{"id":327419,"date":"2025-08-08T08:35:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/327419\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T08:35:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T08:35:11","slug":"princess-kates-brother-james-middleton-makes-emotional-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/327419\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Kate&#8217;s brother James Middleton makes emotional plea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1334002_4187461_James-middleton123_updates.jpg\" alt=\"Princess Kates brother James Middleton makes emotional plea\" width=\"1200\" height=\"686\" class=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Princess Kate&#8217;s brother James Middleton makes emotional plea<\/p>\n<p>Kate Middleton&#8217;s brother James Middleton has shared an emotional message about loyal companions.<\/p>\n<p>James Middleton, who runs a dog food business named after his beloved first pet,\u00a0 shared proposal to bring canines to the office.<\/p>\n<p>The Princess of Wales&#8217;s brother has laid out his novel idea to improve productivity by allowing employees to bring their dogs to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The 38-year-old entrepreneur said is a renowned dog lover and owner of six beloved pooches at his Bucklebury home. James insisted it would be hard for any business to refuse the new approach to working.<\/p>\n<p>Kate&#8217;s younger sibling explained: &#8220;Dogs in the workplace should be a generic \u2018yes\u2019 unless there is a very good reason to say \u2018no.\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The royal relative backed up his thinking with experience running his own dog food business, James &amp; Ella \u2013 named after his late first dog.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started the business during the pandemic and the whole team works remotely,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we all get together, there are dogs everywhere and I really believe they increase productivity. Ideas come from those 15-minute breaks, taking them out to the garden,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Prince William&#8217;s brother-in-law has spoken candidly about how his first dog, Ella, helped him deal with depression. He chronicled the pet&#8217;s positive impact on his life in his 2024 book, &#8220;Meet Ella: The Dog Who Saved My Life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, James said that he would like the therapeutic influence of dogs should be more Widley recognised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy ambition is to have dogs on prescription. I\u2019d love doctors to be able to recommend that people suffering from low mood spend time with a therapy dog,\u201d he told Country Living last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve worked with Pets as Therapy, a charity that organises visits to care homes, hospitals and schools, and it has been amazing to see how dogs bounce into a room and connect with people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen how beneficial dogs can be first-hand,\u201d James added.<\/p>\n<p>The royal family, including Kate Middleton&#8217;s children, are renowned for their affection towards this four-legged creature, which was a favorite companion of Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Kate&#8217;s brother James Middleton makes emotional plea Kate Middleton&#8217;s brother James Middleton has shared an emotional message&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-327419","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114992233541945785","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}