Princess Kate’s family is going through a ‘stressful’ time, her uncle Gary Goldsmith says as he reveals chat with Carole

PRINCESS Kate's family is going through a "stressful" time, says her uncle Gary Goldsmith.
Controversial businessman Gary entered the Celebrity Big Brother house on Monday night amid a tough time for the Middletons as Kate continues to recover from abdominal surgery.
The royals and the Middleton family were said to be terrified when The Sun exclusively revealed in January that he was on the reboot of the reality show.
But asked if Kate and husband Prince William had anything to worry about, Gary, 58, said he couldn’t criticise his “perfect” niece - but had plenty of harsh words for Harry and Meghan.
The four-times married “black sheep” of the Middletons insists he hates the stress that’s already been placed on his family, in particular his sister and Kate - and won't be adding to it.
Gary exclusively told The Sun: “I’ve spoken to Carole just to send my love and we talked about Kate given what’s going on.
“There’s lots going on in the family moment. So she’s spinning a lot of plates right now, it’s quite stressful.
"So the last thing I’m going to do is bring any stress to them.”
Kate was seen for the first time since her hospital operation on Monday.
I have a self-destruct mode though, and my mouth runs away with me
Gary Goldsmith
The Princess of Wales was in the passenger seat as mum Carole, 69, drove her in an Audi near Windsor Castle on Monday.
She was wearing sunglasses and appeared to be smiling slightly in her first sighting since her abdominal operation.
Despite Gary’s reassurances, he admits he can understand why his relatives might be nervous about him going on the show.
Particularly some of the secrets that might come out during the long, monotonous and sometimes drunken nights when he’s getting grilled by fellow housemates.
He said: “I think they [the family] could always really trust me to know that I’m going to play the game well.
“I think she [Carole] will probably be watching me from behind the sofa, slightly anxious, but I do think if the best version that Gary turns up, she’d be very proud of me - that’s what we were hoping for!
“I have a self-destruct mode though, and my mouth runs away with me.
"So I’ve got opinions about opinions.”
He added: “I guess we’ll find out what a mad bugger I am!”
Fears about what the 58-year-old could reveal on CBB are already heightened after he previously scorned Harry and Meghan following the release of Spare.
He added: "[Kate] is beautiful on the outside, but she’s more beautiful on the inside and she really is a doting mum...so the way the monarchy is moving, it’s family-centric.
“That’s why I got so upset with Harry and Meghan because you don’t put a stick into that spoke and reinvent history.
"I’ve got pretty miffed when they had a pop at my beautiful niece who couldn’t say anything for herself.
“I think everyone felt the same about how much did we love Harry and then throwing your family under the bus just seemed inappropriate, especially what was happening with the Queen.
"I just thought it was totally unnecessary.”
Gary says he was incensed when Omid Scobie’s book about the Sussexes, Endgame, branded Kate a racist royal, and last year stuck up for her because she couldn’t publicly defend herself.
He added: “It’s absolute bulls**t and I didn’t hide my feelings very well when I was offered the opportunity to say something, I just thought I’d say it as I saw it.
"I did think I caught the tone of nation. Kate is 100% not racist, neither is Carole. 100% what they described is not the woman I know.
“My family is certainly not racist and for Kate to be portrayed as that is just so far removed from the truth, it’s ridiculous.”
The businessman, who had Kate as a bridesmaid of his first wedding in 1991, made £30m after launching an IT company but it later became mired in scandal.
In 2009 he was caught racking up lines of cocaine for a sex worker at a hedonistic party on the Spanish party island of Ibiza.
And he dodged prison when found guilty of hitting his fourth wife, Julie-Ann, in a drunken row.
Talking of his chequered past, he said: "I haven’t really looked after myself very much and I made some pretty bad decisions.
"But I do try to be the best version of me, but not always the case.
“I think it’s easy to have a pot shot. I didn’t choose to be in the spotlight. It just gets thrown at you. Once you’ve done something it’s there and everyone’s looking. So this is the first bit of upside and fun from all of that.
“Turning 50 I decided that I’m going to say no to pretty much nothing these days and just enjoy life to the full.
"I’m not actually a celebrity, it just happens that I am related to one of the biggest. I just thought it’d be a hoot!"
Celebrity Big Brother is on ITV1 on weekdays at 9pm.
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