Kate Middleton’s brother in feud with neighbour over ‘posters attacking Royal family’

'Things are gonna get brutal'

A royal sibling has been caught up in a ‘nightmare’ after his neigbour has been papering his village with malicious posters.

James Middleton, who is the younger brother of The Princess of Wales, responded to inquiries about the dispute after alleged accusations that his property is generating noise and light pollution.

This comes as Kate recently thanked the public for their ‘warmth and support’ after announcing she was having cancer treatment last month.

Kate, 42, revealed she was undergoing preventative chemotherapy in a video message in March that gave an answer to months of speculation following an undisclosed abdominal surgery in January.

James’ neighbour, 65-year-old David Alderton, allegedly trespassed onto Mr Middleton’s property, as part of a months-long row that has disturbed thevillage of Stanford Dingley.

Middleton also claimed that Alderton put up posters across neighbouring villages attacking the Middleton family, and that he told Kate Middleton’s brother that ‘things are gonna get brutal’.

Mr Alderton fell out with Mr Middleton after the working farmer joined a group objecting to a planning application for a dwelling branding it an ‘eyesore’.

Mr Middleton told The Independent: ‘Police were contacted shortly after our son was born as we became increasingly concerned by the activities surrounding a neighbour.

‘West Berkshire Council became involved when our neighbour complained about noise from tractors and animals at the farm along with a series of other complaints.’

He continued: ‘Mr Alderton has a history of disputes with neighbours within the village.

‘In 2017 he took legal action against the parish council and a parishioner, and intimidated locals for objecting to a series of planning applications, all of which were refused.’

Mr Alderton discussed the dispute with the Daily Mail in 2023, saying: ‘This month we have further been subjected to the unwelcome toxic and noxious ingress of fumes within our home from the clearly unsuitable machinery he uses.

‘It’s a matter of public record that complaints have been made to the local council but nothing has been done.

‘There are three barns full of old farmyard machinery, no good to anyone and it’s all going on 50ft from our front door.”

He added: ‘It’s ancient, noisy, dirty, smelly machinery, old Massey Fergusons, an old threshing machine, wood chipping machines, you name it.

‘It’s a farm so I suppose he thinks he feels justified in having farm machinery even if it’s derelict. But he has a duty of care to his neighbours and the environment – it should not impact on people nearby.’

James isn’t the only family member of Kate’s who has been hit with difficulty at home.

Earlier this weekend, Prince Harry was told he and his family would be kicked out of their royal residence, leaving him absolutely furious and in tears’, it was claimed.

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