Pippa Middleton ‘pregnant with second child’ - Kate’s sister ‘thrilled’
PIPPA MIDDLETON is "thrilled" to be expecting her second child with husband James Matthews, according to reports.
Kate Middleton's sister Pippa discusses their relationship in 2014
The younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge has a two-year-old son named Arthur. Pippa’s second baby will be a first cousin of Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, two. A source close to the Middleton family told Page Six: “Pippa and James are thrilled, it’s fantastic news amid a difficult year.
“The entire family is delighted.”
Pippa is the middle child of Michael and Carole Middleton.
The 37-year-old is married to hedge-fund billionaire James, 45, and the pair live in west London with their toddler.
They tied the knot in May 2017, with George acting as pageboy and Charlotte as a bridesmaid.
Her nuptials came six years after she shot to fame as Kate's stunning maid of honour at the royal wedding.
Pippa is often spotted running errands near her west London home or taking little Arthur for a walk in a park.
The tot, who turned two in October, is a first cousin of George, Charlotte and Louis.
Kate, 38, and her sister are known to share a close bond.
Pippa has in the past spoken out about her relationship with her sister.
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Speaking to NBC's Today programme in 2014, the royal's sister was asked if her links with Kate had changed since she married into the Royal Family.
Pippa responded: "Not particularly, no. I mean, obviously she has pressures that she's taken on and things.
"But we spend a lot of time together. We still do a lot together as a family.
"And I think that's really the heart for all of us is having a really close family that we can sort of be normal with each other, treat each other normally.
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"And that's sort of kept us all, you know, affixed to the ground."
Pippa's father-in-law David Matthews is Laird of Glen Affric, a sprawling 10,000-acre estate in the Scottish Highlands.
James stands to inherit the title from his father, meaning Pippa will be given the courtesy title of Lady Glen Affric.
James Middleton - Kate and Pippa's younger brother - recently took a host job at the exclusive property.
He and his fiancee Alizee Thevenet, who were forced to postpone their wedding due to the coronavirus crisis, have been sharing snippets of their new life with followers on social media.
One video showed the couple paddleboarding with their dogs on a stunning lake.
Last week Pippa handed out prizes for Christmas card designs at a school for deaf children.
The mother-of-one is an ambassador at Mary Hare School in Newbury, Berkshire.
The school uploaded a snap of her donning a Christmas jumper and posing in front of a decorated tree.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have yet to share their plans for Christmas, weeks after the Queen called off her annual gathering at Sandringham.
Due to the temporary relaxation of coronavirus rules over a five-day period, the Cambridges would be allowed to mingle with two other households.
This rule means a partial Middleton family reunion could potentially be on the cards.