Pippa Middleton is ‘pregnant with second child’ and ‘thrilled’

Pippa Middleton is ‘pregnant with her second child’.

The sister of Kate Middleton, 37, is ‘thrilled’ to be expecting with her husband James Matthews, 45.

A source close to the Middleton family told the Page Six: ‘Pippa and James are thrilled, it’s fantastic news amid a difficult year. The entire family is delighted’. 

The couple, who married in 2017, share two-year-old Arthur, who is cousin to Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five, and Prince Louis, also two.   

The couple declined to comment on reports they are expecting a second child. 

It comes as amid news the couple have prepared to snap up 72 sprawling acres of land in leafy Berkshire for just £1.5million – in a village where a detached house with a garden already costs close to that price. 

Hedgefund billionaire James, brother of reality TV star Spencer Matthews, and author Pippa currently reside in a £17 million six-bedroom home in London.

They are thought to have grand designs on a home in Bucklebury, which is just a stones throw away from the Middleton family home in Chapel Row – where Pippa grew up with big sister Kate, 38, and younger brother James, 33. 

The sister of Kate Middleton , 37, is said to be ‘thrilled’ to be expecting with her husband James Matthews. She is pictured in Chelsea with her son Arthur

Pippa’s parents, Carole, 65, and Michael, 71, still live in a £5million home, a price tag that is much more indicative of what a discerning buyer might expect to pay for a country home. 

As well as a trio of royal cousins from their aunt Kate, the new Middleton-Matthews baby will also have cousins on their father’s side. Theodore Frederick Michael, two, and  Gigi Margaux Matthews, five months, who former Made in Chelsea Lothario Spencer shares with his Irish model wife Vogue Williams. 

The Matthews family owns the Eden Rock resort on St Barts, one of the region’s most exclusive hotels beloved by many famous faces.

Pippa was thrust into the public spotlight in 2011 when she famously was maid of honour at her sister’s wedding

Michael and Carole Middleton, James Matthews, Pippa Middleton and James Middleton arrive at St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, Windsor, west of London, on May 18, 2019, to attend the wedding of Lady Gabriella Windsor to Thomas Kingston

Stars including Elton John, Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio have stayed at the resort, where suites can cost up to £25,000 a night. 

James also has an older half-sister, Nina Mackie, born during his father’s first marriage to racing driver Anita Taylor. 

Nina has four children with her businessman husband Adam: – Rosa, Tristan, Lily, and Yasmina. 

The sister of Kate Middleton, rarely makes public appearances. She is spotted here in 2018 with Meghan Markle at Wimbledon

Pippa Middleton attends the Boodles Boxing Ball at The Grosvenor House Hotel on September 12, 2015. The socialite and columnist documented how she stayed active during her first pregnancy for Waitrose Weekend magazine , revealing that little Arthur follows in the active family’s footsteps.

Pippa and James tied the knot in 2017 at St. Mark’s Church in Englefield, the estate of former Conservative MP Richard Benyon.

In 2018,  Pippa welcomed baby Arthur in the Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s Hospital,  the same place where sister Kate gave birth to all three of her children. 

The socialite and columnist documented how she stayed active during her first pregnancy for Waitrose Weekend magazine revealing that little Arthur follows in the active family’s footsteps. 

‘Now that Arthur is 11 months old and more mobile, I have been trying to come up with different activities to do with him,’ she wrote in September 2019.

‘I needed to find something more than just park walks in the pram. Our local baby gym has been a saving grace. It’s a big space full of fun, soft objects, playmats, stairs, balls, swings, mini trampolines and more to stimulate and physically engage babies and toddlers,’ she added.  

Pippa put on a very festive jumper to hand out awards to the pupils of the Mary Hare School for deaf children in Newbury, Berkshire, for which she is an ambassador, in photos shown yesterday

The news comes just a day after Pippa made a rare public appearance supporting a deaf school in Newbury, Berkshire. 

Pippa, who is an ambassador for Mary Hare School for deaf children, donned red knitwear to give out awards to the school’s pupils. 

In a snap shared by the Mary Hare Foundation on Twitter, a beaming Pippa is seen standing in front of a bedecked tree wearing a jumper adorned with a Christmas fir.

Pippa has been fundraising for the school for several years, and has been particularly supportive of the Foundation’s effort to build a Primary School to accompany pupils in the next phase of their education. 

The couple tied the knot in 2017 St. Mark’s Church in Englefield, on the estate of former Conservative MP Richard Benyon

Earlier this year, Pippa’s brother James got engaged to his French partner Alizée Thevenet, but the couple have been forced to postpone their wedding twice due to coronavirus restrictions.  

Meanwhile, William and Kate may be heading to the Middleton country home for Christmas this year for the first time since 2012.

Last year the Cambridges joined the Queen at Sandringham for Christmas and took part in the walkabout to meet royal fans – though Prince Louis was absent.

However, the Queen and Prince Philip, 94 and 99, will spend December 25 at Windsor Castle this year amid the pandemic. 

This week William told students in Cardiff that he and Kate still don’t know who to spend the festive season with.

‘It is so difficult, we are still trying to make plans,’ William said. ‘It’s difficult to know what to do for the best.’