Pippa Middleton was flung into the spotlight
for wearing a now-famous bridesmaid dress
at sister Kate Middleton's wedding to Prince
William in 2011.
But the socialite never planned on being famous
and has continued to live a relatively quiet
life.
Here's a look inside Pippa Middleton's life
today.
Her older sister may have married a real-life
prince, but Pippa Middleton got a fairytale
wedding of her own six years later when she
tied the knot with former race car driver
James Matthews in May 2017.
Kate Middleton's younger sis has since mainly
stayed out of the limelight, but about a year
and a half after getting hitched, Pippa welcomed
her first child, a son called Arthur.
Pippa's rep revealed that the couple's baby
boy had arrived on October 15, 2018, and told
USA Today,
"Everyone is delighted and Mother and baby
are doing well."
The publication also noted that Pippa gave
birth in the Lindo Wing at St. Mary's Hospital
in London, the very same place that sister
Kate welcomed all three of her own children
with Prince William: Prince George, Princess
Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
The Telegraph also confirmed the news, with
a Kensington Palace statement revealing to
the publication,
"The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are thrilled
for Pippa and James."
Born to a socialite mom and multi-millionaire
dad, little Arthur will undoubtedly grow up
in a privileged environment, but without a
royal title of his own, his upbringing will
be very different from his royal cousins.
True to form, Pippa Middleton kept her pregnancy
with son Arthur relatively low-key.
That all changed, however, when Middleton
decided to share some behind-the-scenes details
in her Waitrose magazine column.
Discussing her exercise routine, she explained,
"Swimming throughout pregnancy offers a wonderful
feeling of weightlessness.
As the months pass, you feel heavier by the
day, but being in water gives that floating,
light-as-air feeling that soothes and relieves
the body, counteracts increased back strain
and stretches the legs from the growing bump."
Middleton continued with her exercise routine
right up until the ninth month of pregnancy,
but revealed,
"As the final month nears and the bump grows
prouder each day, movement is certainly getting
more awkward."
To counteract the difficulties she began experiencing
while moving closer toward her due date, Middleton
took up meditation and tried to walk and stretch
whenever possible, to better prepare her body
for the baby's arrival.
While Pippa Middleton found swimming to be
the perfect form of exercise to do during
pregnancy, she has already passed on the skill
to her young son, Arthur.
In an April 2019 column for Waitrose Kitchen
magazine, the proud mom finally broke her
silence on motherhood, writing,
"Starting my son Arthur swimming at four months
old has given him confidence and enjoyment
in water...He's now six months old, and swimming
is one of our favorite activities."
Middleton made it clear that she was keen
to encourage other parents to work out and
stay active, too.
Although the socialite's updates about her
son have been rare, it's adorable and super
sweet to hear that this mother-baby duo have
found such a unique way to bond together.
"It's wonderful."
"Yeah?
That's the biggest smile I've seen this morning."
Along with introducing her son, Arthur, to
swimming lessons at an early age, Pippa Middleton
also decided to start taking him to another
nearby spot for more healthy activities.
In October 2019, the proud mom wrote in her
Waitrose Weekend column,
"Now that Arthur is 11 months old and more
mobile, I have been trying to come up with
different activities to do with him...I needed
to find something more than just park walks
in the pram.
Our local baby gym has been a saving grace.
It's a big space full of fun, soft objects,
play mats, stairs, balls, swings, mini trampolines,
and more."
According to the Daily Mail, Middleton resides
with her husband, James Matthews, and their
son in a West London property that cost approximately
17 million pounds to purchase back in 2014.
As if the cost of their house wasn't expensive
enough, the publication reported that the
couple spent an additional 1.2 million pounds
renovating and extending the property.
It would seem that Middleton has not only
made a perfect home for her growing family,
but has also found some wonderful support
close by to entertain her young son.
In one of the stranger updates regarding Pippa
Middleton, it was reported in March 2020 that
the author of Celebrate had taken to ordering
cabs under a fake name.
In the United Kingdom, it's common to phone
and book a taxicab journey in advance, rather
than flag one down in the street.
According to the Daily Mail, a source revealed
that they'd gotten suspicious when a woman
ordered a taxi under the surname Middleton,
claiming,
"She ordered a taxi for Lucy Middleton and
kept ringing, asking if I was there yet because
she was hiding in a dark doorway."
And that's not all.
The taxi driver-turned-sleuth decided to find
out whether he had, in fact, transported Pippa
Middleton.
"I later Googled the name and saw [Pippa and
Kate's cousin] Lucy Middleton in a picture
with Pippa, and realized it was actually Pippa
in my cab."
It's pretty amusing to imagine Pippa Middleton
using a fake name when she travels.
Although, considering the fact that she's
famous all over the world, this English socialite
probably just wanted a little privacy, and
who could blame her?
Before Pippa Middleton settled down with James
Matthews, she dated another well-connected
man who has since married into the royal family.
As reported by the Daily Mail, before Thomas
Kingston married Gabriella Windsor, who is
currently 52nd in line to the British throne,
he reportedly dated Pippa.
In 2013, the former couple was spotted on
multiple dates.
However, according to the Daily Mail,
"[Thomas Kingston] denied they were romantically
linked."
It definitely seems like a strange claim to
make, considering the fact that there appears
to be photographic evidence of the pair together.
Meanwhile, one so-called friend of Kingston's
told the Daily Mail,
"Tom's great achievement is that none of his
old girlfriends have anything but nice things
to say about him.
Even when it's all over, they still like him."
It would seem that this review of Kingston's
love life is very true, as Pippa attended
her ex's wedding to his new royal partner
in May 2019.
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