Reitwiesner had begun researching Middleton's ancestry. In honor of the Royal Wedding, it has been supplemented with further original research on her forebears.

From the bestselling author of William and Harry and renowned Royal Family news correspondent Katie Nicholl, comes the first in-depth biography of Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge. Katie Nicholl, bestselling author and royal correspondent for The Mail on Sunday, gives an inside look into the life of the future Queen of England, Kate Middleton. Since becoming Duchess Catherine of Cambridge in 2011, Middleton has captivated royals fans around the world and now, Nicholl delivers the story of her early life, first romances, and love with Prince William. Nicholl will reveal new details on Middleton's initiation into royal life and, of course, her first pregnancy.

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: 2011 royal tour of Canada, Ancestry charts of the current British Royal Family, Engagement announcement dress of Kate Middleton, Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton effect, List of wedding guests of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, Pippa Middleton, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, Wedding dress of Kate Middleton, Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, William & Catherine: A Royal Romance, William & Kate. Excerpt: All people are descended via various racial or ethnic lines of the antiquity, but in case of most, records do not exist. The British royal family is one of the few families, for whom ancestry can be traced to many notable lineages of the antiquity. They can be traced from Saxon, Scottish (Stuart dynasty), Welsh (Tudor dynasty), Irish, German (Hanover and Windsor), French (Norman and Angevin), Russian, Frank and perhaps even Byzantine lineages. Saxon and Scottish descent (detailed)The earliest Saxon-cum-Scottish connections were through Matilda of Scotland, whose father was a Scottish king and mother, a Saxon princess. (However, the earliest Saxon connection was through her mother-in-law, Matilda of Flanders, who had descended from AElfthryth of Wessex, daughter of the Saxon king Alfred the Great.) The general descent through this connection, of the current British royal family, is shown below. Various special descents of members shown in this chart are discussed later. Descent from the Franks (detailed) George I of Great Britain had descended, through both of his parents, from Rollo, the Viking founder of the ducal lineage of Normandy. Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria, had a descent from King Henry II of England through his daughter Matilda. . One established connection is given..

Evans traces the late Princess's forebears from the British Isles to the United States and the Far East, compiling a definitive ancestry.