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"That&amp;apos;s a surefire way to get in good with the in-laws!\r\nPrince William, who inherited $15.5 million on his 30th birthday last Thursday June 21, has already parted with some of that cash to help buy something special for Kate Middleton&amp;apos;s parents: a house!\r\nCarole and Michael Middleton (parents to Duchess Kate, Pippa and James) are in the process of buying a sumptuous estate in Berkshire -- featuring 18 acres and a Georgian manor with seven bedrooms -- worth about $7.3 million. And their royal son-in-law has put down some of the deposit money &amp;quot;as a gift,&amp;quot; a source reveals to Us Weekly.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;He sees them as his own family and wants to help out in any way he can,&amp;quot; explains the source.\r\n\r\n(A Palace rep has no comment, noting only that it&amp;apos;s a &amp;quot;private matter.&amp;quot;)\r\nIndeed, William (whose 30th birthday windfall was from the estate of his late mother Princess Diana) has grown close to Carole, 57, and Michael, 63, during his nearly decade-long romance with Kate, 30, whom he wed in April of last year -- recently joining the entire Middleton clan on vacations in Mustique and the French Alps.\r\n\r\nAs for the Middletons&amp;apos; home-to-be, which they reportedly have scooped up in a bidding war with other interested buyers? Located near their current home in Bucklebury, the home (with ties to the royal family back in the 1500s) features a grand entrance hall, 17th century fireplace, topiary shrub and &amp;quot;fantastic views,&amp;quot; according to the Daily Mail. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s a quiet, secluded property along a country lane.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nCarole and former flight dispatcher Michael are the self-made entrepreneurs behind Party Pieces, a hugely successful mail-order party supply business that employed Kate herself before she became the Duchess of Cambridge."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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