Looking at Kate now, it is hard to believe that her grandmother struggled to make ends meet in a condemned flat in Southall. Her family history is like something from a Catherine Cookson novel.
Kate Middleton s not the first in her family to hobnob with the Royals! Newly found photo shows three of the Duchess of Cambridge s ancestors at a garden party with the Queen s aunt in 1927
The unearthed photo from 1927 shows The Duchess of Cambridge’s great-grandmother Olive Middleton walking behind Princess Mary in a procession
Also in the near 100-year-old picture are Kate’s great-great-great-uncle and aunt, Hugh and Isabella Lupton, at Headingley Cricket Ground in Leeds
The Duchess of Cambridge s heritage has been pored over in very close detail and image shows family on her father s side are no strangers to the royals