Kate Middleton’s uncle Gary Goldsmith is still planning to attend the Celebrity Big Brother final on Friday evening, despite her shock cancer announcement.
The Princess of Wales announced that she has been diagnosed with cancer aged 42 and is undergoing ‘preventative’ chemotherapy.
In a deeply emotional video message, filmed at Windsor on Wednesday, Catherine revealed the news had come as a ‘huge shock’ and that she and William ‘have been doing everything we can to process and manage this privately for the sake of our young family’.
Despite the shocking news, Kate’s uncle Gary is still set to attend the live final alongside the other celebrity housemates.
The millionaire businessman was the first housemate to be evicted from the ITV revival series of Celebrity Big Brother.
Kate Middleton’s uncle Gary Goldsmith is still planning to attend the Celebrity Big Brother final on Friday evening, despite her shock cancer announcement
The Princess of Wales announced that she has been diagnosed with cancer aged 42 and is undergoing ‘preventative’ chemotherapy
He had been up for eviction against The Real Housewives of Cheshire star Lauren Simon.
But since his brutal ejection from the show, he has since returned to the real world.
Speaking to Good Morning Britain, Mr Goldsmith said: ‘I haven’t spoke to Kate in ages. In years, maybe a year. Weddings and funerals is when we see them.’
Mr Goldsmith also commented on the Mother’s Day photo his niece had edited, saying the family looked ‘beautiful’ and ‘really genuine’ in the photograph.
Although it was revealed that Kate had edited the portrait that was released by Kensington Palace the millionaire businessman said: ‘The smiles on faces said it all for me, I thought it was beautiful.’
During his time on the show the businessman spilled royal secrets in the Big Brother house which have ‘infuriated’ his family, as his niece Kate recovers from abdominal surgery.
Despite leaving some viewers cringing with his behaviour, he insisted in his exit interview that he ‘achieved his agenda’ while living in the house.
Speaking in his first interview on Late & Live, he said: ‘I’ve had the best time, I went in with one agenda and I’ve achieved it in five days.
‘I don’t consider myself to be a celebrity, I just happen to be related to someone who is a big celebrity.’
The brother of Kate’s mother, Carole Middleton, was fined £5,000 and given a community order in November 2017 after pleading guilty to one count of assault by beating.
His wife accused him of taking drugs, the court was told, and a London taxi driver witnessed her being knocked to the ground outside their home.
Kate’s uncle’s inclusion on the show was criticised by Women’s Aid, who said ‘the inclusion of men convicted of abuse in entertainment programmes will already be a sign that these crimes are not taken seriously’ and the charity advised the programme to consider his appearance.
In a statement from the show, he previously said: ‘I’m not perfect and I made a mistake, a personal row seven years ago which was publicly exposed that I’ve worked endlessly for seven years to put right.
‘The offence is long since spent however my regret continues.’
ITV were reportedly forced to ‘carefully edit’ his Kate and King Charles remarks on Celebrity Big Brother.
Jennie Bond told the Mirror. ‘Anything that Gary says about the royal family is a headline, it’s great for the show, it’s publicity for ITV.
‘And yet they must be aware that they have a duty to safeguard and protect the health of the person, not to say the royal family obviously.
‘So I imagine they’ve got lawyers looking through it but yep, there will be some careful editing. I think the slightest inkling that they can give about anything that’s going on about the royal family – with the Harry situation Catherine’s health or the King’s health they’ll do their damndest to show.’
Mr Goldsmith, who made his money in recruitment and was once worth £30million, is thought to have been kept at arm’s length by the Middleton’s in recent years.
This is despite him attending William and Kate’s wedding in London in 2011 and then that of Kate’s sister Pippa Middleton to James Matthews in Berkshire six years later.
Mr Goldsmith regularly speaks out to support Kate, who is thought to call him ‘Uncle G’, and has previously hailed her as ‘the most spectacular person I have ever met’.
Kate’s mother had harsh words for her brother before he entered the Big Brother house amid fears that he could reveal secrets about the Royal Family.
