CLOSE CALL Kate Middleton’s Beloved Uncle Reveals Near-Death Health Crisis The royal in-law’s emergency in Ibiza happened shortly after he lost significant weight and stopped drinking. UK Press Pool/UK Press via Getty Images;Jackson/PoolGary Goldsmith, the uncle of Kate Middleton, revealed he had experienced a health crisis shortly after his niece’s battle with cancer. On Thursday, Gary Goldsmith told the Daily Mail that he underwent emergency surgery in May 2025. Goldsmith, now 61, is the younger brother of Carole Middleton, 71, whose daughter is Catherine, Princess of Wales. Carole Middleton and Kate Middleton at Royal Ascot in England in 2017.