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'''Philippa Charlotte Matthews'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/christening-prince-louis-guests-and-godparents|title=The Christening of Prince Louis: guests and godparents|publisher=The Royal Family|date=9 July 2018|access-date=28 July 2018|quote=The following guests will today attend the christening of Prince Louis at The Chapel Royal, St James's Palace: ... Mr. and Mrs. Michael Middleton, Mr. and Mrs. James Matthews, and Mr. James Middleton ...}}</ref> (née '''Middleton'''; born 6 September 1983) is an English socialite, author and columnist. She is the sister of [[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge]].
'''Philippa Charlotte Middleton'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royal.uk/christening-prince-louis-guests-and-godparents|title=The Christening of Prince Louis: guests and godparents|publisher=The Royal Family|date=9 July 2018|access-date=28 July 2018|quote=The following guests will today attend the christening of Prince Louis at The Chapel Royal, St James's Palace: ... Mr. and Mrs. Michael Middleton, Mr. and Mrs. James Matthews, and Mr. James Middleton ...}}</ref> (born 6 September 1983) is an English socialite, author and columnist. She is the sister of [[Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge]].


Born in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] and raised in [[Bucklebury]], [[Berkshire]], she attended [[Marlborough College]] before graduating with a degree in [[English literature]] from the [[University of Edinburgh]]. She worked at firms for [[public relations]] and [[event management]] before joining her parents' party supply company. Middleton began receiving media attention during her sister's relationship with [[Prince William]], and her appearance at their [[Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton|wedding]] was subject to widespread coverage. She has also penned two books and previously contributed to ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' columns.
Born in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] and raised in [[Bucklebury]], [[Berkshire]], she attended [[Marlborough College]] before graduating with a degree in [[English literature]] from the [[University of Edinburgh]]. She worked at firms for [[public relations]] and [[event management]] before joining her parents' party supply company. Middleton began receiving media attention during her sister's relationship with [[Prince William]], and her appearance at their [[Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton|wedding]] was subject to widespread coverage. She has also penned two books and previously contributed to ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' and ''[[The Sunday Telegraph]]'' columns.

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Pippa Middleton
Middleton at the June 2013 wedding of Lady Melissa Percy
Born
Philippa Charlotte Middleton

(1983-09-06) 6 September 1983 (age 41)
Reading, Berkshire, England
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh[1]
Occupations
  • Socialite
  • author
  • columnist
TitleMrs Matthews of Glen Affric the Younger[2][3]
Spouse
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(m. 2017)​
Children2
Parents
FamilyMiddleton

Philippa Charlotte Middleton[4] (born 6 September 1983) is an English socialite, author and columnist. She is the sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.

Born in Reading and raised in Bucklebury, Berkshire, she attended Marlborough College before graduating with a degree in English literature from the University of Edinburgh. She worked at firms for public relations and event management before joining her parents' party supply company. Middleton began receiving media attention during her sister's relationship with Prince William, and her appearance at their wedding was subject to widespread coverage. She has also penned two books and previously contributed to Vanity Fair and The Sunday Telegraph columns.

She married James Matthews, hedge fund manager and heir apparent to the lairdship of Glen Affric, in 2017. They have two children.

Early life

See also: Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Pippa Charlotte Middleton was born at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Berkshire, England. She is the second of three children born to Michael Middleton (born 1949), a former British Airways flight dispatcher, and Carole Middleton (née Goldsmith; born 1955), a former flight attendant.[5][6] She was christened at St Andrew's Bradfield, Berkshire.[7]

Education

In 1995, her family moved to Bucklebury, Berkshire.[8][9] Like her sister, Middleton was first educated at St Andrew's School, a private boarding school in Pangbourne and then Downe House School, a girls' day and boarding school in Cold Ash. She was a boarder at Marlborough College, where she held a sports/all-rounder scholarship.[10][11] Middleton then graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a degree in English literature.[12] She shared a house with Lord Edward Innes-Ker, a son of the Duke of Roxburghe, and with Earl Percy, heir apparent of the Duke of Northumberland.[12]

Career

Following her graduation, Middleton briefly worked in 2008 at a public relations firm promoting luxury products. She then had an events management job with Table Talk, a company based in London that organises corporate events and parties.[10][13] In 2008, Tatler magazine named Middleton "the Number 1 Society Singleton", ahead of singer-songwriter James Blunt and Princess Eugenie of York,[14] although in the same Tatler article she was described as someone who "goes to a lot of parties, but mainly as the caterer." Since then, she has often been described as a socialite.[15] As part of a duo with her elder sister, Middleton has received wide press coverage, focusing on her social life and her lifestyle. She was also photographed sunbathing topless which was published in the British press. In April 2012, Time magazine listed Middleton as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[16]

Middleton has worked part-time for her parents' company Party Pieces, editing the web magazine Party Times.[10][17] Penguin Books paid Middleton a £400,000 advance for a book on party planning. The book, entitled Celebrate, was published in autumn 2012, and had lower than anticipated sales as many reviewers mocked it for the obviousness of its content.[18][19] In March 2013, Middleton parted from her literary agent.[20]

Middleton is also a regular columnist for several publications. She has contributed articles to The Spectator magazine since December 2012[21] and began having a food column in the supermarket magazine Waitrose Kitchen beginning in spring 2013.[22] In June 2013 she was named a contributing editor of Vanity Fair writing a series of columns for the magazine.[23] Beginning in September 2013, Middleton also wrote a fortnightly sports and social column for The Sunday Telegraph.[24] She parted ways from The Telegraph in May 2014.

