The troublesome uncle who makes Buckingham Palace shake.
While information on the state of health of Kate Middleton has been scarce since her abdominal operation on January 16, Gary Goldsmith, an uncle of the Princess of Wales, has left some secrets in the British reality TV show “Celebrity Big Brother”, the new season of which began Monday March 4.
Candidate for this reality TV show which consists of making celebrities live together, Gary Goldsmith did not keep his tongue in his pocket when one of the candidates asked him the question that has obsessed the British for several weeks: “Where is Kate?
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Gary's the uncle to an heir, will he be Celebrity Big Brother royalty?
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“She doesn’t want to talk about it, let’s say there is an ethical code,” he replied, visibly embarrassed, before adding a few more reassuring words: “I spoke about it to her mother, my sister , she receives the best care in the world.
She’s going to come back, of course she’s going to come back.”
A sulfurous past
If he therefore remained evasive and did not reveal any scoop, it could be that the royal family does not look favorably on his daily presence on television in front of millions of British people.
Indeed, his various statements on the subject since Monday have not reassured Buckingham Palace, which wishes to remain modest about the situation.
"I can pretty much express my opinion on anything, unless there's a red laser on my chest," he said on the show.
When asked if he had Kate's permission to take part in the program, he replied: "No, I don't need to do that."
My presence on the show was not up for debate.
I love my family, they can trust me.
Everything will be alright.
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If he does not miss an opportunity to praise his niece as well as Prince William, the younger brother of Carole Middleton, the mother of the Duchess of Cambridge, is not reassured by his past.
In 2017, he admitted before the British courts to having hit his wife when returning from a party, after having consumed alcohol and cocaine, according to a witness interviewed by the British media.
“Work very hard not to say too much”
According to the Sun, the 58-year-old businessman who made millions of pounds through his recruitment agency made inappropriate comments and gestures towards a mother and her daughter during his holiday in Portugal.
After telling them that having sex with a mother and daughter was "an old fantasy of his", he allegedly touched the mother's buttocks and slapped his daughter with a wad of cash.
Interviewed by the Mirror, journalist and royal family expert Jennie Bond says that if he does not have bad intentions, he will inevitably cause damage to the royal family.
“Gary Goldsmith is going to have to work very hard not to say too much, although I'm not sure how much he knows.
(…) I think he is no longer part of the inner circle of the family,” she declared.