Pippa Middleton Offered a $5 Million Porn Contract

Ever since the Royal Wedding, it has been maid of honor Philippa 'Pippa' Middleton who has been gathering the most amount of attention, after Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Now it looks like she may have got some unwanted attention in the form of an offer in a porn movie.

TMZ is reporting that Vivid Entertainment head honcho Steven Hirsch sent Middleton a letter where he states, "As far as I am concerned, you were the star of the recent Royal Wedding. As I watched a broadcast of the event I couldn't help but think that with your beauty and attitude you could be an enormously successful adult star."

He also mentions that after seeing photos of her having a great time at a party he decided to make her an offer in an upcoming movie.

Hirsch is offering Middleton $5 million for one explicit scene and she could have her choice of partners.

Hirsh also offered a contract to Kate and Pippa's brother, James Middleton. For doing a separate scene in the same movie, James was offered $1 million.

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Priest cartwheels down Abbey aisle(Video)

A gleeful priest cartwheels down the aisle of Westminster Abbey following the wedding of Will and Kate.

Sarah Burton, the royal wedding dress designer who will avoid the limelight

The long-rumoured yet never-quite-confirmed designer of Kate Middleton's wedding dress, Sarah Burton, took over as creative director of the Alexander McQueen label in May 2010, following its founder's suicide in February of that year.

Burton is renowned for her technical expertise and romantic and artistic sensibility – and lately for her efforts at subterfuge, too. Indeed, Burton's discretion is believed to have helped her win the coveted dress commission. The 36-year-old Mancunian had taken great pains to hide her identity in the build-up to the wedding.

But the game was effectively up the evening before, when Burton was photographed entering the Goring hotel, where Kate Middleton was staying, wearing a fur trapper hat that obscured her face yet which fashion insiders immediately identified as Burton's.

The designer, finally unveiled, was on hand to fold the train into the car as the bride travelled to the abbey, and then again inside the cathedral to tweak the train just before she walked up the aisle.

Burton, who was already a highly respected international designer within fashion circles, is now destined to become a household name. Her first two collections at the helm of Alexander McQueen have been praised for respecting the theatrical and detailed craftsmanship for which the brand is famous, while also taking it in a more feminine, delicate direction.

Raised in Manchester before moving to London to complete her studies at Central St Martins college, Burton joined the McQueen studio as an intern in 1996 on the suggestion of her tutor, then returned after her graduation. In 2000 she was appointed head of womenswear and acted as McQueen's right hand confident until his death.

She admitted taking over from McQueen at the head of a label was "an intimidating prospect", but it will have prepared the quietly spoken designer for a challenge that has had the world watching.

In her statement released moments after the ceremony, Burton said working on the design had been "the experience of a lifetime". But it is unlikely that she will aim to cash in on her status as a wedding designer superstar – she noted in her statement that she will not be giving interviews in the coming days. Rather, Burton, who is arguably now as famous as her late predecessor, is hoping she can remain out of the spotlight while her work speaks for her.

Royal Wedding: US embraces Anglophilia

Brits here have been besieged with questions about details of the wedding. I have fielded questions on every aspect of British Royal culture for weeks. American news networks, all covering the event live, have been scrambling for British journalists to go on their shows and explain it all, in their best BBC English accent, of course.

“Is she allowed to be smiling that much?” asked my American friend watching from Milwaukee. She is on a business trip, but both she and her husband here in New York got up yesterday morning at 5am to watch the wedding live.

“Even I, a Yank, get chills during God Save the Queen”, another friend said. It would have been nice if

Buckingham Palace had posted copies of the program online we could download them and follow along, he added.

“I love Jerusalem,” said an American friend watching with me in New York. “It’s a lovely song, very evocative.”

Another American said of Catherine Middleton’s dress: “Divine, the most sublime and elegant and pristine wedding dress ever. Alexander McQueen would be proud. [Sarah Burton] you deserve all the accolades - you have set a new and formidable standard for brides around the world.”

“How could anyone not watch it?” said Amina Akhtar an American fashion editor also up at 6am to watch Catherine Middleton arrive at Westminster Abbey. “American, British - it doesn't matter where you live, this was a wonderful moment for everyone. It was such a historic occasion and we get to see a happy couple get married and a new Princess looking simply stunning.

“Of course, I had to watch to see the dress. Her choice of Alexander McQueen was perfect’ very reminiscent of Grace Kelly and Queen Elizabeth I's wedding dresses. There's been a huge fascination with Royals in the United States, and the wedding intensified it. We love a good fairytale and that's exactly how this felt.”

At Tea & Sympathy, the British restaurant in Greenwich Village and Lyon the French restaurant next door, there was a live screening starting at 6am and a Royal wedding street party complete with $1,800 worth of bunting.

