James Middleton is still promoting his memoir, Meet Ella: The Dog Who Saved My Life. He has received absolutely zero negativity for the book or its promotion. No one in the British or American media has called him a grifter or a scammer peddling a tawdry tell-all. No one has questioned the tackiness of the Princess of Wales’s brother writing about his time at Sandringham with Queen Elizabeth, or his time at Highgrove with King Charles. It’s absolutely bizarre. And now James is even talking about his sister’s health in American interviews:
James Middleton is sharing an update on sister Catherine, the Princess of Wales, following news that she completed her cancer treatment.
James Middleton, the younger brother of the former Kate Middleton who is releasing a new book, “Meet Ella,” briefly spoke about his oldest sister’s health during an exclusive interview with NBC News’ Kelly Cobiella.
“She’s doing OK,” he says during the interview, which aired on TODAY Sept. 26.
He continued, “It’s not for me to share on her behalf, you know, how everything’s going. But she’s getting all the right support and focus that she needs. And like anything, it takes time to process.”
James Middleton’s chat with TODAY took place in the English countryside, where he grew up with his two sisters.
“We’re very lucky to spend time here. It was always my dream to move back,” he shares.
“Catherine and William had both been involved in mental health charities and works of which I got help from. They were a fantastic bridge for the family, for me to be able to translate how I was feeling,” James Middleton shared. He added, “The whole process has brought us closer, in many ways.”
I keep thinking back to how James and Pippa were moving earlier this year – Pippa was lounging around St. Bart’s with her husband and kids, meanwhile James took several ski holidays, all while Kate was “recovering from abdominal surgery” and learning that she has cancer. In fact, James and Pippa’s vacation schedule convinced me, back then, that Kate was fine. I also wonder how close-hold the information was overall – it’s possible that only Carole and Michael knew what was really going on with Kate back then. Oh well. James is staying on Middleton-message, that’s for sure. My guess is that Carole scripted most of this.
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- Carole and James Middleton attending the wedding of Pippa Middleton and James Matthews at St Mark’s Church, Englefield, Berkshire, UK. 20/05/2017.,Image: 513155261, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR SEVEN DAYS- Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon
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- 165290, Pippa Middleton, the sister of Kate, Duchess of Cambridge marries hedge fund manager James Matthews in a ceremony Saturday where her niece and nephew Prince George and Princess Charlotte are in the wedding party, along with sister Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge. Englefield, United Kingdom – Saturday May 20, 2017. UK, FRANCE, AUS, NZ, CHINA, HONG KONG, TAIWAN, SPAIN & ITALY OUT,Image: 532986669, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: WORLD RIGHTS, DIRECT SALES ONLY UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE IN CAPTION – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Avalon.red – sales@avalon.red London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Los Angeles: +1 (310) 822 0419 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251 Madrid: +34 91 533 4289, Model Release: no, Credit line: i-Images, PacificCoastNews / Avalon
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- Pippa Middleton and James Middleton at the Coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom, on 06 May 2023.,Image: 774203465, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: James Veysey/Shutterstock / Avalon
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- Pippa Middleton and James Middleton at the Coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom, on 06 May 2023.,Image: 774203484, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Credit line: James Veysey/Shutterstock / Avalon
Of course he will be vague because it maybe something completely different from what has been told. So he says she is ok. He must be careful.
I am happy that James was able to overcome his depression and suicidal ideation and he had his family’s support to get through a dark time. He gives so much credit to Kate and William for helping him through but again I have to ask: where was all this support for Meghan when she also admitted she needed help? If Kate was such a big support to her brother, why didn’t she extend the same compassion to Meghan? I’m not sure of the timeline of things, if James was going through his experience before or after Meghan or maybe it was around the same time. But it doesn’t reflect well on Kate and William that they were so supportive to James because it makes it look like they completely ignored Harry and Meghan when Meghan was in crisis. Another thing the “royal reporters” are choosing to ignore.
Right now the Middleton clan are getting perks. Must have been a major event to get them these perks.
@villerose: because Kate is a jealous bitch and not a girls girl. Meghan was the new, more hardworking and charismatic princess on the block and Kate didn’t like that. If James’ book has confirmed one thing it’s that she is competitive.
Hear, hear.
@Villerose:Considering how William reacted when Harry started doing therapy and the fact he believes that Harry was in a psychotherapy cult, I don’t believe that William or Kate were helpful to James when he was going through his issues. Harry had to lie about William being helpful to him when he was discussing his mental health issues in public.
I think William was worried about potential leaks from Harry’s therapy. William has always been a terrible brother and he didn’t want the facade that he and Harry were close to be broken.
I don’t know about other interviews, but here he could be saying that the organizations that W&K have visited were what was helpful. He speaks in roundabout ways like the RR.
James doesn’t get the side eye from me, like the rest do, because he’s a dog person. Dogs are good judges of character. That is his saving grace.
James got the memo, “it’s not ok for you to talk about me”
Kate clearly wants privacy in this matter. The lack of leaks makes me think very few people know what’s really going on and James may not be one of them.
