Queen Camilla used to be one of Kate Middleton\u2019s \u201cfiercest critics\u201d \u2014 and \u201cdid object\u201d to her marrying Prince William.<\/p>\n
King Charles\u2019 wife believed the now-Princess of Wales, 44, was \u201ctoo common\u201d to wed William<\/a> in 2011, according to Christopher Andersen\u2019s \u201cKate!\u201d biography<\/a>, out last week.<\/p>\n \u201cShe did not think she was up to snuff, as it were,\u201d the new book reads. \u201cShe was below the salt. She had no aristocratic blood.\u201d<\/p>\n Queen Camilla allegedly \u201cdid object\u201d to Kate Middleton (pictured above in November 2011) becoming Prince William\u2019s wife. Getty Images<\/p>\n Christopher Andersen dubbed Camilla one of the \u201cfiercest critics\u201d of the Princess of Wales in his new \u201cKate!\u201d biography.<\/p>\n He claimed Camilla \u201calways saw herself as the mistress of a king, not a queen\u201d and \u201cpicked [Princess] Diana to be Charles\u2019 bride\u201d in 1981.<\/p>\n Anderson noted that \u201cthe palace didn\u2019t really want\u201d Middleton, whom William met attending the University of St Andrews<\/a> in Scotland.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople like Camilla didn\u2019t want her because they felt that she was too common to be the wife of a future king,\u201d the biographer wrote, alleging the 78-year-old \u201cdid object\u201d to her daughter-in-law\u2019s \u201cworking-class roots.\u201d<\/p>\n Camilla reportedly believed Middleton (pictured above in June 2008) was \u201ctoo common\u201d and \u201cnot up to snuff.\u201d Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images<\/p>\n Camilla (pictured above in June 2011) reportedly wanted her son-in-law to wed someone with \u201caristocratic blood.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Kate\u2019s parents, Carole Middleton and Michael Middleton, are former British Airways employees who founded a successful party supply business.<\/p>\n \u201c[Camilla] was very cognizant of the fact that a future king of England should have, she believed, a marriage to a royal personage, or at least a British aristocrat,\u201d Anderson wrote \u2014 not \u201ca descendant of coal miners whose mother had grown up in public housing and once worked as a flight attendant.\u201d<\/p>\n As for Camilla\u2019s thoughts on Kate\u2019s mom, she allegedly believed Carole to be a \u201cgauche opportunist\u201d and \u201cknew a schemer when she saw one.\u201d<\/p>\n William and Kate (pictured above in February 2007) met in college and got engaged in 2010. Getty Images<\/p>\n The couple tied the knot in April 2011. Getty Images<\/p>\n Reps for Camilla and Kate did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n Kate and William, 43, got engaged<\/a> in October 2010 and tied the knot<\/a> in April of the following year.<\/p>\n Ahead of the 2011 nuptials<\/a>, Camilla and Charles, 77, reportedly \u201coffended\u201d the bride<\/a> by requesting she change the letter of her first name, Catherine, from a C to a K.<\/p>\n