Kate Middleton’s Family Guide: Get to Know Her Parents, Siblings and More

Princess Kate Middleton’s family were thrust into the spotlight following her 2011 nuptials to Prince William.

The Princess of Wales’ parents, Michael and Carole Middleton, her sister, Pippa Middleton, and her brother, James Middleton, were among many guests at the royal wedding. Pippa, for her part, called the attention surrounding her role as maid of honor “completely unexpected” in a 2014 interview with Today.

"You know, I think the plan was not really for it to be a significant dress. Really just to sort of blend in with the train,” she said of her now-famous swoop-neck bridesmaid dress. “I suppose [the reaction was] flattering. ... It's actually still in my wardrobe at home. I haven't worn it since."

Carole, for her part, previously opened up about her experience being a grandmother to William and Kate’s royal children: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.

"If I'm doing planting with my grandchildren, I like to have it all laid out at 'activity stations' with their own little trowel and pot so they can get started immediately," she told the U.K.'s Saga magazine in April 2021. "It's no good calling children over to an activity, only for you then to have to fuss about looking for the right equipment and clearing a space. They'll soon lose interest and slope off."

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