My brush with death and how a stern talking-to from my sister Carole made me change my ways: Why Kate’s ‘Naughty Uncle Gary’ finally gave up partying after being ‘awestruck’ by the Princess’s brave cancer battle

Gary Goldsmith – the Princess of Wales’s naughty uncle and self-styled King Of Fun – is telling me about his ‘wholesome and civilised’ 60th birthday celebrations at his Ibiza villa.

He’d enjoyed a few alcohol-free beers over lazy lunches with friends, taken the odd dip in the pool, played tennis and gone hiking. And, yes, you read that correctly. The party animal hadn’t touched a drop of alcohol.

The only concession to self-indulgence was his birthday meal – a feast of seafood and cake. The newly abstemious Gary had not only turned his back on alcohol, he’d also been on a quest

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