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<\/p>\nMICHAEL and Carole Middleton became household names for being the parents of the Duchess of Cambridge.<\/p>\n
They are also business owners and are parents to their\u00a0younger children Pippa and James.<\/p>\n
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Michael Middleton was born in 1949 to a wealthy family with ties to aristocracy and went to the prestigious Clifton College in Bristol.<\/p>\n
His wife Carole Goldsmith, was born in London in 1955 to a relatively normal family and grew up in Southall.<\/p>\n
The couple met when working as cabin crew for British Airways.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The pair went on to tie the knot in 1980.<\/p>\n They said their wedding vows at the Church of St James in Dorney, Buckinghamshire.<\/p>\n Michael and Carole welcomed their first child Catherine, known as Kate, in 1982.<\/p>\n Philippa, known as Pippa, followed a year later and in 1987 they completed their family when son James was born.<\/p>\n Michael and Carole are the proud grandparents to second in line to the throne Prince George, his sister Princess Charlotte, and Prince William and Princess Kate\u2019s third child, Louis.<\/span><\/p>\n They also have three more grandchildren through second daughter Pippa, who is married to hedge-fund manager, and brother of Made in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews, James Matthews.<\/span><\/p>\n James and Pippa share two daughters, Grace and Rose, and one son called Arthur.<\/span><\/p>\n Michael and Carole's son James Middleton married French financial analyst Aliz\u00e9e Thevenet on September 11, 2021.<\/p>\n In 1987 the Middletons launched their business Party Pieces, after Carole realised she could make money from creating party bags.<\/p>\n After growing the firm into a multi-million pound business,\u00a0Party Pieces\u00a0was badly hit by the\u00a0pandemic and\u00a0Covid restrictions and in April 2023 the company called in advisers at restructuring firm Interpath to raise fresh funds for the business.<\/p>\n In May 2023 the business was sold in a pre-package deal to Essex-based entrepreneur James Sinclair.<\/p>\n Michael and Carole's Party Pieces business turned the couple into self-made millionaires.<\/p>\n At the time of Kate's wedding to Prince William in 2011 the business was estimated to be worth \u00a330million, reports DailyMail.com.<\/p>\n Michael's date of birth is June 23, 1949, and Carole was born on January 31, 1955.<\/p>\n Michael turned 73 in June 2022, while Carole turned 68 in January 2023.<\/p>\n This means Michael is just one year younger than daughter Kate's father-in-law King Charles, who was born on November 14, 1948.<\/p>\n Charles' wife, Queen Camilla, is a year older than her husband, and turned 75 in July 2022.<\/p>\n Camilla's date of birth is July 17, 1947.<\/p>\n The Middletons have lived in a \u00a35million mansion in Bucklebury dubbed Bucklebury Manor since 2013.<\/p>\n The grade-II listed Georgian property boasts seven bedrooms, five reception rooms – including a drawing room and library – and 18 acres of land complete with a tennis court and outdoor swimming pool.<\/p>\n Traditional log fireplaces, a kitchen with a large wooden dining table, and a conservatory with enormous floor-to-ceiling windows have previously been shown in pictures shared from inside the house.<\/p>\n The short answer is, no, Michael and Carol do not have royal titles.<\/p>\n This is because they are not part of the Royal Family.<\/p>\n Their daughter Kate married into the family which is why it is only her and her children that have royal titles.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/crop-22269717.jpg\")
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