James Middleton won't cash in on royal connection

Duchess Catherine's brother insists he doesn't want to cash in on his royal connections.
James Middleton, 24, runs four companies including his original business the Cake Kit Company but says his success is down to his own hard work rather than handouts from his successful parents Michael and Carole Middleton or his sister's marriage to Prince William.
He told the Sunday Times newspaper: ''I've won awards for my own efforts because I am young and good in my own right. It's not just because of my family that I've been getting attention. I want to be known for my own contribution, not for being a 'relative of' - that's boring.''
James' parents run a successful party planning business Party Pieces and although he and his sister Pippa share a £1 million flat in London's exclusive Chelsea paid for by them, he insists they never bankrolled any of his companies.
He said: ''Of course I was lucky in that my parents were already in business and have always been there for me to ask advice, but I was funded by the bank and other family members.''

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