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

(1983-09-06) 6 September 1983 (age 41)
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, Berkshire, England
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh[1]
Occupation(s)Socialite, author, columnist
Known forYounger sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Spouse
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(m. 2017)​
Parents
RelativesCatherine, Duchess of Cambridge (sister)
James Middleton (brother)

Philippa Charlotte "Pippa" Matthews (née Middleton) (/ˈpɪpə ˈmɪdəltən/; born 6 September 1983)[2][3] is an English socialite, author, and columnist. The younger sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, she began receiving media attention with her appearance as the maid of honour at her sister's wedding to Prince William. Middleton married James Matthews in 2017.

Early life

See also: Family of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Pippa Matthews 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.[4][5] She was christened at St Andrew's Bradfield, Berkshire.[6]

Education

In 1995, her family moved to Bucklebury, Berkshire.[7][8] Like her sister, Matthews 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.[9][10] Matthews then graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an English literature degree,[11] where 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.[11]

Career

Following her graduation, Matthews 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.[9][12] Also in 2008, Tatler magazine named Middleton "the Number 1 Society Singleton", ahead of singer-songwriter James Blunt and Princess Eugenie of York,[13] 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.[14] As part of a duo with her elder sister, Matthews has received wide press coverage, focusing on her social life and her lifestyle. In April 2012, Time magazine listed Matthews as one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[15]

Matthews has worked part-time for her parents' company Party Pieces, editing the web magazine Party Times.[9][16]

Penguin Books paid Matthews 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.[17][18] In March 2013, Matthews parted from her literary agent.[19]

The 2016 ITV documentary, Our Queen At 90, revealed that a recipe which featured in Matthews's Celebrate book – Granny's Marrow Chutney – had been made by her sister, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, who gave a jar of it as a Christmas gift to her grandmother-in-law, Queen Elizabeth II, in 2011.[20]

Matthews 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, Matthews 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]

In September 2016, Matthews's iPhone was hacked. The Sun reported it had been approached by a hacker who claimed to have 3,000 images from Matthews's iCloud account and demanded £50,000 for them. The hacker was arrested in September 2016.[26]

Royal wedding

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

The official announcement of her sister's engagement came on 16 November 2010. Middleton served as the maid of honour.[27] 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[28][29] where there was a great demand for them.[30][31][32]

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).[33] 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.[33] Her bicycle was also auctioned on eBay for the BHF.[33] She then attended the BHF's Roll out the Red Ball at the Park Lane Hotel on 10 February 2015.[34] 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 2016, Middleton released her second book, Heartfelt, whose proceeds go to the British Heart Foundation.[35]

Marriage

In July 2016, 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.[36]

Matthews is the son and heir of David Matthews, the Laird of Glen Affric. If Matthews inherits his father's lairdship, then Middleton may be accorded the courtesy title of Lady Glen Affric.[37][38][39][40]

In April 2018 there were reports that Pippa Middleton and James Matthews are expecting their first child in October 2018. [41]

Arms

Coat of arms of Pippa Middleton
Notes
Middleton bears her father's arms on a lozenge.
Escutcheon
Per pale Azure and Gules, a chevron Or, cotised Argent, between three acorns slipped and leaved Or.

