Carole Middleton, who made a mistake during the first meeting with the queen

Carole Middleton has always been considered the architect of his daughter’s “lucky” marriage: would have enrolled Kate at St. Andrews University, where William was studying, with a specific purpose: take a husband. And not just any one. Sixty-five years old, born into a working class family with mining ancestors from Durhamex; first British Airways stewardess, then pilot’s wife (Michael) and finally became a millionaire thanks to the creation of a company (Party Pieces) that sells kids birthday party items, the ambitious Carole always moved well, behind the scenes. Secluded, but still center stage.

But the most difficult “test” for her, in the role of a royal mother-in-law, was one: the meeting with Queen Elizabeth. According to royal commentators even the skilled Carole was betrayed by the anxiety of the first date. How does it rebuild a Channel 5 documentary on the eve of the official engagement she was invited – together with her husband Michael, and daughter Kate – to a lunch at Windsor Castle. «The purpose of the meeting was to put them at ease, “Richard Kay tells in video,” But it must have been a rather intimidating moment for Carole Middleton, whose great-great-grandfather was a coal miner in Durham. “

So much so that Carole he would have made “a mistake” in the protocol. «Apparently Carole would have said “Nice to meet you” in answering the sovereign’s question “How are you?” But it can happen, in the tension of the moment you forget, ”added royal expert Tom Quinn. It’s still about Her Majesty: “People act really weird when they meet the queen.”

The overall lunch was a success though. “They told me that lunch at Windsor Castle went very well“It went on for an hour and a half, which is actually quite long by the Queen’s standards,” said former BBC Royal correspondent Jennie Bond. And even Kate, over the years, has managed to conquer a special place among Lilibet’s “favorites”. Such a mother …