlotte. Um… I mean, it’s sweet that Nanny Maria buys gifts for her charges, but it seems weird to me that the first time we see Charlotte in months, she’s wearing something her nanny bought her. I don’t know. It just seemed odd to me.
Photos courtesy of Kensington Palace, WENN.
The East Air Ambulance thing is a complete joke. I wonder if he is even self-aware enough to realize how he looks compared to Prince Harry or even foreign royals who do more charity work like the Swedes or King Felipe and Queen Letizia.
Flying helicopters is any kid’s fantasy. Flying rescue missions at the butt crack of dawn in a cold dreary climate sounds less fun than attending soirees in London. But I believe he truly thought he wanted to do it.
To paraphrase Seinfeld at the car rental “anyone can want to fly helicopters, the trick is actually showing up for your job.”
ETA – Div, I’m glad to see I wasn’t the only one whose focus went right to that detail of this story.
Exactly. I also believe there’s nothing wrong with reinventions and changing careers, but there’s something ridiculous about Prince William, at an age when most people have settled on a career and who is funded by the tax payers, exploring his job options like a typical 22 to 25 year old.
People comment that William is still young and he needs time to settle into his role. But let’s not forget HRM took the throne at age 26 and had already assumed a good chunk of her father’s duties at least a year before that. Charles was already fully involved as a royal and had set up the Prince’s Trust by the time he reached William’s age. Anne has been President of Save the Children since she was 20.
All the senior royals are doing more than their fair share of the royal duties. The Queen and Prince Phillip are over 90. Charles is taking on more and more of his parents’ duties, Anne is busy as ever, and the Wessexes still pull 200+ engagements a year despite having small children. I don’t think any of them have room to pick up the slack for William.
Just because the baby was photographed in one outfit that happened to be purchased by someone else doesn’t mean it’s the only outfit she has. Maybe Kate just liked that outfit for the photos, because it’s sweet and feminine. I’m extremely confident that Kate buys clothes for her baby. C’mon now, this is the woman who owns 55 versions of the same blue dress, with the only variations being hem length and number of buttons.
This is pretty much what I was going to say – who says Kate doesn’t buy clothes too? Maybe Charlotte likes that outfit the best, so that’s why they used it for the photo? Or maybe she’d just spit up on another one, so they changed it out? Or heck, maybe there were too many buttons in the stuff Kate chose and they reflected off the lens and blinded everyone, so they HAD to use something else? LOL.
I’m no Kate apologist, but just because the nanny got one outfit doesn’t mean she buys them all.
Ha! Omg. Laughing my actual ass off at “maybe there were too many buttons in the stuff Kate chose and they reflected off the lens and blinded everyone” … 😂
Gold, LadyMTL. Pure gold.
Yeah, I found the ‘why isn’t Kate buying Charlotte’s clothes?’ bit a little too nitpicky, if I’m honest. We all know Kate shops like mad.
That was just a bait for comments.
yes Loopy, exactly.
It’s silly that it’s so transparent at this point.
It’s a perfect little Liberty print dress and cute little sweater. Who cares who bought it?
I don’t think it’s being said that Kate doesn’t buy clothes for Charlotte.
I think what’s meant is that the only time we’ve seen Charlotte since the Christening, it’s in a dress that Marie might have bought.
Though I saw someone post a link that includes a photo of Carole in a shop with this seemingly same dress:
https://twitter.com/HRHDuchesskate/status/671057882104913920/photo/1
Perhaps Kate wanted to avoid all talk of her putting the babies into designer clothes. She has to pretend to be thrifty as being a clotheshorse super spender is her current image.
I was thinking something similar. I didn’t care who bought what outfits for my babies, I got photographs taken of them in whatever I thought looked the cutest.
This is bizarre, why would Carole and Pippa be there? Was it an official engagement? What are they doing? And why do the two of them look like they raided Kate’s closet? So many questions.
Ha, I was thinking the same thing about the closet! Looks like Carole is wearing Katie’s ankle boots.