References

  1. ^ "Pippa Middleton biography". Biography.com.
  2. ^ "Pippa Middleton". People. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "Pippa Middleton's Birthday: A Look Back At A Year Of Style (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. 6 September 2008.
  4. ^ Lundy, Darryl. "Philippa Charlotte Middleton". The Peerage. p. 19582. Retrieved 4 January 2011.[unreliable source]
  5. ^ "Ancestry of Kate Middleton". wargs.com. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Pippa Middleton on wine, fishing and Kim Kardashian". spectator.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Party Pieces Princess". News of the World. 21 November 2010. p. 4.
  8. ^ "Profiles: Kate Middleton". Hello!. August 2001.
  9. ^ a b c Curtis, Nick (10 May 2011). "Everything you never knew about Pippa Middleton". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Lambert, Victoria (29 March 2014). "Why everyone wants a Marlborough missus". The Telegraph (UK). Retrieved 9 February 2015. Having a famous partner can cut both ways these days. There will be a Mr Pippa Middleton and a Mr Princess Eugenie. And can we ever think of old Marlburian male Mark Phillips as an equestrian without adding "the former Mr Princess Anne"?
  11. ^ a b Pukas, Anna (20 November 2010). "Kate Middleton's eligible little sister". Daily Express. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  12. ^ "Welcome to the Firm". Channel 4. Archived from the original on 20 December 2010. Retrieved 4 January 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Peskoe, Ashley. "Pippa Middleton: 5 Things You Need to Know". ABC News. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  14. ^ "Kate Middleton's Sister, Pippa: a socialite butterfly". royalweddings.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ Levinson, Robin (18 April 2012). "Pippa Middleton in gun photo controversy one day... Time Magazine's 100 most influential people the next". National Post.
  16. ^ Walker, Tim (17 November 2010). "Wedding is good business for Pippa Middleton". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 17 February 2011.
  17. ^ Chilton, Martin (12 November 2012). "Pippa Middleton's New Book". Business Insider. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  18. ^ Howse, Christopher (2 November 2012). "Celebrate by Pippa Middleton: review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  19. ^ "Pippa Middleton parts from agent after just one book". The Daily Telegraph. 22 March 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  20. ^ Furness, Hannah (22 March 2016). "What to buy the Queen for Christmas? Chutney, says Duchess". Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 24 March 2016. The instructions are detailed in her sister Pippa Middleton's 2012 recipe book Celebrate, entitled "Granny's Marrow Chutney".
  21. ^ "Pippa Middleton". The Spectator. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  22. ^ "Pippa Middleton's Debut Waitrose Kitchen Food Column Could Use More of One Key Ingredient: Food". Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  23. ^ "Pippa Middleton Named Vanity Fair Contributing Editor, Writes About Her (and Kate's) Tennis Obsession". Vanity Fair. 5 June 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  24. ^ "Pippa Middleton". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 December 2013.
  25. ^ a b Ellen Branagh, Mystery over Pippa Middleton's new company, The Independent, 31 May 2013
  26. ^ Liptak, Andrew (25 September 2016). "Police have arrested the man alleged to have hacked Pippa Middleton's iPhone". The Verge. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  27. ^ Katz, Gregory; Baluja, Tamara (14 February 2011). "Royal wedding update: Prince Harry to be best man, Kate's sister Pippa is maid of honour". Yahoo Canada. The Associated Press, The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011.
  28. ^ "Debenhams produce £170 copy of Pippa Middleton's bridesmaid dress". The Daily Telegraph. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  29. ^ Karmali, Sarah (4 August 2011). "Pippa Middleton bridesmaid dress replicas hit Debenhams". MyDaily UK. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  30. ^ Singh, Anita (29 April 2011). "Pippa Middleton shines as maid of honour". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  31. ^ Elser, Daniela (30 April 2011). "Pippa Middleton almost steals the show from sister Kate on her big day". News.com.au. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
  32. ^ Bergin, Olivia (4 August 2011). "Debenhams produce £170 copy of Pippa Middleton's bridesmaid dress". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  33. ^ a b c Pippa Middleton – our new ambassador, British Heart Foundation, 12 June 2014
  34. ^ Bystander: Roll out the Red Ball, Tatler, 11 February 2015
  35. ^ Bury, Jennifer (19 September 2016). "Pippa Middleton speaks out to quash her 'party girl' image in rare interview". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 19 September 2016. The author is now launching a cookery book, Heartfelt, to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.
  36. ^ "Pippa Middleton marries James Matthews in Englefield". The Guardian.
  37. ^ Betts, Hannah (22 July 2016). "Kate, Pippa and how to spot 'old money' and 'new money'". Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved 3 August 2016. It's been reported that, in time, Pippa will even acquire a title: the suitably racy sounding "Lady Glen Affric,"...
  38. ^ Gutteridge, Nick (20 July 2016). "Middleton of the Glen! How Pippa will get a title to rival her sister Kate after engagement". Daily Express. UK. Retrieved 21 July 2016. ...following her engagement to the son of a Scottish Laird...Mr Matthews is the son of David Matthews, the Laird of Glen Affric....The 32 year old sister of the Duchess of Cambridge will one day become Lady Glen Affric and have access to a sprawling 10,000 acre Scottish estate...He will inherit the title upon his father's death, until which time Pippa will be able to use the courtesy title of Mrs Matthews of Glen Affric the Younger, bestowed upon her as the heir's wife.
  39. ^ Matthews, Spencer (1 October 2013). Confessions of a Chelsea Boy. Pan Macmillan UK. ISBN 1743513216.
  40. ^ Whitworth, Damian (15 May 2017). "Pippa maid of honour no more". The Times. UK. Retrieved 23 May 2017. (Glen Affric Estate/Lodge) has been expensively refurbished and is let out to hunting parties wishing to enjoy its splendid 10,000 acres. That may not be a patch on Balmoral's 50,000 acres, but Glen Affric is regarded as a particularly beautiful estate and it comes with a title: Laird of Glen Affric. The prospect of photographers stalking in the hills might be off-putting to Pippa, but she might enjoy spending the start of her married life playing at being Lady Glen Affric. The Times. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  41. ^ http://www.newsweek.com/pippa-middleton-pregnant-james-matthews-897634
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