At 7am there were television news vans outside the restaurants and a helicopter circling above.

Nicky Perry was wearing a floor-length Union Jack coat and a St George’s flag dress underneath. “It’s very exciting all this, isn’t it? It’s wild. Everyone is really dressed up; and they keep coming up to me, telling me ‘Congratulations’ like it’s my bloody wedding!”

The whole block has been decked out in red, white and blue and every shop is displaying a Union Jack in honour of the Royal couple. Everyone was dressed to the nines, with little girls in princess dresses, men in bowler hats, silk ties and suits and women in feather fascinators.

The Consul General Sir Alan Colllins would be arriving at 1:30pm in a Bentley for lunch, said Perry. And his wife, Lady Collins would appear at 3pm because she wants her photograph taken with The Pearly King and Queen.

By 8am, Lyon, hosting the screening, was packed and the owners had to turn people away. There was a crowd watching the live feed through the windows. One woman had dressed her Dachshund in a crown.

Perry’s husband, Sean, was dressed as a Pearly King suit with a Union Jack tie.

“We are ready to party all day long,” said Perry.

Royal wedding radio review

What did I get from the radio that wasn't on television? Radio 5 Live (from 6.00 a.m.) had a Cornish grower of lilies of the valley who wanted to know where all the stems he'd delivered to the Goring Hotel had gone.

Bookmaker Paddy Power, personally, gave odds of 500 to 1 on a streaker interrupting the wedding procession. Shelagh Fogarty (at the Abbey) thought the bride would wear her hair up, Nicky Campbell (outside Buckingham Palace) hoped she wouldn't.

Chris Evans (Radio 2, 8.00 a.m) had a street party “a sniff away” from the Palace. It didn't stop him roaring “How good is that?” at frequent intervals and playing truly tacky wedding-type records throughout.

On Radio 4's Today, cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew said he wasn't scared at being on Radio 4's commentary team because “It's just saying what we see, which is what we do at Lords.” Actually, it's a bit harder.

That all-star Radio 4 team, (on duty from 10.00 a.m.) proved that women - Wendy Austin, Anita Anand, Eleanor Oldroyd and Jane Garvey - are miles better than men at talking to people and noticing weddingy things like colours, hats and fabrics

The big disappointment was Edward Stourton, sole commentator inside Westminster Abbey. Whether he was overwhelmed by the occasion or assumed we were looking at it on television, he seemed lost for the words.

So I turned on the TV but listened to the radio, (hard to do as radio was a few seconds ahead of the pictures.) I'm glad I did. Ed didn't mention the little wiggle Prince William gave the ring as he put it on his bride's finger, or the Queen's sudden look down as if surprised by tears at the Bishop of London's address.

And no one at all mentioned the lilies of the valley in the bride's brother's buttonhole"And no one had words words to match the pictures that said how happy, how really and truly happy, our new Duke and Duchess looked."

Kate Middleton wedding dress is Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen

Catherine Middleton has chosen a bridal gown fit for a queen-to-be. Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen is the British designer who has created the Wedding Dress of the Century.

Ms Middleton's arrival at Westminster Abbey a few minutes ago revealed 'the dress' in all its sumptuous glory, to a waiting world estimated at two billion.

Ms Middleton stepped out of the vintage Rolls Royce Phantom VI and into the pages of royal and fashion history.

Fabulous, fashionable and fairytale, the dress was fit for a queen-to-be and combined the style of a modern princess with that of a 20th Century princess, namely Grace Kelly, one of Diana, Princess of Wales's early champions.

The dress featured a strapless, Victorian style corset, narrowed at the waist and padded at the hips - long a signature of the late Alexander McQueen's designs - underneath a high-necked, sculpted bodice in hand-made lace. The long, medieval-style sleeves and train on the softly pleated ivory and white satin gazar skirt, which was held by her maid of honour, her sister Philippa, enhanced Ms Middleton's regal bearing as she made her way, on the arm of her father, to the Abbey's Great West Door.

The design of the long-awaited wedding-dress combined majesty and modernity, royal heritage and romantic history, passion and pageantry. Ms. Middleton chose the British brand Alexander McQueen for its craftsmenship, respect for traditional workmanship and technical wizardry of cut. Following a tradition set by Queen Victoria when she married Prince Albert in 1840 in a gown of silk-satin woven in Spitalfields and lace hand-made in Homiton, the dress involved craftmenship from all over the United Kingdom, and paid tribute to the country's Arts and Crafts heritage.

The lace appliqué for the bodice and skirt was hand-made by the Royal School of Needlework, based at Hampton Court Palace. It was hand-engineered using the Carrickmacross technique, which originated in Ireland in the 1820s.

