Meet Kate Middleton’s brother, James – and expecting dad! The Princess of Wales and Pippa’s entrepreneurial younger sibling runs a dog food company, and is having his first kid with Alizee Thevenet

Jul 16 , 2023

James Middleton is a dog lover and is expecting his first child with wife Alizee Thevenet. Photo: @jmidy/Instagram

The Princess of Wales has 2 younger siblings, Pippa and James – and the latter is the youngest Middleton who’s expecting a child, together with his French financial analyst wife Alizee Thevenet

You can find him keeping bees, restoring old tractors and Land Rovers, or breeding dogs; he’s also launched multiple ventures over the years, from a cake business to personalised marshmallows

By now, royal fans are well acquainted with Kate Middleton, and probably know her younger sister, Pippa, too. But the Princess of Wales has another sibling: James.

Beyond his royal connections, the youngest Middleton is perhaps best known for heading a personalised marshmallow company called Boomf, which he founded in 2013 and sold last year. He also founded a freeze-dried dog-food business, Ella & Co, in 2020. On Wednesday, he announced he’s expecting his first child with his wife, Alizee Thevenet.

So let’s take a closer look at James Middleton’s life, both before and after Kate became a member of the royal family:

Middleton’s younger days

James Middleton is the youngest sibling. Photo: Getty Images

James, 36, is the youngest Middleton sibling. He grew up with Kate and Pippa in Bucklebury, a village in West Berkshire, England.

When news outlets were first reporting Kate and Prince William’s budding romance, James Middleton took extreme measures to minimise rumours and chatter. “I used to be first up in the morning to make sure I could get to the papers and rip out any stories about my sister, so nobody would see them and there would be no conversations about them,” he told British media in 2016.

Kate Middleton’s younger siblings Pippa and James. Photo: Getty Images

Like his sisters, Middleton attended Marlborough College, a private boarding school that has many famous alumni, including Princess Eugenie.

He dropped out of the University of Edinburgh after one year because he knew college wasn’t for him. “I knew that that mouthful of academic prescription was not going to do it for me,” he told British GQ, according to a 2012 article. “My dream, which came to me when I was flying back up to Edinburgh after a weekend home, was to build a cake empire.”