Following
the birth of Prince George, the Prince of Wales described the experience
of becoming a first-time grandfather as ‘a unique moment in anyone’s
life’.
But
nearly two years after this very public display of affection, Charles
is said to have become increasingly perplexed about the peripheral role
he occupies in the young Prince’s life.
At
the heart of the heir-to-the-throne’s frustrations is the so-called
‘Middletonisation’ of his son William’s life — specifically the
inordinate amount of time he spends with his in-laws Michael and Carole,
with whom he recently holidayed in Mustique for Carole’s 60th.
In
fact, so vexed is Charles about the so-called ‘March of the Middletons’
that he has complained to friends: ‘They never let me see my grandson.’
Adds
a source: ‘Carole has rather taken over, dictating when George naps,
when and what he eats. All in all, behaving like she’s Queen Carole.’
It
is certainly true there have been few, if any, trips to Charles’s
Gloucestershire home Highgrove over the past year. Some think it’s a
deliberate move on William’s part to protect his young family from
suffering the same stiff, and often unhappy, upbringing he endured.
Certainly,
Carole, who is the granddaughter of a miner and was brought up in a
council house, is not thought to enjoy any particularly strong bonds
with Charles’s wife, Camilla.
Most
of William and Kate’s time is spent at their Norfolk home, Anmer Hall,
on the Queen’s Sandringham estate, where the Prince has been busy
revising for his Air Transport Pilot’s Licence.
The
Middletons are frequent visitors and play an active role in the
household. They stayed there over Christmas, when William pointedly
hosted lunch for them on Christmas Day rather than eat with the Queen,
as is traditional.
Last month, it emerged that William’s housekeeper and gardener had abruptly quit after just five months at Anmer.
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