In his new memoir, the Princess of Wales’ brother reveals a close-knit unit quietly influencing the future of the monarchy. When James Middleton disappeared for two days walking in the Lake District to clear his head in 2017, he came back into phone reception to find a barrage of messages from his worried family. “The pings come thick and fast,” he writes in his new memoir.
“‘Where are you, James?’ ‘We’re desperate to get hold of you.’ ‘OK, we’re really worried now.’” He was fine – better than fine, he says; getting back to the simple life had been the “most formative trip of my life”.
His parents and sisters were relieved and concerned. The episode, told for the first time in his new autobiography , is revealing..
