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Jeff Spicer/Getty ImagesJames Middleton can be related to a member royal familybut that’s not why people stop him on the streets.
“I don’t know if they often recognize me during the holidays. I don’t fall into the category of celebrity because I’m basically famous by default,” said Middleton (37) during an interview with the British Sunday Times Posted on Sunday, December 29th. “But people sometimes reach out to me on social media to say they’ve seen me with dogs.
Middleton and his wife Alizée Thevenet have a 15-month-old son, Inigo, but they are also parents to six dogs: Mabel, Nala, Zulu, Inka, Isla and Luna.
“To be honest, I think they get to know the dogs first,” Middleton said of being out in public with his pups. “They recognize themselves more than I do.
Middleton spoke openly about his relationship with animals in his memoir, Meet Ella: The Dog That Saved My Lifewhich was released this September. In the book, Middleton revealed that his late spaniel Ella (who died in January 2023) helped save his life. in one particularly dark period in 2017.
“Life is no longer worth living,” Middleton wrote in his book. “I feel suicidal.” I’m thinking of ways to die so I can get off the dizzying roller coaster that’s sending me to the brink of insanity.”
The author recalled how Ella sensed his “strange, agitated state of mind” during one night, particularly when he climbed onto the roof of his house.
“Dark thoughts are coming to me. What can I do to make them stop? I’m thinking about jumping off the roof,” he wrote. Like me, she was up all night.”
Throughout the book, Middleton recalled how Ella had specifically helped him over the years.
“I have loved her with every ounce of my being since she was a tiny, blind, newborn puppy,” he wrote. “She was my companion, my hope, my support in my darkest days.
Their close bond has allowed Middleton to open his heart to more dogs — and he’s currently down to six.
“Dogs love traveling by car – and there are more and more wonderful dog-friendly hotels in the UK where you feel like the dogs are looked after better than you,” Middleton said in an interview on Sunday. “The dogs get their own meals and beds and everything. It is fantastic to see hotels opening that cater for the whole family; four-legged and two-legged friends.’
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