Carole Middleton dubbed ‘British Kris Jenner’ by The Crown fans after Netflix series showed her meddling in Kate’s love life

Fans of The Crown have compared Kate Middleton’s mother’s portrayal in the hit series to that of Kris Jenner.

Viewers of the hit Netflix drama are loving it X formerly known as Twitter, to compare the Princess of Wales’s mother Carole Middleton – played by House of the Dragon actress Eve Best – to the matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner brood, both 68.

The sixth and final part of the show focuses on the blossoming romance between Kate and Prince William while they were both attending St Andrew’s University in 2001, whose eagle-eyed fans have noted Carole’s instrumental matchmaking as a major influence on the couple’s upcoming relationship. the couple. relationship with a high profile.

Fans have dubbed the future queen’s mother the ‘British Kris Jenner’ for her ‘momager’-esque antics that regularly saw her meddling in her children’s love lives.

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Another said: ‘Kate’s mum is our Kris Jenner’.

One fan joked, “Kate’s mom staged her with a prince, the Kardashians have Kris Jenner, and my mom is yelling at me about how it’s okay to go out after 7 p.m.”

A fourth said: ‘Carole Middleton walked so Kris Jenner could run.’

Another expressed a similar sentiment, writing, “Everyone forgets that before Kris Jenner there was Carol E Middleton, give her the flowers!”

One added: ‘Watching The Crown and discovering Carole Middleton is a British Kris Jenner wasn’t on my bingo card. I have a whole new perspective on Will and Kate’s relationship.”

However, not everyone agreed with the controversial comparison.

One person wrote: ‘I think Carole was misrepresented.’

Meanwhile, someone else said: ‘I really loved #TheCrown but I hate this predatory portrayal of Kate Middleton and her mother.’

The hugely successful series came to an end last week, with the final five remaining episodes hitting the streaming platform on December 14.

The final episodes focus on Prince William’s university days at St Andrews, where he meets his future wife Kate Middleton, and the investigation into Princess Diana’s death and Princess Margaret’s ill health.

The show cast Eve Best as Kate’s mother Carole Middleton, who is depicted as pushing her daughter to pursue William and even encouraging her to ‘show off’ her figure at the infamous student fashion show.

The actress – who is best known for House of Dragon and Maryland – is seen sporting the shoulder-length blonde hair that the mother of the royal family sported in 2001 when she played The Crown’s Carole.

The news comes as Carole Middleton was said to have been left deeply ‘upset’ by the collapse of her mail order business earlier this year – as she admitted she had been ‘naive’.

The Princess of Wales’s mother was accused of ‘treason’ after Party Pieces went bust and owed £2.6million to creditors, who have already warned they were ‘unlikely’ to get their money back.

Party Pieces helped send Carole and Michael’s three children to the £42,930-a-year Marlborough College and bought a £4.7 million country house in Berkshire. But the company that started from their kitchen table has gone to the wall with huge debts.

A close friend of Mrs Middleton told the Daily Mail’s Richard Eden: ‘Carole is understandably upset and deeply disappointed by this situation.

‘Over the past five months she has really tried her best to find a buyer, who would not only take the business forward, but also honor any outstanding debts.

‘Carole believes in responsibility and accepts that she had been a little naive to step back and trust someone else to run the business she had nurtured for decades, and it was incredibly sad to see the business was sold in this way.’

The friend claims: ‘The truth is that Carole stepped back from the company over three years ago and entrusted day-to-day management to a new management team.

However, one of its suppliers told Mr Eden that Ms Middleton had given personal guarantees that Party Pieces’ debts would be repaid in full earlier this year.

A statement published by administrators revealed that Party Pieces owed the tax authorities £612,685.

The company also owed £218,749 to RBS bank for a coronavirus business interruption loan, £456,008 to other creditors and £1.4 million in unsecured loans.

Party Pieces has been part-sold to Teddy Tastic Bear Company Limited for £180,000, the document said, with the company employing 12 people and remaining at its current base in Ashampstead, Berkshire.

The report adds that many out-of-pocket debts will disappear as a result of the bankruptcy, saying: ‘Based on current estimates, it is uncertain whether funds will be available to enable a distribution to preferential creditors.

‘It is unlikely that funds will be available to enable a distribution to unsecured creditors.’

The report details how the pandemic began to cause problems for the company, with turnover falling from £4.5 million to £3.2 million between 2021 and 2022, with the company making a loss of £900,000.

The Princess of Wales’s parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, have since sold their Party Pieces business to an Essex ice cream entrepreneur in a rescue deal.