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Commoner to Duchess: The Story of Kate Middleton’s Rise to the Top

A Simple Upbringing

The Princess of Wales wasn’t always the paragon of royalty and poise she is known as today. She was born at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Berkshire. Her parents christened Catherine Elizabeth Middleton for her baptism at St. Andrew’s church in Bradfield. Yet who would have thought then that she would eventually become one of the most influential people in the world?

Kate enjoyed a simple childhood, growing up in Bucklebury, Berkshire, alongside her two siblings, Philippa and James. Her mother and father had worked for British Airways in their younger years and were relatively well-to-do. She was free to enjoy her early years with minimal worries.

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