Other commenters are saying Pips and Carole go EvErY year and oh ho-hum nothing to see here… I completely disagree. This is bizarre. The boy died while he was at school. I doubt very much Carole ever met him. Maybe Pippa did, because she’s such a sloaney butterfly, but no not Carole. Which makes this about supporting William. Odd that mother in law is the support system and not wife.
Maybe Kate sent her mother to keep an eye on William so he doesn’t catch the eye of someone else. Yes, I think she’s that paranoid and her mother is the pitbull in their relationship.
Perhaps this is an attempt for Pippa, too, to raise her profile? Is she still dreaming of marrying an aristo? Or is it still some kind of career in an aristocratically acceptable service business?
Was Jecca there?
Well they do go most years (Pippa seems to go every year). And lots of people who attend the concert did not know Henry van Straubenzee. The concert is in aid of a charity – if you want to support the charity, you go to the concert. It is mostly Sloaney types who go (it is held in Chelsea after all), but it is a mix of younger and older people.
Also Pippa and Carole don’t seem to attended this concert WITH William – they arrived separately. They may very well have spent most of the night with Pippa’s friends – that seems to have been what happened in the past with these concerts.
That makes sense but at this point, they cannot possibly think that the story in the media would be any other than “William went with Carole and Pippa. WHY?” if they show up at the same event sans Kate. Really. This way, nobody cares about the charity. If he had gone alone, maybe the event would be the focus but not now. They care so much that they have to go even if it means nobody else cares about the event? I’m not someone who thinks Carole is the evil mastermind of all things, a fame hungry social climber first and foremost, but this simply looks stupid.
Not really true to say that nobody cares about the charity – the concert raises money and that money was raised whether Carole and Pippa attended or not. It is a successful charity and this event is actually private so publicity is not what they are necessarily after. The other people who attended undoubtedly had a good time (it sells out every year) and they too are unfazed by Carole’s being there (even less so Pippa’s being there since she is part of the Chelsea crowd.) The main people who get incensed by their attendance seem to be Daily Mail commentators and some members of various royal Internet forums who see a conspiracy in everything the Middletons do.
It is likely that Pippa and Carole go because they have been in the past, have enjoyed the concert and like being with friends. Carole probably gets a special thrill that so many of the people attending are upper class, but heck – give her that thrill — is it so awful?
Yes, the event itself raises money no matter what. But are you telling me that they wouldn’t love the press William’s attendance gets? Does this charity not accept donations? If so, fine. But to say it’s just some DM readers and internet nuts who pay attention is also not true.
http://www.ibtimes.com/prince-william-enjoys-christmas-carols-laws-carole-pippa-middleton-annual-holiday-2209266
Not just the DM.
If you Google the charity, you will see that it does very well. Check it out on Justgiving.com and Facebook. They really don’t use this annual Carol concert as a publicity gesture – in fact they have pulled back from publicizing it very much. It used to be that you could read about it on the Justgiving and VirginGiving sites, with the names of the people who had obtained tickets (all very much Sloaney types), but now they just say to contact Henry’s mother for tickets. I think the Carol Concert is to raise money – yes – but also to get together with friends and like-minded people. I’ve seen pictures of the crowd hugging each other outside the church and bringing food etc.
No photographers are allowed inside.
William’s attendance did get press from People Magazine and other major media but stock photos were used and much of what was written was not breaking news, rather just background info that could have been gotten from a press kit, the website or People’s archives.
I think it was worth it for an independent pap like Tanna/his employee to show up and snap people as they were walking by, but it was probably not worth it for news service photographers to show up as there was no step and repeat and they were not “invited” via an issuance of a press release about the event. Thus far only The Daily Mail ran pictures of the attendees, and as mentioned above, the other media who covered the event used stock photos.
This does seem like it was a have your cake and eat it too situation because the event did get publicity because of William, Pippa and Carole’s presence, but the organizers did not have to turn the event itself into a media circus in order to get exposure.
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Thomas van Straubenzee and Melissa Percy are divorcing after less than three years of marriage. Maybe there is an extra showing of support from the set this year?
Could be – although it always sells out. There are very few pictures this year so we don’t know who else attended.
