Press target Kate’s mom

LONDON – Kate Middleton’s mother may have been a cause of the split with Prince William, British newspapers speculated yesterday as they dissected the end of the highest profile royal romance since Charles and Diana.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s warning that most of the stories written about the demise of the relationship would be ‘complete nonsense’ did nothing to moderate press fascination with the prince’s split from his long-time girlfriend. Various newspapers reported that multiple social faux pas committed by Middleton’s mother, Carole, did nothing to endear her to the future king’s friends and family.Carole and her husband Michael are self-made millionaires having built up a children’s party paraphernalia business, and the reports suggested William’s inner circle did not believe her to be sufficiently upper class.The Daily Telegraph reported that Carole Middleton’s use of the word ‘toilet’ rather than ‘lavatory’, and the phrase ‘pleased to meet you’ rather than ‘how do you do?’ rubbed William’s associates the wrong way.According to the paper, they would derisively whisper ‘doors to manual’ when Kate Middleton, 25, arrived, a veiled jibe at her mother being a former flight attendant.An unidentified royal insider told the Daily Mirror tabloid that ‘anyone who knows William knows he’s a strong-minded character who’s quite capable of making up his own mind’.Nampa-AFPVarious newspapers reported that multiple social faux pas committed by Middleton’s mother, Carole, did nothing to endear her to the future king’s friends and family.Carole and her husband Michael are self-made millionaires having built up a children’s party paraphernalia business, and the reports suggested William’s inner circle did not believe her to be sufficiently upper class.The Daily Telegraph reported that Carole Middleton’s use of the word ‘toilet’ rather than ‘lavatory’, and the phrase ‘pleased to meet you’ rather than ‘how do you do?’ rubbed William’s associates the wrong way.According to the paper, they would derisively whisper ‘doors to manual’ when Kate Middleton, 25, arrived, a veiled jibe at her mother being a former flight attendant.An unidentified royal insider told the Daily Mirror tabloid that ‘anyone who knows William knows he’s a strong-minded character who’s quite capable of making up his own mind’.Nampa-AFP