As an unmarried but newly engaged young woman, Pippa Middleton — sister of the Duchess of Cambridge and aunt to the third in line to the throne — finds herself in a unique position. Fairytale wedding? Been there, done that. Posh white frock? I think we all remember how that played out.
Pippa does bridesmaid duties at the 2011 royal wedding
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The marriage of Philippa Charlotte Middleton, 32, to James Matthews, a 40-year-old hedge fund manager, would have been a matter of national — and international — interest even without her place assured in the history books as the owner of the bottom that upstaged a royal bride. For one thing, his brother Spencer is the star of Channel 4’s reality TV show Made in Chelsea, and for another, Americans seem to think