The lace incorporated individual floral motifs representing the rose, thistle, daffodil and shamrock. It was also used for the brides shoes and to trim the veil. The main body of the skirt in ivory and white satin gazar was designed by Ms. Burton to echo an opening flower with soft pleats which unfolded to the floor and finished in a short train measuring just under three metres. With Ms. Middleton's veil of ivory silk tulle was held in place by a Cartier 'halo' tiara, which was loaned by the Queen. The tiara was made in 1936 and was bought by the then Duke of York for his Duchess, three weeks before he succeeded his brother as King. It was then presented to Princess Elizabeth, (now the Queen) by her mother on her 18th birthday.

The earrings, diamond-set oak leaves with a pavé diamond acorn in the centre were inspired by the Middleton family's new coat of arms and made by Robinson Pelham to echo the tiara.

The bouquet, a message in the language of flowers, designed by Shane Connolly, featured flowers of significance to both families: lily-of-the-valley - meaning return of happiness; Sweet William - gallantry; hyacinth - constancy of love; ivy - fidelity, marriage, wedded love, friendship and affection; and myrtle - the emblem of marriage and love.

The myrtle stems came from the evergreen shrub planted at Osborne House, Isle of Wight, by Queen Victoria in 1845, while another sprig was from a plant grown from the myrtle used in the Queen's wedding bouquet of 1947.

The gown worn by Miss Philippa Middleton, the maid of honour, was also designed by Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen, and was in heavy ivory, satin-based crepe, with cowl front and with the same button detail and lace trim as the bridal gown.

The four young bridesmaids' dresses were designed especially to echo the bride's dress, and were hand-made by the children's wear designer, Nicky Macfarlane and her daughter, Charlotte, at their homes in Wiltshire and Kent.

The pages wore a uniform in the style of that worn by a Foot Guards officer at the time of the Regency (the 1820s) and which drew its insignia from the Irish Guards, whose colonel is Prince William. They were designed inthe royal household and made by Kashket and Partners, who also fitted Prince William's uniform for the royal wedding.

The first glimpse of the spectacular gown ended months of anticipation, weeks of speculation, and endless rumours and gossip.

Since the engagement of Prince William and Ms Middleton was announced in November, feverish guesswork and hypothetical fashion scenarios had suggested most of the country's better-known designers, including Stella McCartney and Bruce Oldfield, a favourite of Diana, Princess of Wales, as having landed the coveted royal commission.

Ms Burton, however, remained the hot favourite.

Aged 35, the Manchester-born designer took over as creative director of the Alexander McQueen brand in May last year, following the tragic death by suicide of the maverick British couturier. She had been his atelier right-hand for 12 years.

The legacy of having worked alongside the man regarded as one of the true British fashion geniuses was quickly demonstrated. In just two seasons, Burton has shown the ability to infuse McQueen's radical ethos with a breathtaking sense of romance and sensuality, and a mastery of hand-craftsmanship.

Royal wedding facts and figures

An estimated 2billion people in more than 180 countries around the world were expected to see reports, photos and TV pictures of the royal wedding, which was covered by more than 8,500 journalists in London alone.

:: Facebook calculated that 2.8million people in Britain and America alone had written status updates about the royal wedding in the 24 hours before the service began.

:: In the build-up to the service, Twitter users were posting 237 tweets every second about the royal wedding

:: An estimated 1,000 miles of bunting was sold to mark the wedding, much of it being used to decorate the 5,000 street parties taking place across Britain.

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About 1,900 people were invited to the service at Westminster Abbey, most of whom were drawn from the couple’s relatives and friends along with 50 members of the Royal family, 40 members of foreign royalty, 200 politicians and diplomats and 80 guests from the Prince’s charities.

Kate Middleton arrived at the Abbey in a Rolls Royce Phantom VI, which had been presented to the Queen for her silver jubilee while Prince William travelled in a specially designed 20.4ft (6.22m) long Bentley.

:: The train of Kate Middleton’s dress measured 8ft 8ins (2m 70cm), while the red carpet laid from the Great West Gate to the Sacrarium in the Abbey was 300ft long.

:: As well as flowers from Windsor Great Park and the Sandringham Estate, Westminster Abbey was decorated by Shane Connolly with eight 20ft-high trees, six English Field Maples and two Hornbeams.

:: Music at the service was performed by the Choir of Westminster Abbey, the Choir of Her Majesty’s Chapel Royal, the London Chamber Orchestra, the Fanfare Team from the Central Band of the RAF and the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry.

:: Three of the pieces of music played before the service were also heard at the Prince of Wales’s second marriage in 2005.

:: The couple chose a traditional Church of England liturgy from the 1928 prayer book, known as the Series One form of solemnization of matrimony, but Kate Middleton did not say she would “obey” her husband in her vows.

:: Following the service, the 10 bells of the 1,000 year-old Abbey were rung in a “full peal” lasting more than three hours, in which no sequence of sounds is repeated.

