The Day Will and Kate Got Married: The Middletons are working class and a wild trip to Ibiza

The words 'humble' and 'working-class' have already been used about eleven million times. It's like Stephen Donnelly saying 'ramping up' on RTÉ Radio 1
The Day Will and Kate Got Married: The Middletons are working class and a wild trip to Ibiza

Over two billion people tuned in to watch Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, kiss on the balcony of Buckingham on April 29, 2011. Picture: John Stillwell/AFP via Getty Images

“It’s a fairy tale beyond fairy tales. We come from really humble stock. My father was a painter and decorator, mum was an accounts clerk and their eldest granddaughter was at Westminster Abbey about to marry the future king of this country.”

Kate Middleton's uncle is talking about what it was like to watch his niece get married to the man who will take the throne of England. 

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