Kate Middleton’s sister, Pippa Middleton, has revealed the many perks and pitfalls of being the younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge.
In her debut after-dinner speech, the 30-year-old younger sister spoke for the first time about that bridesmaid’s dress, which threatened to upstage the bride of the Royal wedding thanks to its slinky cut and revealing rear-view.
Pippa quipped that she was just “glad it fitted” at first but “in retrospect it fitted a little too well.”
“As I have found out, recognition has its upside, its downside and – you may say – its backside.”
Pippa Middleton at the royal wedding
Pippa also spoke about the less light-hearted aspects of being a relative of a Royal, telling the audience that her life changed forever following the wedding in April 2011.
Accusations that she was cashing in on her sister’s fortunes by writing a book and accepting offers to write columns for magazines and newspapers were deeply hurtful. And the negative response to her party planning book Celebrate – which only sold 18,000 copies – had been “difficult”.
Photo: Arif Durrani @DurraniMix, Twitter Wearing a floor-length dark green gown, Pippa spoke to around 400 people at the Women in Advertising and Communications dinner at London’s ritzy Savoy Hotel, with tickets costing £132 each.
Pippa Middleton at the Women in Advertising and Communications dinner
Wearing a floor-length dark green gown, Pippa spoke to around 400 people at the Women in Advertising and Communications dinner at London’s ritzy Savoy Hotel, with tickets costing £132 each.
