Carole & Michael Middleton To Pay Six-Figure Amount For Royal Wedding

Middletons To Chip In Six Figures For Royal Wedding

Although the royal family usually covers the entire cost when someone gets hitched, the Middletons will be supplying a six-figure amount for Prince William & Kate's impending wedding, Vanity Fair reports.

"At first Carole rather enjoyed the attention," a family friend tells Nicholl of Kate Middleton's mother. "She seemed to find the whole thing quite dizzying, but the constant nit-picking in the press did get to her." But, says neighbor and friend Lynda Tillotson, "in the village we are very protective. There's a lot of camaraderie towards the Middletons. I think they have coped amazingly well, given the attention."

And apparently Kate's father Michael has kept the princess-to-be's feet on the ground -- "He doesn't get too swept up in the grandeur of her new life, and Kate loves him for that."

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