At this point, everybody involved with the Middleton family is now completely famous. Kate’s sister Pippa has had her cute booty flashed all over the internet, and now it’s The Forgotten Middleton’s turn. The Forgotten Middleton is James Middleton, the youngest Middleton sibling. He’s 23 years old, and you may remember his halting, askew-tie’d performance at the wedding:

Yeah, his accent is lovely, but he seems a bit “off”. Also, he makes cakes. That’s his job. Cake-maker. He actually formulates cake mixes to sell in conjunction with his parents’ Party Pieces company, but he makes little cakes all by himself too.

Anyway, I’ve always kind of thought James was probably the Middleton sibling who was least interested in leveraging any kind of royal connection. He seems a bit rowdy, a bit fun, a bit of a drunken hooligan. The tabloids got photos of him drunkenly taking a piss outside of a pub once. That was one of his big scandals, along with some hilarious photos taken several years ago, photos that made the rounds in Britain and have now washed up on our shores, like a shiny, new, naked penny. You can see the NSFW photos here at Fleshbot – BEWARE, that site is extremely NSFW!! It’s worth having a glance through the photos, though. Especially the one where’s blow-drying his dong. Oh, and the one where he’s wearing a French maid’s uniform. And the one where he’s sitting naked by a fireplace in the middle of the day. Hell, all of them are worth it.

So, all of the photos have re-emerged, and now Us Weekly has an official story about it:

Queen Elizabeth would not approve! James Middleton, Duchess Catherine’s handsome younger brother who read from the Bible at her Friday wedding to Prince William in Westminster Abbey, has a scandal on his hands — and other places too.

Semi-nude pics of James, 23, have resurfaced online following his sister’s historic nuptials. A slew of candid snapshots, reportedly taken some time ago, show James joking around with pals: revealing his bare torso and reaching into his boxer shorts; showing off his bare backside; sitting nude and cross-legged, covering up his genitals; wearing a French maid’s uniform, and simulating gay sex with a buddy.

The semi-nude and maid pics of James made headlines in the British press before, and James has often called himself the “wild child” sibling of Catherine, 29, and Pippa, 27.

“James is just a typical lad who likes to mess around with his friends and do silly things for laughs,” a source explains to Us Weekly. “These photos were not for the public, they were on his private Facebook profile and someone managed to get in and take them. He’d rather they weren’t out there.”

Plus, the insider points out, “most of the photos were from his first year at university. Just a teenager. You know how it gets, a lot of silly parties and a lot of alcohol. He’s grown up a lot since then and would never behave like this now. He’s a good guy. Party days are well behind him.”

Indeed, although James dropped out of university after one year at age 20, he’s certainly no gaddabout: He’s now a successful entrepreneur who runs his own upscale bakery, the Cake Kit Company, which provided customized treats for the guests at Catherine and William’s evening wedding reception at Buckingham Palace.

[From Us Weekly]

Yeah, my first reaction seeing the photos was the sudden realization that there are very similar photos of me floating around out there, doing similarly stupid, drunken crap in my college years. Did I ever get photographed blow-drying my biscuits? No. But I was photographed performing fake-fellatio on a pepper mill. And various male friends. I think there’s even video of me doing vodka shots and talking smack about Jean-Paul Sartre. For real, it got wild!

But do these photos really rise to some kind of Royal Scandal DefCon 5 situation? Meh. After all, there are now just-released photos of Pippa dancing around drunkenly in her bra too (see it here at People Mag). Here’s the universal truth: drunk kids get photographed doing dumb stuff in college (and beyond).

Oh, and what are the thoughts about James Middleton being gay…? He kind of beeps on my gaydar, but English boys are so difficult to read. It’s the accent. And the fact that his dong needs a blow-out.

Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.