Oh oh… an about-to-be single, inner circle victim, er target, er soon-to-be bachelor, still young enough to marry someone like Pippa… Yup. Pippa and the momager better show up…
On the other hand, Kate gets nothing in return for showing up, especially if she knows sis and ma will keep an eye on William. So why bother?
Ooo good, pippa thinks she might be in. Catch Thomas van Straubenzee when he is down and vulnerable. Let Mumma Clairol work her magic !
Right? Just so odd!!! Why would they go at all? Was Pippa friends with the deceased? Was Carole? Seems like they are keeping tabs on him for Kate. I thought the same thing about the wedding Pippa went to.
And that baby looks just like Carole!!! It’s spooky!!!!!
Many of the people there did not know the deceased. The charity raises money for education in Uganda – certainly a good cause. The attendees come from both people who knew Henry and those who did not. They do tend to come from a certain social group to which Pippa belongs.
When Pippa goes to weddings it is because she is invited herself. She does have friends of her own – and sometimes they overlap with William and Kate’s.
According to Hello’s coverage of the Percy/Straubenzee wedding in 2013, which Pippa attended ,”Kate’s sister Pippa Middleton…shared a house with Melissa’s brother George at Edinburgh University.”
s.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2013062213137/thomas-vanstraubenzee-melissa-percy-wedding/
I can’t blame her on that. I don’t think I’d like to hang out with William and Harry’s posh /doùchebags friends either !
But Carole and Pippa will? Isn’t that odd that Kate may have issues with William’s friends but Carole and Pippa are fine with them?
Natalie, I agree. The infamous “doors-to-manual” slight was against Carole, but she doesn’t seem to have a problem with rubbing elbows her detractors. There are plenty of other charities she could actively support. Why pick this one?
Natalie
It’s called getting a photo op. Does Carole have a new line of baby clothes or something else at Party Pieces on the docket? I don’t follow her business endeavours.
Carole is thick skinned !
If my every outfit and weight got constantly scrutinised, i wouldn’t go out either.
Although saying that, I’d never marry someone whose bloodline would put me in that position.
Imo, her past actions have shown that she’s not someone who’s traumatized by being seen, including showing off naked body parts or lying spread eagle at a charity event.
My theory about why she didn’t attend? Because she doesn’t want to? Because she doesn’t like anything to do with William’s friend? Because it’s her way of showing power over his friends? She’s training them that if they want the extra publicity created by her presence, then they should learn to kiss her ass some more? Because she wasn’t feeling well? I dunno.
But I find it odd that William is including Carole and Pippa in events in lieu of Kate’s attendance. He’s really showing that they’re like his right arm or very close family to him, isn’t he. I don’t know of any other in-laws to the royals being this publicly involved.
I think that they might have been invited separately but took the chance to get some free publicly for themselves by tipping Tanna off.
Re: Kate not going, I agree that she’s, to a point, is showing power of his friends but personally i think its because she doesn’t care about them now. She got the ring and now with the kids her position is secure – they have no purpose for her. The pretence is off – it has been said that they have never really liked her and her family and they were tolerated because of the attachment to him. Thou saying that Pips seems more welcome within the set that Kate – so my tin foil hat thinks that Waity and her royal obsession caused problems.
PS did u see the nugget at the end of the DM article where it mentioned the the Midds will be at the RF Xmas lunch like last year. Willy threatened not to come again!
@ Betti
About the RF Xmas lunch, that’s funny considering how they’re so reportedly against such traditions. I feel for the RF if they have to keep kissing William’s ass on everything.
Maybe William didn’t want Kate there.
He really did marry the whole family, didn’t he. As to the EAAA job: William is probably the only one surprised that it doesn’t work out as he imagined it to be.
When one’s childhood is bad finding relief in a new family, especially the one you marry into, is the easiest way out and it is rarely successful in the long run.
Before throwing himself into the ‘loving’ arms of the Middletons he should have waited to get his own identity.
+1
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And CBT.
Of course Kate must buy a ton of clothes for her children.Maybe it was just a sweet gift from the nanny.
Right, and it was a nice gesture to photograph the baby in the outfit bought by the nanny.
