Pippa Middleton

She is the second of three children born to Michael (born 1949), a former British Airways flight dispatcher, and Carole Middleton (née Goldsmith; born 1955), a former flight attendant.

Her father is a member of a wealthy family from Yorkshire linked to the British aristocracy.

Her mother descends from labourers and coal miners from County Durham.

She was christened at St Andrew's Bradfield, Berkshire.

The family resided in Bradfield Southend.

Matthews has an elder sister, Catherine, Princess of Wales, and a younger brother, James.

Philippa Charlotte Matthews (née Middleton; born 6 September 1983) is a British socialite, author and columnist.

She is the younger sister of Catherine, Princess of Wales.

Born in Reading, Berkshire and raised in Bucklebury, Middleton attended Marlborough College before graduating with a degree in English literature from the University of Edinburgh.

She subsequently worked in public relations and event management firms, later joining the party supply company owned by her parents, Michael and Carole Middleton.

Philippa Charlotte Middleton was born on 6 September 1983 at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, Berkshire, England.

The Middletons moved to Amman, Jordan in May 1984, where her father worked for British Airways, before returning to Berkshire in September 1986.

In 1987, Middleton's mother founded Party Pieces, a mail-order party supply company.

In 1995, her family moved to Bucklebury Manor in the village of Bucklebury.

Middleton 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.

Middleton then graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an undergraduate MA in English literature.

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.

In 2022, Matthews earned her postgraduate master's degree in Physical Education, Sport and Physical Literacy from University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

Following her graduation, Middleton 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.

In 2008, Tatler magazine named Middleton "the Number 1 Society Singleton", ahead of singer-songwriter James Blunt and Princess Eugenie of York, 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.

As part of a duo with her elder sister, Middleton has received wide press coverage, focusing on her social life and her lifestyle.

Middleton garnered media attention during her sister's relationship with Prince William, particularly for her appearance at their wedding in 2011.

She has written two books, Celebrate: A Year of Festivities for Families and Friends and Heartfelt: Over 100 Quick and Easy Recipes for a Healthy Heart, and contributed columns to both Vanity Fair and The Sunday Telegraph.

In April 2012, Time magazine listed Middleton as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World.

Middleton worked part-time for her parents' company Party Pieces, editing the web magazine Party Times. Penguin Books paid Middleton 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.

She has contributed articles to The Spectator magazine since December 2012 and began having a food column in the supermarket magazine Waitrose Kitchen beginning in spring 2013.

In March 2013, Middleton parted from her literary agent.

Middleton was also a regular columnist for several publications.

In June 2013 she was named a contributing editor of Vanity Fair.

She went on to write a series of columns for the magazine.

Beginning in September 2013, Middleton also wrote a fortnightly sports and social column for The Sunday Telegraph.

In May 2013, she became the sole director and shareholder of PXM Enterprises Limited.

Middleton discontinued writing for The Telegraph in May 2014.

In 2017, Middleton married James Matthews, a hedge fund manager, former racing driver, and heir apparent to the lairdship of Glen Affric.

The couple has three children.

As the wife of the heir of Glen Affric, Middleton is accorded the title Mrs. Glen Affric the Younger in Scotland.