Kate Middleton’s first Christmas with the royal household nearly took a tearful flip, as she grappled with guilt over her sister Pippa’s breakup.
In December 2011, because the Princess of Wales joined the Queen at Sandringham for the festive season, she couldn’t assist however really feel a pang of unhappiness – not simply from lacking her household, however from the emotional fallout of Pippa’s break up with Alex Loudon, her boyfriend of 18 months.
In her 2013 e book, Kate The Future Queen, royal skilled Katie Nicholl revealed how Kate was particularly heartbroken over Pippa’s heartbreak.
“She was notably unhappy to not be together with her sister,” Nicholl wrote, reflecting on how the break up forged a shadow over what ought to have been a joyous event for the newlywed Princess.
It appears the royal highlight had a hand in Pippa Middleton’s heartbreak, as her romance with former cricketer Alex Loudon reportedly hit the skids because of the overwhelming consideration that got here together with her sister Kate’s royal standing.
Alex, who had as soon as adored Pippa, was mentioned to be fed up with the “circus” surrounding her new royal life. “Nothing is easy anymore,” a supply revealed to Mail on Sunday.
Kate, who was nonetheless adjusting to her new function as Duchess of Cambridge, felt a way of accountability for the break up.
She might hardly escape the guilt, particularly as Pippa struggled with the surprising public consideration.
Alex, after all, wasn’t from simply any household – his pedigree features a barrister grandfather who married into aristocracy, and a profitable financier father.
Despite his prestigious background, Alex’s mother and father had been reportedly ‘welcoming’ towards Pippa, even when they didn’t see her as ‘spouse materials.’
