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Privacy NoticeMargaret Middleton made national headlines in 1900 when she was tragically swept from the rocks off the coast of Filey, a seaside town in North Yorkshire. Despite the efforts of her friends, unfortunately Margaret drowned in the sea, and her body was never found. However, her camera washed up on shore days later, as the keen photographer had been standing on the edge of a peninsula named Filey Brigg taking photos when she was swept away by a sudden influx of water. Kate Middleton, like her late great-great aunt, is also a keen photographer, as were Margaret’s brothers and her great nephew, Kate’s dad Michael Middleton.
Kate is also an avid photographer
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The link between Margaret and Kate has since been discovered by historian Michael Reed, a high school teacher in Melbourne, Australia, who began looking in to the Princess of Wales’ family tree ever since she tied the knot with Prince William in 2011. “It is extraordinary that so many generations of the Middleton family were keen photographers,” he told the Daily Mail. “It is obviously in their blood. But it is tragic to discover that her great-great aunt paid for her love of photography with her life. Her family must have been devastated. She was so young and had such a promising future in front of her.” It’s said that Filey, where the tragic incident happened was a favourite destination for the Middleton’s.
Kate isn’t the only Middleton interested in photography
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A news report in the Yorkshire Evening Post stated that the 19-year-old was ‘swept off into about ten feet of water,’ as per the Daily Mail. “Three times she was seen battling in the sea but there was no means of effecting a rescue, there being an entire absence of life-saving appliances on the Brigg,” the news report said, as she was seen ‘battling the sea’ three times. However, after the third, she disappeared and was unfortunately never seen again and her body was never found. Her friends were just a ‘few yards away from Margaret at the time of the accident,’ but unfortunately she couldn’t be saved. Kate, a keen photographer, still has time to pursue her passion, despite her packed schedule of royal engagements, before undergoing chemotherapy treatment, which she announced earlier this year. Every year, on her children’s birthday, the Prince and Princess stick to a sweet tradition whereby they release photos, often taken by Kate. She’s also taken her photography skills further, taking the cover images for Queen Camilla’s 2022 profile in Country Life magazine.Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnCamillaKate MiddletonPrincePrince William