:: 150,000 copies of the Official Programme were being sold by Explorer Scouts and Cadets in central London at £2 each, but it was also available to download as a PDF from Apple’s iBookstore.

:: At 1.30pm a flypast was scheduled to take place consisting of a Lancaster, a Spitfire and a Hurricane as well as two Tornado and two Typhoon fast jets.

:: In total about 5,000 Met officers were due to police the royal wedding including 900 lining the route of the procession from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace. By midday at least 18 people in central London had been arrested for offences ranging from breach of the peace to possession of an offensive weapon.

Royal couple to share balcony kiss on wedding day

IT IS the “will they, won’t they?” question hanging over the royal wedding. Prince William and Kate Middleton have seldom appeared intimate in public, leading many to query whether they would forgo the tradition of a post-wedding kiss in front of expectant crowds.

But the couple will not disappoint on April 29, with royal sources indicating that they will share a kiss from the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their wedding in Westminster Abbey.

The “balcony kiss” is among the most memorable images from the wedding of the Prince’s parents, the Prince of Wales and Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1981, and began a tradition.

The Duke and Duchess of York also kissed for the crowds at their wedding in 1986.

A royal aide said: “Prince William and Catherine know the form and have seen the photographs. I doubt well-wishers will be disappointed.”

The couple’s appearance on the balcony will be the highlight of the wedding, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to line the Mall to greet the newly-weds and a fly-past scheduled to salute the couple.

The couple have been preparing for their wedding by receiving advice on the challenges of married life from the Bishop of London, the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, who will give the address at their wedding.

In a series of meetings, Bishop Chartres has been counselling them on how to cope with the pressure of building a family in the glare of public scrutiny. The couple are also believed to have discussed the impact their upbringings have had on them and how their roles would change as parents.

“I understand the time together has been going very well,” said a Church insider. “The Prince trusts Richard as he knows him well and knows how discreet he is.”

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, who will perform the marriage ceremony, is understood to have been explaining to the couple the implications of the marriage vows they choose. Most couples having Church of England weddings are offered marriage preparation by their vicar.

The couple are determined not to have a “celebrity” wedding, even though guests will include Sir Elton John and David and Victoria Beckham. Guests at the Abbey and reception in Buckingham Palace will be allowed to keep their mobile phones but, in an attempt to prevent photographs of the celebrations reaching Twitter, will be asked to switch them off.

A royal source said: “There will be no gimmicks and no celebrities tinkling away on pianos at any stage. It will be a very traditional Anglican service.”

The Prince, 28, and Miss Middleton, 29, will move out of Clarence House, which they share with the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and Prince Harry, and will make either Buckingham Palace or Kensington Palace, the former residence of the Princess of Wales, their London home. The couple mainly live in Anglesey, north Wales, where the Prince is a search and rescue helicopter pilot.

An aide said: “They are keen to establish their own base away from Prince William’s family home. Catherine will move permanently to Anglesey, and they plan to live as a very low-profile couple.

“They will not be fully working royals, and as such, they will not be undertaking a raft of engagements or taking up a host of new patronages straight away. They want to keep things very low-key for the foreseeable future.”

Royal Wedding: Prince William and Kate Middleton's Kensington Palace quandary

Prince William receives some cautionary words from Scotland Yard about making Kensington Palace his marital home with Kate Middleton.

Although Kensington Palace, as his late mother’s home, will always have a special place in the heart of Prince William, I am told that Scotland Yard has reservations about him making his marital home there with Kate Middleton.

The grounds and interiors of the palace are currently being upgraded, and Historic Royal Palaces (HRP), the organisation which is responsible for the public parts of the property, expects visitor numbers to increase from 250,000 a year to 350,000 after the work is completed in 2012.

“Obviously the private areas and the public areas are separate, but we would have to factor in the proximity of the prince and his wife to such large numbers of people,” says my man at the Yard. “My understanding is that the Prince has not yet made a final decision, but we would have to raise this point with him if it is true that he is thinking about making his marital home there.”

Princess Michael of Kent, one of the palace’s residents, assures me, however, that the building can cope with the numbers. “It’s a big place – it’s as big as Harrods, actually,” she says.

Of the accommodation that she shares with her husband, she adds: “We are on a separate corner — we’ve just got a little corner — so we never see the public.”

A spokesman for HRP tells me: “While there will be more visitors in the public areas of the palace, this will not require any additional security arrangements with the private side of the palace, which is under the jurisdiction of the Royal Household, and will remain inaccessible to the general public.”

A spokesman for Prince William tells me that Miss Middleton will live with him in north Wales after their wedding and they will remain there until he completes his RAF service in the area.

“We are not, however, commenting on what their plans may or may not be after that,” he adds.