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She was reported in 2010 to be dating the [[The City of London|City]] trader and former [[England cricket team|England]] [[cricket]]er [[Alex Loudon]].<ref>Dean Piper, [http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/showbiz-dean-piper/2010/08/kate-middletons-little-sis-is.html Kate Middleton's little sis is dating Alex Loudon], ''Daily Mirror'' (22 August 2010) </ref><ref name=ostler>Catherine Ostler, ''[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1358438/Pippa-Middleton-Kates-Maid-Honour-Shes-better-connected-outgoing-body-Bond-girl--Sure-picked-right-sister-Wills.html#ixzz1EONa7YWq She's better connected, more outgoing and has the body of a Bond girl. As 'Perfect Pippa' Middleton is chosen as Kate's Maid of Honour]'' (18 February 2011) ''Daily Mail'', accessed 19 February 2011</ref>
She was reported in 2010 to be dating the [[The City of London|City]] trader and former [[England cricket team|England]] [[cricket]]er [[Alex Loudon]].<ref>Dean Piper, [http://blogs.mirror.co.uk/showbiz-dean-piper/2010/08/kate-middletons-little-sis-is.html Kate Middleton's little sis is dating Alex Loudon], ''Daily Mirror'' (22 August 2010) </ref><ref name=ostler>Catherine Ostler, ''[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1358438/Pippa-Middleton-Kates-Maid-Honour-Shes-better-connected-outgoing-body-Bond-girl--Sure-picked-right-sister-Wills.html#ixzz1EONa7YWq She's better connected, more outgoing and has the body of a Bond girl. As 'Perfect Pippa' Middleton is chosen as Kate's Maid of Honour]'' (18 February 2011) ''Daily Mail'', accessed 19 February 2011</ref>


At the Royal wedding, Middleton's white figure-hugging dress was highly praised in the media. It was made of ivory [[crape]] fabric and was styled with a [[cowl]] style at the front and [[organza]]-covered buttons at the back. The dress, like the bride's, was created by [[Sarah Burton]].<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8484342/Royal-wedding-Pippa-Middleton-shines-as-maid-of-honour.html |journal=[[Daily Telegraph]] |title=Pippa Middleton shines as maid of honour |author=Anita Singh |date=29 Apr 2011}}</ref><ref name="steal-show"/><ref>[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/royal-wedding/who-is-pippa-middleton/story-fn88zi99-1226047318051 Who Is Pippa Middleton?] at news.com.au</ref><ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/royalwedding/3555091/Gorgeous-Pippa-steals-the-show.html Gorgeous Pippa steals the show] at thesun.co.uk </ref>
At the Royal wedding, Middleton's white figure-hugging dress, which like the bride's was created by [[Sarah Burton]], was highly praised in the media. Made of ivory [[crape]] fabric, it was styled with a [[cowl]] at the front and [[organza]]-covered buttons at the back.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/royal-wedding/8484342/Royal-wedding-Pippa-Middleton-shines-as-maid-of-honour.html |journal=[[Daily Telegraph]] |title=Pippa Middleton shines as maid of honour |author=Anita Singh |date=29 Apr 2011}}</ref><ref name="steal-show"/><ref>[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/royal-wedding/who-is-pippa-middleton/story-fn88zi99-1226047318051 Who Is Pippa Middleton?] at news.com.au</ref> Some reports of the wedding suggested that Pippa Middleton had "stolen the show".<ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/royalwedding/3555091/Gorgeous-Pippa-steals-the-show.html Gorgeous Pippa steals the show] at thesun.co.uk </ref><ref name="steal-show"/><ref>[http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/royal-wedding/who-is-pippa-middleton/story-fn88zi99-1226047318051 Who Is Pippa Middleton?] at news.com.au</ref><ref>[http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/royalwedding/3555091/Gorgeous-Pippa-steals-the-show.html Gorgeous Pippa steals the show] at thesun.co.uk </ref> After the wedding, it was reported that she was "all but engaged".<ref>[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10722885 'Her Royal Hotness' all but engaged], ''NZ Herald'' dated May 2, 2011, accessed 2011-05-02.</ref><ref>[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/special-reports/her-royal-hotness-pippa-middleton-wins-fans/story-fn888sz0-1226048004243 Her Royal Hotness Pippa Middleton wins fans], ''Herald Sun'' dated May 1, 2011, accessed 2011-05-02.</ref>


==Coat of arms==
==Coat of arms==

Revision as of 00:05, 5 May 2011

Pippa Middleton
Born
Philippa Charlotte Middleton

(1983-09-06) 6 September 1983 (age 41)
Reading, Berkshire, England
Alma materMarlborough College and University of Edinburgh
Parents
Relatives

Philippa Charlotte "Pippa" Middleton (born 6 September 1983)[1] is the only sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge. A party organiser, she is well known because of her sister and through the reporting of society news. On 29 April 2011, she was the maid of honour at her sister's Royal wedding,[2][3] which she helped to organise. Her role in the televised wedding resulted in widespread media coverage and public admiration for her dress and appearance.[4][5][6][7]