It’s because she has a really deadly form of cancer, although caught early. They lied about The surgery not being due to cancer and were desperately trying to downplay it. However, they were forced to announce due to stage and type. James is just playing it down, he absolutely knows the specifics.
James gets on the Today show!!!. Some strings must have been pulled. The Middletons are getting out in the media now.
NBC, especially the Today show, doesn’t play with their royal connections. There’s always a certain level of obsequiousness to their coverage. Didn’t Lee Thompson work for an nbc affiliate?
No one can even name the mysterious illness/cancer/surgery this woman who is manipulative enough for reputable news outlets to issue a kill notice on her own photo that wasn’t a photo at all. Sure makes a person question whether she was ever ill in the first place. As for this book, I would rather watch paint dry than waste my time reading it, this book just shows us that mental health only matters when it’s not the biracial member of the family, and only to be discussed and believed if it’s from the white relatives. That’s my opinion on this book.
I will take the time to say I don’t care what this mediocre guy has to say. Lack of charisma can be hereditary. He really should be writing about what its like to be a house husband or the fact he can’t hold a steady job or keep a business afloat.
That’s my thoughts too. I mean why should we care about what this guy thinks, especially here in the US? Is he notable for anything other than being Kate’s brother with a string of unsuccessful businesses? I understand he struggled with depression, and I wish him the best but not sure why that warrants a whole book for sale. What’s next, Kate’s third cousin twice removed? And the same thing for Crocmilla’s son when his book comes out.
Kate and William did not lift a finger to help Meghan with their “Mental Health charities.” James of course gives the Wails credit for “helping him.”
If NBC didn’t think they were going to get exclusive information about Kate he wasn’t going to be interviewed on the today show. Plus the today show has learnt nothing from their attempts to make Pippa a star in the US over ten years ago.
The fact that their holidays were both covered in the Fail tells me this is was what Ma wanted – a ‘nothing to see here folks’ until they were ready with their PR campaign and once the negotiations were over. However, they have over egged the pudding as always and there is a backlash plus no one is interested in her family, interest in Kate is waining.
While I don’t want to think that they have lied about the cancer, given that they have been caught lying a lot recently – who knows!! Something stinks in the House of Windsor.
Someday, no doubt long after I’m pushing up daisies, the truth will out and it won’t be pretty, and the Midds are holding all the cards now. I’m still of the opinion that Kate’s mystery illness wasn’t abdominal surgery or cancer, it was William. I’ll leave it at that.
Yeah – the Mids may hold the cards now but as usual they are overplaying them, there was a LOT of backlash over their little video so I think that there will be a few hit pieces coming out soon enough about them. This always happens when the Mids think they have the upper hand – they shoot themselves in the head.
I tend to agree, especially after that cheesy, way overdone video they put out.
“the truth will out and it won’t be pretty”
Definitely.
“But she’s getting all the right support and focus that she needs. And like anything, it takes time to process.”
Being a cancer survivor, i don’t think it should take this long to “process” that there were cancerous cells in an excised portion of your body. Unless, you are a Drama Queen and/or all along the issues were largely mental and not physical.
This wording seems to be walking a tightrope between looking in lockstep with the official narrative KP wants while keeping BRF on notice that whatever went on could have been disclosed but the Middletons chose to uphold their agreed upon fiction.
‘Support and focus’.
Processing ‘it’
That doesn’t strike me as being about ‘cancer’.
MaMidds is showed the same tone deafness with that video as the ‘I’m a better mother to W than Diana, won’t you let my daughter go to the statue unveiling’ BM article. Now they are milking what little publicity they can muster for themselves to remind W they have something over him. That is a dangerous game.
Totally agree. He is not addressing cancer here. He’s talking about something else. Scar related?
Then why say anything at all??
Eh, I don’t see anything wrong with this statement. It ISNT his place to divulge her medical information beyond what she wants anyone to.
Then he should have remained silent. “She’s fine but I can’t say anything” is almost like, “I have a secret and can’t tell you what it is.”
Right, or a simple, ‘she’s doing well, thank you’.
I understand that thought process, but he was directly asked. So if he says nothing, that sounds even worse IMO
Odd that James keeps calling his sister Catherine. That’s his sister and her family have always called her Kate. This book was clearly commissioned by KP.
Well, their hypocrisy is certainly consistent. There are different rules for insides and outsiders and even though James is on the fringes, he’s still an insider. Even if H&M had stayed with the RF, Meghan always would have been an outsider because she’s Black and American.
To me, who am nitpicking, I think it is interesting that he said she’s getting all the right support and focus that she needs. And like anything, it takes time to process. Nothing about anything medical.
Funny how they Now want American attention. LOL!
I guess this is another push from the Wales and all to make a space in the ole USA…. Though there are I am sure some folk who are interested, none of them are going to make inroads. They are boring and fake and lazy and the Mids are frauds … enough
Well now that her professional house of cards crumbled Carole has nothing better to do than be James’ publicist.