Pippa Middleton’s party role and what’s next for her

Photo: Bauer-Griffin

LONDON -- Pippa Middleton completed her spectacular rise to royal prominence with a vital role in ensuring that the royal wedding late-night party went off without a hitch.

After wowing a worldwide audience with a much-admired white dress during the official ceremony at Westminster Abbey, the stunning sister of Prince William’s new bride, Princess Catherine, kept the Buckingham Palace celebrations on course well into the not-so-early hours of the morning.

Pippa made sure that revelers kept their spirits and festivity levels high by injecting some welcome energy just as the party began to die down.

"You have to remember that everyone had been up since early in the morning, and it was an exhausting day," a female guest told Yahoo.com. "By the midway point of the evening, once all the formal stuff was out of the way, things needed a bit of a boost. That is when Pippa came into her own, getting people onto the dance floor and revving things up again. She was great!"

Comments regarding Pippa and her wedding day dress sent the Internet into overdrive early Friday, with Twitter being swamped with remarks about her looks and figure.

However, our source revealed that her eveningwear was even more impressive, an emerald green creation with a low neckline that had male guests, including Prince Harry, entranced. To see more of Pippa's striking party dress, go to BauerGriffinonline.com. Her sister again wore a dress by Sarah Burton, the same designer who concocted her bridal outfit.

Prince Harry thrilled the guests with a classy and amusing best man’s speech, which paid a fitting tribute to his brother and new sister-in-law, and revealed the level of affection he has for both.

There was, however, no sign of romance between Harry and Pippa, despite the level of Internet speculation following Harry’s post-wedding comments that Pippa looked “beautiful.” Pippa is in a relationship with former England international cricketer Alex Loudon, who now works as a successful financier in London.

So what now for the younger Middleton sister? Pippa’s newfound profile means she will become popular fodder for the English tabloids, which will be delighted to have more freedom to report on her life than that of the royals -- due to a long-standing agreement between the British media and the monarchy.

After returning to the Middleton family home on Saturday morning, this time in a royal blue jacket and tight white jeans, she is expected to return to work as a party planner with the London firm Table Talk on Tuesday, although she will be given extra time off if needed to recover from the exhausting efforts of the past two weeks.

The firm hopes to use Pippa’s increased celebrity as a way of attracting more business, while she is also expected to take a bigger role with her parents’ company, Party Pieces, where she currently updates the website.

Either way, Pippa’s life will be considerably different from now on, with her every move to be scrutinized after a weekend when she became a fully fledged celebrity in front of the eyes of billions.

Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon parents of twins

 

FILE - In a March 7, 2010 file photo, Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon arrives at the 82nd Academy Awards, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Carey gave birth to twins, a baby girl and boy, Saturday morning April 30, 2011 at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles. Carey's representative, Cindi Berger, confirmed the births to The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)Associated Press

NEW YORK - Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon celebrated their third anniversary with another milestone — becoming parents to a baby girl and boy.

Carey's representative, Cindi Berger, confirmed the births to The Associated Press. The singing superstar gave birth Saturday at 12:07 p.m. EDT at an undisclosed hospital in Los Angeles. Berger says the baby girl was born first, weighing 5 pounds, 3 ounces, and was 18 inches long; her brother was next, at 5 pounds 6 ounces, and was 19 inches.

Berger says the couple has not named the children yet. Cannon drove Carey to the hospital in their Rolls-Royce Phantom. Berger said the 41-year-old Carey, who had gone through false labor, was calm, thinking that it was another false alarm.

Meanwhile, the 30-year-old Cannon was so nervous he went to the wrong department at the hospital, and was guided to the maternity ward by a nurse.

"It was like right out of an 'I Love Lucy' skit," said Berger.

Berger says they were listening to Carey's "We Belong Together" after the children were born.

The couple are expected to renew their wedding vows on Sunday. The pair got married in 2007 after a whirlwind romance. They were the subject of endless baby rumors, and the couple actually were expecting shortly after their marriage, but Carey had a miscarriage; they did not reveal the miscarriage until she announced her pregnancy last fall.

The couple plan to live a bi-coastal life, and have luxurious nurseries in both New York and Los Angeles.

As far as more children, Carey recently declared she's done