<blockquote> <p> Kate Middleton is the girl everyone wants to be. </p> </blockquote> <p> Catherine Elizabeth "Kate" Middleton is living a perfect Cinderella fairy tale. She is engaged to Britain's most desirable bachelor?and now she's the future queen of England! </p> <p> Academically gifted and sophisticated beyond her years, this dark-haired beauty possesses the natural poise and impeccable breeding necessary for the wife-to-be of the heir to the throne. She has charmed Prince William and his circle and captivated the entire House of Windsor. Yet there is a history behind her polished veneer that would surprise any royal court observer?an extraordinary, inspiring, and deeply moving tale of an impoverished working-class family that overcame deprivation and adversity to rise to the upper echelons of British society. </p> <p> Based on exclusive and intimate interviews with Kate's closest friends and relatives, and illustrated throughout with photographs, many published here for the very first time, Claudia Joseph's <i>Kate: The Making of a Princess</i> is a fascinating portrait of the extraordinary young woman who will be queen?and the story of a family's remarkable journey from the mining villages of Durham to an apartment in the royal residence of Clarence House. </p>