Princess Catherine’s mother, Carole Middleton, has been the subject of some unflattering headlines over the years.

“Carole got some very unfair criticism for chewing gum in public.

In fact, it was Nicorette because she’d given up smoking,” Joseph said.

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But how true are these claims really?

“Carole set things up, and Kate took it the rest of the way,” he wrote.

There were also whispers that Queen Elizabeth II was more fond of Princess Catherine than she was of Carole.

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“Recuperate on holiday with your ex’s other former girlfriends.

He will admire your lack of jealousy and feel paranoid about what it is you could be talking about.

Revise your views on press intrusion.

Carole Middleton looking delighted

Get yourself photographed doing all of the above as often as possible,” Carole reportedly told her daughter.

William apparently got busy planning a proposal after that.

“I couldn’t handle it,” a former senior manager at Party Pieces told the Daily Mail.

Carole Middleton smiling

They kept promising me pay rises, but it was all take, never give."

Staff also complained that they weren’t given paid time off to doctor or dentist appointments.

“Carole is understandably upset and deeply disappointed in this situation.

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