Kate Middleton’s brother James tells how he and his wife are restoring a £1.45M Berkshire farmhouse

After a decade working in London left him battling with depression, the Duchess of Cambridge’s brother, James Middleton, has told The Mail on Sunday how he’s turned to farming to find peace. 

James and his French financier wife, Alizee Thevenet, are restoring a £1.45million Berkshire farmhouse, complete with a smallholding. 

The move means that the 35-year-old former boss of Boomf, a company that sold personalised marshmallows, is recasting himself as a gentleman farmer – with a sideline in breeding spaniels. 

James, left, has sheep, ducks, goats, hens and beehives as well as dogs. The couple plan to become fully self-sustainable – like the characters in TV’s The Good Life.