What’s so great about Pippa Middleton’s bottom anyway?
AUSSIE Royal watchers have been in a flap since Pippa Middleton arrived Down Under for her honeymoon. But, asks Siobhan Duck, what has she ever really done to deserve all this fuss?
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I HAVE never understood all the fuss over Pippa Middleton.
Or her bottom, for that matter.
When her pert posterior became the focus of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s 2011 nuptials, I was mystified by the attention she - and it - received.
Now, fresh from her own wedding to billionaire James Matthews, Pippa and her world-famous undercarriage have been spotted honeymooning Down Under.
Sure, as far as rear-ends go, Pippa’s is better than those I have encountered spilling out of Lycra leggings at the railway station some mornings.
But that doesn’t mean it deserves its own fan base.
Ditto the owner of said backside.
Let’s face it she’s no Kylie Minogue.
Or Serena Williams.
They are women with bottoms worth talking about and talent and charisma to back it up.
Unlike Minogue or Williams, Pippa has done very little to warrant the sort of frenzied attention she receives beyond having a famous sister and a well-used gym membership.
With her famous bum, famous family and paparazzi pursuing her every move, Pippa could easily have become the House of Windsor’s Kim Kardashian if not for the fact that there’s very little salaciousness to her lifestyle.
You never see her falling out of nightclubs, or telling indiscreet stories.
And she’s certainly never done reality TV.
Instead, Pippa seems to spend her days gadding about social events in expensive, but boringly tasteful frocks.
Yawn.
The closest she’s come to controversy was her much-hyped party-planning book because it was so dull.
In it, Pippa advised readers to try pass-the-parcel at kids’ parties, serve turkey at Christmas and use white sheets as decorative Halloween ghosts.
She’s not the only person given opportunities because of relatives.
THERE ARE CLAIMS PIPPA MIDDLETON WAS WEARING THE PUFFY SHIRT FROM SEINFELD WHEN SHE ARRIVED IN DARWIN pic.twitter.com/OWmSRS1Byz
— The NT News (@TheNTNews) June 1, 2017
Look at David Beckham’s son Romeo — a model for Burberry at 13.
Sly Stallone’s daughters are the faces of Aussie leather brand, The Daily Edited.
And Doug Pitt fronted an ad campaign because of his movie-star brother Brad.
Pippa, bless her, took the book’s ridicule on the chin, even joking that the sequel could be titled “Bottoms Up!”
At the very least, Pippa seems to be a woman who enjoys the fame that has come with sashaying down Westminster Abbey behind Kate.
Though funnily enough, for her own big day, Pippa chose to hide the body part which had made her a household name under a demure silk skirt.
Could it be that Pippa, like me, finally wants to see her bottom take a back seat?
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