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Kate Middleton Steps Out in Green Suit on Visit to Textile Factory Linked to Great-Grandparents
Zak Hussein/SplashNews Kate Middleton visited AW Hainsworth, a family-owned textile mill in Leeds. The Princess of Wales has a family connection to the company through her paternal ancestors.
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As Kate Middleton visits Leeds textile mill her paternal ancestors owned, the more humble beginnings on her mother's side - including a job in a jam factory to make ends meet
Kate’s great-grandmother, Olive, was also on Princess Mary’s fundraising committee for Leeds Infirmary. Noel gave up his partnership in the legal firm of WH Clarke, Middleton & Co to join ...
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Middleton Railway: Leeds railway known as the oldest working railway station in the world to reopen for Easter after winter break
John Linkins, a Volunteer Liason Officer at Middleton Railway in Leeds. (Pic credit: Gary Longbottom) In 1757 he suggested building a waggonway towards Leeds and to ensure its permanence the owner ...