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| Kate Middleton's Uncle Gary: the royal family's newest black sheep | Kate Middleton's Uncle Gary: the royal family's newest black sheep |
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| Age: 47. | Age: 47. |
| Appearance: Un-regal. | Appearance: Un-regal. |
| Full name: Gary Goldsmith. | Full name: Gary Goldsmith. |
| Motto: "It's Gary's world, you just live in it." | Motto: "It's Gary's world, you just live in it." |
| Occupation: Self-made IT-recruitment millionaire, but better known as the dodgy/maverick (delete according to taste) brother of Carole Middleton, and thus uncle of the saintly Kate. | Occupation: Self-made IT-recruitment millionaire, but better known as the dodgy/maverick (delete according to taste) brother of Carole Middleton, and thus uncle of the saintly Kate. |
| Ah, yes, wasn't there a spot of bother just before her wedding to William? Indeed. Goldsmith was the victim of a News of the World sting in which he allegedly offered undercover reporters drugs and Brazilian prostitutes at his lovely home in Ibiza. | Ah, yes, wasn't there a spot of bother just before her wedding to William? Indeed. Goldsmith was the victim of a News of the World sting in which he allegedly offered undercover reporters drugs and Brazilian prostitutes at his lovely home in Ibiza. |
| It happens. How did the Middletons react? Initially with fury, but they eventually relented, and he was allowed to attend the wedding. | It happens. How did the Middletons react? Initially with fury, but they eventually relented, and he was allowed to attend the wedding. |
| How did it go? Splendidly. He kept a low profile, arriving in a £280,000 bright blue Rolls-Royce Phantom convertible. | How did it go? Splendidly. He kept a low profile, arriving in a £280,000 bright blue Rolls-Royce Phantom convertible. |
| Has he been keeping his nose clean since? He's a reformed character, staying away from the nightclubs he used to frequent on Ibiza, marrying for a fourth time, and even turning La Maison de Bang Bang into a centre for alternative therapies. | Has he been keeping his nose clean since? He's a reformed character, staying away from the nightclubs he used to frequent on Ibiza, marrying for a fourth time, and even turning La Maison de Bang Bang into a centre for alternative therapies. |
| La Maison de Bang Bang? That's what his house on Ibiza is called. Critics say it's a reference to sex; he insists it alludes to the island's music scene. | La Maison de Bang Bang? That's what his house on Ibiza is called. Critics say it's a reference to sex; he insists it alludes to the island's music scene. |
| So he's back in favour? Well, he was until this week. | So he's back in favour? Well, he was until this week. |
| What's happened? He has given an interview to Hello! magazine, discreetly tucked across 16 pages, describing Kate and William's stays at La Maison de Bang Bang. | What's happened? He has given an interview to Hello! magazine, discreetly tucked across 16 pages, describing Kate and William's stays at La Maison de Bang Bang. |
| Oh no! Not drugs, lapdancers, Brazilian prostitutes? Sadly not. Mud baths, DJing and swimming in the pool. | Oh no! Not drugs, lapdancers, Brazilian prostitutes? Sadly not. Mud baths, DJing and swimming in the pool. |
| So what's the problem? Well, it still looks like he's cashing in on his royal niece, especially at a time when he's put La Maison de Bang Bang up for sale. | So what's the problem? Well, it still looks like he's cashing in on his royal niece, especially at a time when he's put La Maison de Bang Bang up for sale. |
| So Hello! could be Goodbye! Probably not. He and Carole, who were raised in a council house in Middlesex, are close, and Kate is said to regard him as a "lovable rogue". "He's obviously a colourful character but the royal family has plenty of black sheep of its own," says royal watcher Jennie Bond sagely. | So Hello! could be Goodbye! Probably not. He and Carole, who were raised in a council house in Middlesex, are close, and Kate is said to regard him as a "lovable rogue". "He's obviously a colourful character but the royal family has plenty of black sheep of its own," says royal watcher Jennie Bond sagely. |
| Not to be confused with: Princess Anne. | Not to be confused with: Princess Anne. |
| Most likely to say: "I've got my own rooms at Buckingham Palace, the Goldsmith Wing! I'm going to be the Duke of Slough!" | Most likely to say: "I've got my own rooms at Buckingham Palace, the Goldsmith Wing! I'm going to be the Duke of Slough!" |
| Least likely to say: "No comment." | Least likely to say: "No comment." |
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