And we're not talking about the bride.
The name Pippa Middleton held marginal significance until the 29th of April, when her big sister, Kate, tied the knot to Prince William. Now known as the sister-in-law of Britain's apparent future King, Middleton, 27, gained immense popularity virtually overnight, even garnering the moniker "Her Royal Hotness."
"It's all part of the Middleton interest, the ordinary family being part of the royal family. It's the dream, the fantasy," said Colleen Harris, former press secretary to Princes Charles, William and Harry.
You know you've hit it big when, within mere months of your name taking over the twitterverse, you're the sole subject of a film. Next week, TLC will air a one-hour special entitled "Crazy About Pippa," a documentary that tries to answer the question of who is this British party planner and what is she really all about?
"Our interest stemmed from the fact that a pretty young woman entered Westminster Abbey as a sister of a bride, and emerged as a global phenomenon in the space of an hour," the film's executive producer, David Notman-Watt, said. "It was literally within minutes of her appearing holding Kate's train, Twitter went crazy, Facebook went crazy."
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