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.   

Pippa Middleton is ‘pregnant with her second child’. The sister of Kate Middleton, 37, is ‘thrilled’ to be expecting with her husband James Matthews, a source close to the family told Page Six . She is pictured with husband James at the Wedding of Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank in 2018

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 for Bucklebury Farm Park, 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 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

Pippa’s parents, Carole, 65, and Michael, 71, still live close by 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

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

The news comes just a day after Pippa made a rare public appearance supporting a deaf school in Newbury, Berkshire, just a few miles from where the family are based. 

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

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

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

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. 

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.