When Charlotte left the hospital her bonnet and the blanket she was wrapped in were also made in Spain and gotten through the nanny, I think that it was actually the nanny’s mother who acquired the pieces.
There was a report the yellow bonnet was worn the wrong way but it still was a lovely outfit.
The outfit is a non story. I think it is cute that instead of photographing her in a super expensive, designer outfit, Kate took pics of Charlotte dressed in an affordable dress bought by the nanny. You know the child has a ton of clothes, her mom is a champion shopper after all.
Kate not attending an event is one thing, but why would she delegate her mom and sister instead? Maybe we are reading too much into it, maybe the two Midds just wanted to attend this function because…?
Agree about the dress. Regarding the Midds, Carole has attended this service in the past. Why, I don’t know, but it doesn’t seem odd to me knowing how much she’s hovered around him and Katie since their marriage. Pippa’s association with this family might be through her friendship with the Percy family.
But Kate never goes to this memorial. I don’t think I’ve ever seen pics of her going with William and Harry. And if she did, the whole story would be about her and I’m sure that’s not what William wants since the charity is supposed to be about his friend. I can’t fault her for staying away from this one.
On one hand it must be annoying that she has to stay back from things because of all the attention (weddings, etc.) but then again I think it fits her newly acquired homebuddy attitude. I’ve got 2 kids under 3. I’m much rather stay home and vedge with a glass of wine after getting them to sleep too 🙂
ugh, I just found out that Kate has gone twice, pre-wedding years. I’m not sure if this fuels the fire of “she got the ring, now she doesn’t have to try with his friends anymore” theory.
If so, then good for her. I love when the underdog has the last laugh, even when it’s against me because I never thought William would ever marry Kate.
I just don’t get W&K’s strategy if they’re afraid that too much publicity is bad for a charity. Considering that Kate’s presence might have garnered more clicks and therefore more publicity for this charity, and that’s what charities love, then being against her attendance doesn’t make sense to me.
If she’s attended before the marriage, and won’t afterwards, then it follows a pattern of hers of steadily declining to support William and his friends and giving them added publicity and more press space
^^ Because there isn’t a strategy – its obvs that they are making it up as they go along. Willy thinks he’s some sort of PR genius and backed by the Middletons he thinks he’s playing the press. If he was listening to his Press Secretary things would be different but he isn’t and this is the result.
Kate’s gone at least twice–once as the royal GF & once as fiancé, both times on her own.
Kate’s definitely around, because a friend of mine saw her, Carole and Pippa at the ballet at the Royal Opera House the other evening.
I saw Kate last Friday shopping in a department store. She’s definitely in London.
Her outfit is incredibly cute and I don’t find it odd at all that it is sth affordable purchased by the nanny.
If she would wear some expensive designer baby clothes, people would find that odd as well. She can’t win (Kate, in this case).
Maybe the Nanny dressed Charlotte earlier in the morning and it turned out to be a good time for a photo? Gotta take pictures of babies when they are in the mood
This is what I figure must have happened. I read the other day that the photos were just for family, but Kate thought they were so cute she and William decided to release them.
Okay, Carole and Pippa ALWAYS go to this event, and Kate rarely does. She did right after they got engaged, but I think that’s it? Whereas the Middletons have gone every year
Thank you for this. So I did remember this correctly. I didn’t think I’d seen her pictured at this event.
I would love to get a tour of the Cambridge digs at KP and Anmer. Charlotte’s chair with its blue check upholstery, distressed white painted wood arms and nailhead trim makes me wonder if Kate decorated all of Anmer in French or Swedish country style. If I am right about that, anyone have any theories as to why she did not have the interiors of Anmer, her English country manor home, done in traditional English country style?
Maybe it’s an eclectic interior? Or perhaps she’s not fond of English country?
I think the Middletons love English Country. They love Ben Pentreath’s work, for example and he is all English Country.
I would love to see Kate’s taste in interior decorating. Her Angelsey place was apparently a copy of a John Lewis setup, Apt 1A is the contemporary beige palace, and Anmer seems to be a Gustavian Swedish style.
The picture wasn’t meant to be shared with the public, as I recall from the original news releases. It’s just that Kate was so happy with how the photos turned out that she decided to officially release them. My guess is that had she planned to take photos to release, that Charlotte may have worn something different.
I can see it being this way as well. In any case though, it’s still rather sweet and those pictures are cute.
I have to doubt that these photos were never supposed to be made public. I think that they always thought there might be a chance that they would be made public if they needed to or wanted to for whatever reason.
As with their special private meeting with select members of the press in which they paraded their kids as motivation for his message and William’s rant against the press for showing private moments of the kids but using his own ‘private’ photos to get good publicity for himself, he’s not above using his kids when he wants to.
Bingo.
Yep!
William is looking a little burnt around the eyes. Did he just get back from vacation?
His job with the rescue is a nice front, but I doubt he’s still there even on his part-part-time schedule. The charity got a new helo and new accommodations and William got to play at being a pilot again.
Seems William can’t do right really….gets critism for not doing enough fund raising etc and when he does gets critism for being away from his job. Kate could be ill, tis the season and all!
As for the munchkins outfit, it’s very adorable….I think that’s probably why she’s wearing it for the photos rather than and significance of who gave it her.
Just my opinions.
He can do both: work and charity events. Especially considering how much support staff and domestic staff William has, he should be doing so much more. William only wins if we really lower the bar for him.
I think part of the criticism is based upon William’s press conference on the first day of his co-pilot job in which he basically said that his co-pilot work was what would make him a ‘good guy’ for doing this ‘hero’ job, as if doing RF work wasn’t just as good or effective for anybody, and as if he doesn’t owe anybody anything for all the luxuries and living expenses he gets from his family being royal and doing work through his royal status. Does anybody think he can live on his £40,000-a-year salary he gets as a co-pilot and which was donated specifically just to pay him?
Also, he said that if anybody expects royal duties done, then leave that to his [very elderly] grandparents, that they can keep on working to fulfill any such obligations to the public. This was a public show of his ingratitude for all that he has and his thoughtless attitude towards his family, especially the oldest ones.
There are stories that it’s getting harder for his grandparents to keep doing their jobs and that the other older RF members have been doing their best to pick up the slack to make it easier on the former, yet here’s William saying that it’s none of his business and that he just doesn’t care to pay back through work what he gets from the family business.
I mean, good for him that he shows up from time to time to up his end-of-year work tally, er show concern for his charities, but hey, imo, his appearances have to be met with some skepticism considering his very public stance on doing such work and how lopsided his payback through his very few work events he does is in relation to all that he gets from his non-co-pilot salary.
Anne
On point as usual.
CarrieUK
She’s not sick. She’s been seen shoppings daily for extended periods of time in London.
She doesn’t attend this so there’s hardly a conspiracy.
She’s a capable adult. So, the jump to think of justification before facts are gathered makes litle sense to me.
And William is receiving money for a job he promoted himself heavily on. Where his salary is guaranteed for showing up 2/3 of expected hours, but he has to technically work none. Because such a big deal was made on his salary and that he would donate, but with over a year in has not stated anything of it while his money sits likely collecting interest for him. It’s only because he made so many claims that he’s not following through on that he shot himself in the foot PR-wise. IMO.
He can and does “win”, but you have to ignore this entirely to make the claim he can’t and doesn’t. Ditto with Kate. It’s an empty defense for a case that lacks a solid angle to defend. Just a bunch of what ifs that can’t be supported, but often countered by WK’s own action.
I’m sure Kate takes dozens of photos every day and these happened to be the most adorable so she released them. That outfit is super cute.
Back in the day when a king tired of his consort, her family would put a cousin or relative in his bed so as to keep their influence over him. Such as, Mary and Anne Boleyn.
Just saying.
Bingo, Moon. As I stated above…..
I can fully understand why Kate would not care to attend any events of William’s friends, dead or alive, if any of these people are or were part of that group who use to give her unnecessary hell and think they were better than her back when she was just dating William. But has she ever attended this particular charity in the past? For some reason I can only recall Harry, William, Chelsy, Pippa, Carole, Cressida and the York princesses ever attending. Unless I’m not recalling correctly.
