Pippa Middleton Biography

NAME: Pippa Middleton

BIRTH DATE: September 06, 1983 (Age: 28)

PLACE OF BIRTH: United Kingdom

ZODIAC SIGN: Virgo

Middleton was born in 1983, the second of three children of Michael Middleton, who was then a British Airways flight dispatcher, and his wife Carole (née Goldsmith), a former flight attendant. Her father's family came from Leeds, now in West Yorkshire, and one of her great-grandmothers, Olivia Lupton, belonged to a business family which had been active in Leeds for many generations. Carole Middleton's mother's family were labourers and miners from County Durham. The third child of the family is James William Middleton (born 1987), who is now a businessman.

In 1995, the Middletons moved to Bucklebury, Berkshire. Like her sister, Middleton was first educated at St Andrew’s School, Pangbourne, then at Downe House, a girls’ boarding school in Cold Ash, and finally at Marlborough College, Wiltshire, which she attended on a sports/all-rounder scholarship. She then followed her sister to higher education in Scotland, attending the University of Edinburgh to study English literature.

In 2008 Middleton worked for a short time for a public relations firm promoting luxury products, then she took on an events management job with Table Talk, a company based in London which organises corporate events and parties.Also in 2008, Tatler magazine named Middleton “the Number 1 Society Singleton”, beating singer-songwriter James Blunt and Princess Eugenie of York. Since then, she has often been described as a socialite.

The official announcement of her sister’s engagement came on 16 November 2010. After being widely expected, Pippa’s appointment as maid of honour was confirmed on 14 February 2011. At the 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.