Since the gorgeously well-to-do Kate Middleton entered the Royals’ lives, the Royal family had an astounding problem with her sister, Pippa.

Quickly dubbed the “Pippa Problem” by British tabloids, Pippa had all the drawbacks of the close association, but none of the perks. She was restrained by her close association to Queenie and co., unemployed, and yet constantly stalked by paparazzi.

Every career Pippa attempted to dive into was either discouraged by the media through extreme criticism, or dropped because no one actually cared about her life and just wanted to speak to her about Kate. According to The Daily Beast:

Writing seemed one possible route, but sadly the quality of Pippa’s prose wasn’t up to much and she refused, in principled fashion, the services of a ghostwriter for her book Celebrate!.

TV presenting was always going to be a trickier sell as the one thing viewers would have always wanted her to talk about—her sister—was the one thing she couldn’t discuss. But she gave it a go anyway, trying out as a special reporter for a US network, but the idea didn’t float to the top.

Over the past year Pippa has been retraining as a nutritionist, with a focus on sports nutrition, sources say, appropriate given her love of extreme fitness challenges. But rather than launching the Pippa Diet, as had once been mooted, free from financial pressure it is more likely she will now put that energy into a big charitable patronage.

But now, the Pippa Problem is over.

Engaged to her boyfriend of less than a year, Pippa will be marrying financier James Matthews – who owns a $17 million (R320 millions) house in London.

The two have known each other for a decade after meeting through mutual friends, but even still, Pippa said the engagement came as a surprise.

What will be the socialite wedding of 2017, with both of them being well connected in the London social scene, the Royal palace has probably breathed a massive sigh of relief as Pippa spreads her wings elsewhere and not with Harry.

Bless.

[source:thedailybeast]