I don’t find it odd for the nanny to buy her charges gifts. Thats rather normal from what I’ve seen. Nannies seem to be like that…all caring and giving and what not. I think it’s also sweet that Kate made it a point to have Charlotte not only wear it but have her wear it while taking pictures that will be featured world-wide. That was a nice gesture as well because I am sure both George and Charlotte are sent gifts from people from all over that they will never get to see, let alone ever wear.
I think the choice of dress was pure chance. It is pretty and it looks good on the babe, so Kate probably went with it.
I don’t think the charity appearance is a big deal. It wasn’t an official royal appearance, just something William does on a personal level. Pips and Ma coming along was probably just a family thing.
The only interesting part of this is speculating when William has time to do his “real” job. Not that I’m sure what his real job is at this point.
The dress bothers me none. Maybe there was a choice prior, but Charlotte drolled on it? Who knows. I think a major point of why this was in the article (beyond click bait) was the price tag. That the items we know the Cambridges to have purchased are insane numbers for outfits that may get 1 wearing at best before outgrown. 21 is reasonable and that’s not a word used often to describe the WK actions.
William’s job. He from Day 1 has had his full salary deposited in his private account. So it will help build interest (if his accountance are worth their salt) and when tax season comes around whatever the taxes on 44k(?) will be paid. Then the difference still sits in his account.
My major complaint is since he opened the door on fully donating it to a charity or several we’ve heard nothing. No word on choices, or when. Then wee got word his personal foundation being set up that has no clear mission past basically attaching in their name. If that gets his private funded donation there’s complete justification for shade. Because if anyone elsee did this there would be heavy shade.
BTW PMK has done just this before so if William does indeed donate to his own foundation i’ll shade anyone who doesn’t shade for blind praise.
Maybe William’s work with the EAAA is part time in the sense that it’s seasonal. Do a bit in the summer and again in late winter, when he’s already at Anmer anyway. Release the pictures and hope most people aren’t paying close attention.
He is still working there. There were photos of one of his “rescues” last week.
He reminds me of an electron. You never know where it is, but when you go to photograph/measure it where it SHOULD be, magically it shows up just in time.
lol!
Sort of off point Nota, but I’m homesick with pneumonia so i’m downloading apps like a fiend. Cell Lab seems fun. It brings back all the frustrating moments in genomics, microbiology, and organic chem.
Nanny Maria also purchased the outfit Charlotte wore when Kate and William showed off their new baby girl outside of the hospital. What Kate Wore tracked down the ID of Charlotte’s clothes and it was also a Spanish designer. I don’t think it’s weird. I’n sure Kate has bought plenty of clothes for her kids. Maria has obviously bonded with them and liked to give them gifts, shows she’s a part of the kids’ lives.
So if people haven’t seen pics of him at work he’s not working anymore? If there are pics of him out on his own he must be having an affair? Or some other conspiracy theory to make them look bad?
Because this is a gossip site?
What’s so odd about a mother picking a cute dress for her daughter to take a picture? Not everything is a politically and ethically correct PR stunt.
Interesting how he can drag himself to this memorial for a friend passed in 2002, but couldn’t manage to pull himself off the ski slopes for a memorial for his own Grandmother and Grand Aunt who died the same year. (the memorial I’m speaking of was in 2012)
I guess you are referring to the Spencers?
William never knew them. The BRF made sure of that.
marjiscott
That’s false.
@Marjiscott. No, the OP was referring to The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. The Queen’s mother and sister. William would have most certainly known them.
Marjiscott: Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. Especially galling since QM left him money.
WH are close to some Spencers, not necessarily Charles’s lot, more to Sarah and Jane’s lot. Though, it’s clear that as with all things, Harry is the one with closer ties to that side of the family than William.
William appears to have put some distance between himself and his blood relations, Spencer and Windsor, since he left for university and adopted the Middletons instead. Connections are still there, but the Middletons seem (or seemed) to be his priority as far as familial relations go.
Wow. (not a good wow).