1955), a former flight dispatcher and flight attendant, respectively, who in 1987 founded Party Pieces, a privately held mail order company that sells party supplies and decorations with an estimated worth of £30 million, though accounts show that the company has lost £1.068 million since its inception. 1949) and his wife, Carole ( née Goldsmith b. She is the eldest of three children born to Michael Middleton (b. She was baptised at St Andrew's Bradfield, a local parish church, on 20 June 1982.
She holds patronage within over 20 charitable and military organisations, including Action for Children, SportsAid, and the National Portrait Gallery. Since her marriage, the Duchess has undertaken royal duties and engagements in support of the Queen. The couple's children- Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis of Cambridge-are third, fourth, and fifth in the line of succession to the British throne, respectively. They married on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey. She held jobs in retail and marketing and pursued charity work before their engagement was announced in November 2010. She was educated at St Andrew's School and Marlborough College before studying art history at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, where she met William in 2001. Her husband, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, is second in the line of succession to the British throne, making Catherine a likely future queen consort.īorn in Reading, Middleton grew up in Bucklebury, Berkshire. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, GCVO (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton 9 January 1982, and popularly known as Kate Middleton) is a member of the British royal family.