Pippa Middleton, the younger sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, is engaged.
Middleton, 32, is set to marry her boyfriend, hedge fund manager James Matthews, Hello! magazine has confirmed. Alison Eastwood, editor-in-chief of Hello! Canada, said the bride and groom-to-be have many things in common.
鈥淗e comes from a very similar background that Pippa does,鈥� Eastwood told 麻豆传媒 Channel. 鈥淗is own parents worked their way up into wealth, and now he and his father are millionaires.
鈥淨uite a good catch, as they say.鈥�
And, while there is no wedding date set yet, it鈥檚 sure to be the 鈥渟ociety wedding of the year when it happens,鈥� Eastwood said.
The guestlist could include several members of the British Royal Family, Eastwood said, including the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, their two children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, as well as Prince Harry, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla.
Similar to the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, all eyes will be on what the bride wears as she walks down the aisle, Eastwood said.
For her 2011 wedding, the Duchess of Cambridge famously wore a wedding dress designed by English designer Sarah Burton for the luxury fashion house Alexander McQueen. On that day, the younger Middleton nearly 鈥渟tole the show鈥� with her very 鈥渟hapely bridesmaid dress,鈥� also designed by McQueen, Eastwood said.
鈥淚t will be interesting to see if (Pippa) goes the same route as Kate, maybe going with (Alexander) McQueen again,鈥� she added. 鈥淏ut Pippa loves to forge her own path.鈥�
