Here's How Much Kate Middleton's Family Is Really Worth

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

So, how did Party Pieces come to be? According to the official website, Carole Middleton launched the company after she'd been planning her daughter's birthday party (without specifying if it was for Kate or Pippa Middleton) and saw "a gap in the market for time-pressed parents." It also offered a creative way for her to earn income while home with her children. "I decided to take myself off to the Spring Fair in Birmingham where I found a good selection of suppliers," she said on her website. "From there the idea evolved. I produced a little flyer which I circulated in local playgroups and very soon I was using our garden shed as a picking/packing room and office."

The company prides itself on quick orders, last-minute planning, and festive decor for any event worth celebrating. Party Pieces blew up, and in 2013, Hello! reported it was estimated to be worth $40 million. As the company grew, Carole and Michael Middleton invested in real estate, even buying an apartment in Chelsea, London, that their adult children lived in, according to The Telegraph. So where does this leave Carole and Michael? Well, according to Town & Country, their net worth reportedly sits at $67 million.

Business acumen clearly runs in the family. According to the Daily Mail, Carole's brother, Gary Goldsmith, is also a multi-millionaire thanks to his own business, an IT recruitment firm. So clearly, there's money around. But how did Carole and Michael use their fortune to get Kate close to Prince William?

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