James Middleton memoir

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James Middleton is releasing a book called ‘Meet Ella: The Dog Who Saved My Life’. It talks about his battle with depression and how his dog helped him in his journey.

The Daily Mail have released an extract of the book. Whilst i’m on the fence about people cashing in on royal/celebrity connections, I found the extracts that I read are very sweet and beautifully written. It really shows how close the Middleton family are. Plus, im a complete sucker for an uplifting dog story.

It’s behind a paywall and I know how people feel about giving the DM clicks so I’ve linked the free article below for anyone who is curious.

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I don’t think he’s cashing in, he can’t help the fact that the royal family are part of his life. His stories are respectful, not too revealing, no-one would mind I’m sure.

I think it’s a brave book and I hope it does well for him. I wonder if his struggles are quite over however. He’s clearly happy in his marriage and family life but not sure if he’s got his livelihood sorted out yet. That’s a big pressure for anyone.

I have mixed feelings about the book. It's sounds harmless enough but there's no way he'd have got a publisher and a newspaper serialisation if his sister were not the Princess of Wales. The Middletons are a very close and discreet family, so I'm certain Kate will be OK with the book being published, but it is skating a bit close to cashing in on his royal links.

Speaking of his sisters, people are saying how he must have felt inferior to them growing up. I wonder how much that has to do with gender? It's not like either Kate or Pippa were high achievers. They did reasonably well academically, but neither really had a career. They just 'married well', spectacularly so in Kate's case. But that's not really an option for a man. Like you say, he has to make a living, and a good one if he's to keep up the rest of his family. He has also launched a line of dog food in Sainsbury's. I hope it does well but he does have a bit of a track record in failed businesses.

https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/james-ella-kibble-raw-grass-fed-beef-complete-food-for-adult-dogs-15kg

I've got a black spaniel as well, and he came into my life at a time when I didn't realise how low and poorly that I was. DH jokes that he knows that the dog is the love of my life but truthfully there are some dogs that come into your life very unexpectedly and that bond between you is unbreakable. My boy is aging and I'm dreading the day when I have to live without him.

James would have had full permission to write this, and has been so honest and open about his struggles that I have no issue at all with it and will buy it. His line of dog food is very impressive and I regularly get mine the treats.

Best of luck to him. I'm sure it will help reduce stigma if more and more people in the public eye admit to their struggles.

Good on him for reducing stigma.

The Ella treats are nice, I buy them for my dog. Recommend!

I read the article in the Sunday Times magazine and he came across a sensitive and thoughtful man. I hope his wife and child are the turning point in his life. He seemed to be putting a lot of pressure on himself to succeed in his career/ financially I wonder if he would have been better off with the structure of a 9 to 5 job (posh estate agent type thing) rather than the insecurity of his business ventures.

Of course James Middleton is ‘cashing in.’ Just as Camilla’s son did with his cookbook ‘cooking and the crown’, both men are royal adjacent and using their positions to their advantage.

There’s a good chance James’ story will help people though. I haven’t read it, but the more conversations about mental health, suicide ideation, what sort of treatment(s) worked for them, and what people have done to help themselves be well, is a good thing.

Do you really believe they’re posting comments like that on internet forums? What evidence do you have? I really think if it was true the media would have exposed them by now. Is it not far more likely someone pretending to be a Middleton is posting such comments?

Who is American @RoyalElla

I’m assuming the American comment is a sentence which one of the middletons is supposed to have written in response to an American person on a gossip forum? As if they’d be frequenting such forums or writing such piffle 😁

Wtf @RoyalElla

i took a wander over to Ella’s site. On it she claims that Louis real father is Kate’s uncle Gary, so I think that tells us all we need to know

Royal cousin here