Remember the Middletons? Yeah, the ones who threw parties like it was their job—until it all went up in smoke faster than you can say “pin the tail on the bankruptcy.” Turns out, Carole Middleton’s Party Pieces empire took a nosedive deeper than a bungee-jumping elephant with debts soaring to £2.6 million! And guess who was left holding the bag? The creditors, of course, who must have thought they were extending credit to royalty since Carole’s “mother of the future queen” title apparently came with a “free debt guarantee.”
Interpath, the superhero insolvency squad, tried to rescue the sinking ship. They spent more than £260,000 trying to disentangle the Middletons from their financial fiasco. But surprise, surprise—guess who couldn’t foot the bill? Yup, the broke-as-a-joke Middletons. So, Interpath did what any sensible superhero would do: they wrote off over £320,000 in fees. Ouch.
And here’s the kicker: the grand total from selling Party Pieces to Teddy Tastic Bear Co.? A measly £60,000. What happened to the rest? Legal fees, my friend—legal fees devoured the cash like a pack of starving wolves. HM Revenue and Customs and other creditors? They’re not getting squat. Zilch. Nada.
Now, Carole and Michael Middleton have vanished faster than a magician’s rabbit after a bad card trick. Remember when they showed up for the coronation and Kate’s Christmas concert? Since then, they’ve been rarer than a unicorn sighting. Carole surfaced in a paparazzi photo with “Kate,” and apparently once went to a pub with Prince William in Norfolk. But politically defanged? Oh yeah, like a toothless lion trying to roar. They couldn’t even pay the insolvency bill! Talk about zero power.
The rise and fall of the Middletons’ party empire. From lavish bashes to financial crashes, it’s a tale as old as time (or at least as old as their overdue VAT bill). Let’s just hope they’ve got some spare change for the popcorn, because this circus isn’t leaving town anytime soon.