In May 2013, she became the sole director and shareholder of PXM Enterprises Limited.[25] The company is headquartered at 19 Portland Place in London.[25]

Royal wedding

Middleton stands with the Royal Family as maid of honour at the wedding of her sister and Prince William, as Prince Philip looks on

The official announcement of her sister's engagement came on 16 November 2010. Pippa Middleton served as the maid of honour.[26] At the wedding, Middleton's white figure-hugging dress, which, like the bride's, was created by Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen, was highly praised in the media. Made of ivory crêpe fabric, it was styled with a cowl at the front and organza-covered buttons at the back. Copies of the dress were soon available on the High Street[27][28] where there was a great demand for them.[29][30][31]

Philanthropy

In April 2013, Middleton became an ambassador to the Mary Hare School for deaf children in Berkshire.

In June 2014, Middleton became an ambassador to the British Heart Foundation (BHF).[32] That month, she took part in the Race Across America, a 3,000 mile cycling race across the United States, followed by the Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swimming Race, a 6.5 km swimming competition in Istanbul, as two fundraising opportunities for the BHF.[32] Her bicycle was also auctioned on eBay for the BHF.[32] She then attended the BHF's Roll out the Red Ball at the Park Lane Hotel on 10 February 2015.[33] She auctioned one of her L.K.Bennett dresses at the ball. She took part in the London to Brighton Bike Ride for the BHF on 21 June 2015. In September 2015, Middleton participated in a 47-mile swim-run competition in Sweden alongside her brother and James Matthews to raise money for the Michael Matthews Foundation, a charity found in honour of James Matthew's brother who lost his life on a mountain climbing trek.[34]

In September 2016, Middleton released her second book, Heartfelt, whose proceeds go to the British Heart Foundation.[35]

Personal life

In September 2016, Middleton's iPhone was hacked. The Sun reported it had been approached by a hacker who claimed to have 3,000 images from Middleton's iCloud account and demanded £50,000 for them. The hacker was arrested that same month.[36]

Middleton had a three-year relationship with Nico Jackson, a hedge fund employee, which ended by mutual consent in October 2015.[37] In July 2016, in the Lake District, Middleton became engaged to James Matthews, a former professional racing driver, now hedge fund manager. The couple married on 20 May 2017 at St Mark's Church, at Englefield Estate, Berkshire, near Bucklebury Manor, the Middleton family home.[38] Her niece and nephew Princess Charlotte and Prince George of Cambridge were amongst the bride's attendants.

Matthews' father is Laird of Glen Affric, a 10,000 acre estate in Scotland. Matthews' inheritance of the lairdship will result in Middleton "acquiring" the courtesy title of Lady Glen Affric.[39][40][41][42] Their son Arthur Michael William was born on 15 October 2018 at St Mary's Hospital, London.[43][44][45] Their daughter Grace Elizabeth Jane was born on 15 March 2021.[46]

Arms

Coat of arms of Pippa Middleton
Notes
Middleton bears her father's arms on a lozenge.
Crest
A Rock Argent, thereon a Wolf sejant Azure, gorged with a Collar of Roses Argent, barbed and seeded proper, supporting in the dexter forepaw a Caduceus Or, serpent Gules, labeled Or.
Escutcheon
Per pale Azure and Gules, a chevron Or, cotised Argent, between three acorns slipped and leaved Or (Middleton).
Symbolism
The dividing line (between two colours) down the centre is a canting of the name 'Middle-ton'. The acorns (from the oak tree) are a traditional symbol of England and a feature of west Berkshire, where the family lived. The three acorns also denote the family's three children. The gold chevron in the centre of the arms is an allusion to Carole Middleton's maiden name of Goldsmith. The two white chevronels (narrow chevrons above and below the gold chevron) symbolise peaks and mountains, and the family's love of the Lake District and skiing.[47]

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  3. ^ Sisavat, M. (21 May 2017). "Pippa Middleton Just Received This Royal Title After Marrying James Matthews". Yahoo News Network. Retrieved 16 September 2018. Pippa did receive a title of her own. Because James is heir to the Scottish title of Laird of Glen Affric (a position his father currently holds), Pippa will now be able to use the courtesy title of Mrs. Matthews of Glen Affric the younger. Once James's father dies and he will become the Laird of Glen Affric, Pippa will known as Lady Glen Affric.
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