Biography

Early life

Middleton was born in 1983, the second of the three children of Michael Middleton who was then a British Airways flight dispatcher, and Carole Goldsmith, who was a former flight attendant.[8][9][10] Her father's family came from Leeds, West Yorkshire, and one of her great-grandmothers, called Olivia Lupton, belonged to a business family active in Leeds for generations.[11][12] Carole Middleton's mother's family were labourers and miners from County Durham.[13] The third child of the family is James Middleton (born 1987), now a business man.[11][14]

In the mid 1980s, when her two eldest children were at a pre-school and the family was living at Bradfield Southend, Middleton's mother set up 'Party Pieces', a company which began by making party bags and which now sells party supplies and decorations by mail order. By 1995 the firm, run by both parents, was so successful that it moved into a range of farm buildings at Ashampstead Common,[15][16] and since then the Middletons are reported to have become millionaires.[17]

In 1995, the Middletons moved to Bucklebury, Berkshire.[15][18] Like her sister, Middleton was initially educated at St Andrew's School, Pangbourne, then at Downe House, a girls' boarding school in Cold Ash, and finally at Marlborough College, Wiltshire. She then followed her sister to higher education in Scotland, attending the University of Edinburgh to study English literature.[19] There she shared a house with Lord Edward Innes-Ker, a son of the Duke of Roxburghe, and with Earl Percy, heir of the Duke of Northumberland.[19]

Career

Following graduation, in 2008 Middleton took a job with Table Talk, a company based in London that organises events and parties.[20] Also in 2008, Tatler magazine named Middleton "the Number 1 Society Singleton", beating singer-songwriter James Blunt and Princess Eugenie.[21] Since then, she has often been described as a socialite.[22] As part of a duo with her older sister, Middleton has received wide press coverage, focussing on her social life and her lifestyle.[23][24]

Pippa Middelton (far right) on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after her sister's wedding.

In 2009, Middleton took up tobogganing on the Cresta Run at St Moritz, with the multi-millionaire Trevor Baines as her instructor.[25] She is also a good shot and in 2008 shot twenty-three game birds in a day in Scotland.[26] For several years on Burns Night, accompanied by bagpipes, Middleton has carried the haggis into a pub called the Old Boot Inn at Stanford Dingley in Berkshire.[27] The Daily Telegraph reported in 2010 that Middleton's parents had ambitious plans to expand their company, Party Pieces, and wanted their daughter Pippa to take an increasingly prominent role.[28]

Author Plum Sykes has written of her

Pippa is the luckiest one of all. She gets all the right sort of attention from men, fashion designers, hostesses and things, and doesn't have any of the duties. She's become a Princess without the bad bits.[27]

Royal wedding

The official announcement of her sister's engagement came on 23 November 2010. Middleton was immediately tipped to be the chief bridesmaid at the planned Royal wedding.[3] This was confirmed and widely reported, although in the event the title used for the position was maid of honour.[2][29] It was also suggested that Middleton took on the role of the chief planner of the wedding itself.[30] She was reported in 2010 to be dating the City trader and former England cricketer Alex Loudon.[31][27]

At the Royal wedding, Middleton's white figure-hugging dress, which like the bride's was created by Sarah Burton, was highly praised in the media. Made of ivory crape fabric, it was styled with a cowl at the front and organza-covered buttons at the back.[32][4][33] Some reports of the wedding suggested that Pippa Middleton had "stolen the show".[34][4][35][36] After the wedding, it was reported that she was "all but engaged".[37][38]

Coat of arms

Coat of arms of Pippa Middleton
Notes
Pippa Middleton's coat of arms is based on those of her father Michael Middleton. Thomas Woodcock, Garter King of Arms, the senior officer of the College of Arms, helped the family with the design. The shield of arms in her version is lozenge shaped and hangs from a blue ribbon, this symbolises her unmarried state. This version of the coat of arms can only be used by Pippa, as it denotes an unwed Middleton woman.[39][40]
Escutcheon
On a lozenge, per pale Azure and Gules, a chevron, or cotised Argent, between three acorns slipped and leaved Or[40]
Other elements
The lozenge hangs from a blue ribbon, tied in a bow.
Symbolism
The dividing line (between two colours) down the centre is a canting of the name 'Middle-ton'. The acorns (from the oak tree) is a traditional symbol of England and a feature of west Berkshire, where the family have lived for 30 years. 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) symbolises peaks and mountains, and the family's love of the Lake District and skiing.[39][40]

Film

In William & Kate, a television movie released on 18 April 2011 about her sister's romance, the part of Pippa Middleton was played by Mary Elise Hayden.[41]

