Carole Middleton has shared an adorable party photo of seven-year-old Kate

Publish Date
Tuesday, 17 January 2017, 1:49PM

Over the weekend Carole Middleton shared a picture of her children in their first advertising shots, as part of the 30th anniversary celebrations for their family business 'Party Pieces'.

Unsurprisingly, the special photo (taken in 1989) of 7-year-old Kate Middleton has gone viral – that’s her next to Carole with the party hat and the party blower.

Just behind Carole to the right is Pippa, while their little brother James looks adorable on the left wearing a party hat and a tortoise jumper.

Party Pieces was set up by Carole after she and her husband Michael left their jobs at British Airways and moved back to Britain from Jordan.

‘Party Pieces was born the same year as my son James, 1987’, explained Carole in her blog post.

‘From the small beginnings in my garden shed, we now employ more than 40 people and are able to send out 4,000 orders a week in busy times. It is still very much a family business today, and over the years all my children have played a huge part in it from modelling for the catalogue to developing new categories for the brand. James established our personalised cakes, Catherine started the 1st birthday side of the business, and Pippa developed the Party Pieces blog.’

‘They grew up with me working and appreciate the demands of a busy business and a working mum, and although now they are not involved day to day in the business, I still value their ideas and opinions. It’s been a hardworking 30 years but I’ve loved every minute of it and would like to thank all the wonderful people I’ve met along the way, and all the dedicated staff who have helped me achieve this. I hope my story inspires other mums out there who have a good idea to take the plunge and give it a try!’


Image: partypieces.co.uk

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