{"id":1797,"date":"2026-05-12T13:30:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/queen-camilla-objected-to-prince-william-marrying-common-kate-middleton-author\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T13:30:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T13:30:52","slug":"queen-camilla-objected-to-prince-william-marrying-common-kate-middleton-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/queen-camilla-objected-to-prince-william-marrying-common-kate-middleton-author\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Camilla &#8216;objected&#8217; to Prince William marrying &#8216;common&#8217; Kate Middleton: author"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/Untitled-2-copy-51.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Queen Camilla used to be one of Kate Middleton\u2019s \u201cfiercest critics\u201d \u2014 and \u201cdid object\u201d to her marrying Prince William.<\/p>\n<p>King Charles\u2019 wife believed the now-Princess of Wales, 44, was \u201ctoo common\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/video\/relive-kate-middleton-amp-prince-williams-fairytale-wedding-for-their-14th-anniversary\/\">wed William<\/a> in 2011, according to <a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"1668086972\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FKate-Courage-Grace-Power-Woman%2Fdp%2F1668086972%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2Froyal-family%2Fqueen-camilla-objected-to-prince-william-marrying-common-kate-middleton-author%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">Christopher Andersen\u2019s \u201cKate!\u201d biography<\/a>, out last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe did not think she was up to snuff, as it were,\u201d the new book reads. \u201cShe was below the salt. She had no aristocratic blood.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Queen Camilla allegedly \u201cdid object\u201d to Kate Middleton (pictured above in November 2011) becoming Prince William\u2019s wife. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Christopher Andersen dubbed Camilla one of the \u201cfiercest critics\u201d of the Princess of Wales in his new \u201cKate!\u201d biography.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>He claimed Camilla \u201calways saw herself as the mistress of a king, not a queen\u201d and \u201cpicked [Princess] Diana to be Charles\u2019 bride\u201d in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson noted that \u201cthe palace didn\u2019t really want\u201d Middleton, whom William, 43, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/prince-william-and-kate-middletons-relationship-timeline\/\">met attending the University of St Andrews<\/a> in Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople like Camilla didn\u2019t want her because they felt that she was too common to be the wife of a future king,\u201d the biographer wrote, alleging the 78-year-old \u201cdid object\u201d to her daughter-in-law\u2019s \u201cworking-class roots.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Camilla reportedly believed Middleton (pictured above in June 2008) was \u201ctoo common\u201d and \u201cnot up to snuff.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Camilla (pictured above in June 2011) reportedly wanted her son-in-law to wed someone with \u201caristocratic blood.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Middleton\u2019s parents, Carole Middleton and Michael Middleton, are former British Airways employees who founded a successful party supply business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Camilla] was very cognizant of the fact that a future king of England should have, she believed, a marriage to a royal personage, or at least a British aristocrat,\u201d Anderson wrote \u2014 not \u201ca descendant of coal miners whose mother had grown up in public housing and once worked as a flight attendant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Camilla\u2019s thoughts on Kate\u2019s mom, 71, she allegedly believed Carole to be a \u201cgauche opportunist\u201d and \u201cknew a schemer when she saw one.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>William and Kate (pictured above in February 2007) met in college and got engaged in 2010. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The couple tied the knot in April 2011. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kate and William <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2010\/11\/16\/prince-william-and-kate-middleton\/#1\">got engaged<\/a> in October 2010 and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2011\/04\/29\/history-is-made-kate-william-are-married\/\">tied the knot<\/a> in April of the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2011\/04\/30\/william-and-kates-official-photos-released\/\">2011 nuptials<\/a>, Camilla and Charles, 77, reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/royal-family\/how-king-charles-queen-camilla-offended-kate-middleton-on-eve-of-prince-william-wedding\/\">\u201coffended\u201d the bride<\/a> by requesting she change the letter of her first name, Catherine, from a C to a K.<\/p>\n<p>They believed another C <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royal.uk\/his-majesty-kings-cypher\">royal cypher<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 a personalized monogram or emblem representing a royal family member \u2014 would be \u201coverkill,\u201d Anderson wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>They have since welcomed three children (pictured above in December 2024). <span class=\"credit\">Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>While Camilla (pictured above in December 2023) was allegedly often \u201csniping\u201d at Middleton during the couple\u2019s early days, the princess \u201cnever put a foot wrong.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When William was left allegedly \u201cfuming\u201d over the \u201cinsult,\u201d the subject was dropped.<\/p>\n<p>The author claimed Kate and William\u2019s early days included \u201ca lot of sniping from the sidelines, much of it coming from Camilla\u2019s camp\u201d \u2014 but the princess \u201cnever put a foot wrong.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Kate and the Prince of Wales have since <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/article\/prince-william-kate-middleton-kids\/\">welcomed three children<\/a> \u2014 Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 11, and Prince Louis, 8.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/12\/royal-family\/queen-camilla-objected-to-prince-william-marrying-common-kate-middleton-author\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Camilla used to be one of Kate Middleton\u2019s \u201cfiercest critics\u201d \u2014 and \u201cdid 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