Breaking News: Princess Kate’s Brother James Middleton Thought the Prince and Princess of Wales “Were Joking” When They Asked Him to Participate in Their Wedding…see more

“The wedding was barely eight weeks away when Catherine and William, on the phone together and ­bubbling with excitement, asked me brightly if I might be up to doing a reading on their big day at Westminster Abbey,” Middleton writes.

“A reading? I thought they were joking. My mind raced back to school and my stumbling, ­incoherent efforts to read in front of the class.

What were they ­thinking? Being dyslexic, reading is my least favorite occupation,” he continued. “‘Seriously?’ I asked. ‘Seriously,’ they chorused.

Oh no! I thought.” While apprehensive and still in disbelief, Middleton writes that he agreed to do the reading, hiding his true feelings from his sister and her soon-to-be husband.