Remember the shots of Prince William , Kate Middleton , and their family playing cards with the Middletons in the Princess of Wales’s September 2024 cancer update video ? Well, the Prince of Wales, according to the Princess of Wales’s brother, James Middleton, is known to avoid playing cards with his in-laws. Why? Because of their desire to “win at all costs.” Instead, William much prefers to pass the time with the family pets.
William didn’t mind losing at cards with the ‘fiercely competitive’ Middletons In a Daily Mail excerpt from James’ new memoir, Meet Ella: The Dog Who Saved My Life , Kate’s 37-year-old brother revealed how William’s not a fan of competitive card games with the Middleton clan. (Kate has a sister, Pippa Middleton , in addition to her brother, as well as their parents, Carole and Michael Middleton.) Instead, he preferred to get away from it by spending time with James’ dog, Ella.
“William would flinch at our ruthless determination to win at all costs,” James said, noting “he’d be delighted to be the first out.” “I know, too, that Ella gave him a good excuse to escape the fiercely competitive nature of the Middleton family, which emerged every time we played our favourite [sic] fast-paced card game, Racing Demon.” William preferred taking James Middleton’s dog for a walk James continued, sharing that when William was “no longer compelled to take part” in the card game, he’d quietly “slink” away to cuddle with.