Stumbled 出师不利
Kate spent her early years in the English county of Berkshire, 60 miles outside London. It was an ordinary childhood amongst 4)genteel villages and rolling fields. Born six months before William, on January the 9th, 1982, Katherine Elizabeth Middleton is the eldest child of Carol and Michael Middleton.
Chris Robben (Editor): Kate comes from a very stable middle-class family: her parents run their own business. They both were in the airline business—initially her mom, a 5)stewardess and father, a pilot. She's got a younger sister, Pippa, and James, a younger brother, so it was normal stuff. They're really very much like a lot of ordinary, middle-class families. Not, certainly, someone you'd expect to be marrying into the royal family.
It was at his “passing-out parade” at 6)Sandhurst in late 2006 that Kate made her most significant appearance in the presence of the senior royals, accompanied by her parents. The occasion, however, did not pass without 7)controversy.
Piers Morgans (Broadcaster & Journalist): The cameras caught Kate's mom chewing gum during the Sandhurst parade, and this was a social disaster. You just do not…one does not chew gum at the passing-out parade. Well, I felt quite sorry for her. You know, I don't think she probably gave it a moment's thought. She's probably incredibly nervous. I mean, if you're the mother of the potential future Queen of England, and you're surrounded by the in-laws-to-be, it'd be terrifying. A little crafty bit of gum to calm your nerves, and the next thing you know everyone's going, “Oh, this is a disaster! I mean you can't have a gum-chewing mother-in-law.” So that was the kind of thing I think you…you buy yourself into as a family. It's not just about Kate, it's about all her family. They're all wedding into this.
凯特早年住在伯克郡，距离伦敦60英里。其孩提生活平凡，住在上流社会的村落，四周都是起伏不平的广阔土地。凯瑟琳·伊丽莎白·米德尔顿是嘉露跟米高·米德尔顿的大女儿，于1982年1月9日出生，她比威廉大6个月。
克里斯·罗本（编辑）：凯特来自稳健的中产家庭：父母自己做生意，以前均从事航空业——起初妈妈是空姐，爸爸是飞机师。她有个妹妹叫碧帕，以及一个弟弟叫詹姆斯。一切都很中规中矩，跟典型的中产家庭没什么两样。她不像是一个会嫁入王室的女郎。
2006年年尾，凯特最为重要的一次露面是在英国陆军军官学校，出席威廉的毕业阅兵典礼；凯特及其父母，在一众王室高层成员面前亮相。然而他们的这次出席也备受争议。
皮尔斯·摩根(广播员、新闻工作者)：摄影师拍摄到凯特的妈妈在阅兵时嚼口香糖，这确是社交大忌。在毕业阅兵典礼中，没有人会嚼口香糖。其实，我也挺同情她的。你也明白，我想那时的她也没细想过这事。她很可能非常紧张。我的意思是，若你是潜在未来王后的母亲，而你身边全是准亲家成员，那情形一定令人感到不安的，嚼口香糖能让人平静一些。然而接着就是，人人都觉得这样很无礼，“噢，这太糟糕了！我说的是，你不能有个嚼口香糖的岳母呀。”这就是加入王室的代价。这不止是凯特的事，而是他们一家人的事，因为他们所有人一起嫁入王室。