Kate's ex-boss booted off Apprentice

Public school educated Rory Laing, now 28, second cousin to the late Princess Diana, got the boot after leading failing team Eclipse.

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Laing, from Bristol, now hopes to set up a new business - offering trips across the capital with a German Zeppelin airship operator.

Ifti Chaudhri, 36, from Egham, Surrey, was fired after telling Sir Alan Sugar his mind was on his family.

The black belt in martial arts and former policeman was on the same team as Laing but hid the fact he has a degree in product design, despite being tasked with creating a "pooch pouch".

Their team only made a profit of £565 from selling the product.

Sir Alan told Laing, who used to employ Middleton; "I hear you've been a bankrupt twice, there's no shame in it. Well Rory. Here's the hat-trick, you're fired."

He told Chaudhri: "You're a good family man, but business is business as you'll appreciate".

Laing said of his sacking: "Whoever leads the task gets the blame. I don't regret the show at all."

Chaudhri is returning to the tile business and hopes to open a chain of stores.

He said: "When I left home my one-year-old son was pretty ill. Leaving in that sort of circumstance was not a good thing. We were not allowed any type of contact.

"I felt that I was a little bit irresponsible not knowing what was happening.

"I just couldn't concentrate. I just gave up. It did hurt me intensely not knowing what could have happened."