Royal Rewind: A Nervous Michael Middleton Speaks About The Royal Engagement

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For all the royal video watching I do, I’ve never taken the time to watch this candid footage of Michael and Carole Middleton on the day of their daughter’s engagement photocall.

The Duchess of Cambridge‘s parents held a small press conference outside their Bucklebury home on November 16th, 2010, the same day William and Catherine announced the news at Clarence House in London. 

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Michael looked adorably nervous to deliver a statement which he told reporters he hoped didn’t “look too cheesy.”

The Middleton have since sold that home and now live in a Georgian manor in the same village.

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