References

  1. ^ Kristi, Han (30 April 2011). "Pippa Middleton Bersinar di Pernikahan Sang Kakak" (in Filipino). Retrieved 04 May 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ a b Katie Jones, Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton to be best man and maid of honour (14 February 2011) at mydaily.co.uk
  3. ^ a b Ross Lydall, Kate Middleton's sister Pippa tipped as royal bridesmaid (22 November 2010) at thisislondon.co.uk
  4. ^ a b c Did Kate Middleton's sister Pippa steal the show? at theglobeandmail.com
  5. ^ How Pippa Middleton's derriere Facebook fan sites praise women at dailymail.co.uk/femail
  6. ^ Pippa Middleton’s Butt Has Become An International Sensation!. Hollywood Life. May 1, 2011. Accessed 2011-05-01.
  7. ^ Pippa Middleton's back side has its own FB fan sites. Times of India. May 1, 2011. Accessed 2011-05-01.
  8. ^ Philippa Charlotte Middleton, p. 19582 at thepeerage.com, accessed 4 January 2011
  9. ^ Ancestry of Kate Middleton at wargs.com, accessed 4 January 2011
  10. ^ Claudia Joseph, The intriguing story of the woman who gave Kate her looks – and family wealth, in Daily Mail (21 November 2010) , accessed 4 January 2011
  11. ^ a b Claudia Joseph, Revealed: Secrets of the Middletons' money in Daily Mail (22 March 2009)
  12. ^ The Leeds connection in Yorkshire Evening Post
  13. ^ Christopher Wilson, Kate, the coal miner's girl in Daily Mail (22 December 2006), accessed 4 January 2011
  14. ^ James William Middleton at thepeerage.com, accessed 4 January 2011
  15. ^ a b Party Pieces Princess in News of the World (21 November 2010) , p. 4
  16. ^ About us at partypieces.co.uk, accessed 19 February 2011
  17. ^ Generation why-should-I? on The Scotsman (11 June 2008) , accessed 4 January 2011.
  18. ^ Profiles: Kate Middleton in Hello! dated August 2001
  19. ^ a b Anna Pukas, Kate Middleton's eligible little sister (20 November 2010) Daily Express, accessed 19 February 2011 Cite error: The named reference "pukas" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  20. ^ Welcome to the Firm at channel4.com, accessed 4 January 2011
  21. ^ Ashley Peskoe, Pippa Middleton: 5 Things You Need to Know at abcnews.go.com, accessed 17 February 2011
  22. ^ Kate Middleton's Sister, Pippa: A Socialite Butterfly at royalweddings.org.uk, accessed 16 April 2011
  23. ^ Katie Nicholl, First Kate, now sister Pippa splits from heir in Daily Mail (21 April 2007)
  24. ^ Katie Nicholl, A Churchill snaps up the other Miss Middleton (26 September 2009) Daily Mail
  25. ^ Pat Hurst, Rich List tycoon faces 14 years' jail for £110m shares scam (14 October 2009) at news.scotsman.com, accessed 18 February 2011
  26. ^ Top shot: Pippa Middleton bags the birds on Scotland hunt (23 November 2008) Daily Mail
  27. ^ a b c Catherine Ostler, She's better connected, more outgoing and has the body of a Bond girl. As 'Perfect Pippa' Middleton is chosen as Kate's Maid of Honour (18 February 2011) Daily Mail, accessed 19 February 2011
  28. ^ Tim Walker, Wedding is good business for Pippa Middleton Daily Telegraph (17 November 2010), accessed 17 February 2011
  29. ^ Gregory Katz, Tamara Baluja, Royal wedding update: Prince Harry to be best man, Kate's sister Pippa is maid of honour at Yahoo Canada (The Associated Press, The Canadian Press) (14 February 2011)
  30. ^ Sarah Bull, "Kate who? Pippa Middleton enjoys a night away from royal wedding planning as she takes to the ice at Somerset House" (24 November 2010) Daily Mail
  31. ^ Dean Piper, Kate Middleton's little sis is dating Alex Loudon, Daily Mirror (22 August 2010)
  32. ^ Anita Singh (29 April 2011), "Pippa Middleton shines as maid of honour", Daily Telegraph
  33. ^ Who Is Pippa Middleton? at news.com.au
  34. ^ Gorgeous Pippa steals the show at thesun.co.uk
  35. ^ Who Is Pippa Middleton? at news.com.au
  36. ^ Gorgeous Pippa steals the show at thesun.co.uk
  37. ^ 'Her Royal Hotness' all but engaged, NZ Herald dated May 2, 2011, accessed 2011-05-02.
  38. ^ Her Royal Hotness Pippa Middleton wins fans, Herald Sun dated May 1, 2011, accessed 2011-05-02.
  39. ^ a b "Royal wedding: Kate Middleton coat of arms unveiled". BBC News. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  40. ^ a b c "Kate Middleton family gets coat of arms". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
  41. ^ William and Kate at imdb.com, accessed 19 February 2011

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