Pippa Middleton attends the Heart Hero Awards 2023 at Glaziers Hall on Dec. 6.Photo:Jo Hale/WireImage
Jo Hale/WireImage
Pippa Middletonreached for one ofKate Middleton’s staple labels for a glam night out for a longtime cause.
On Wednesday, the Princess of Wales’ younger sister attended the Heart Hero Awards at Glaziers Hall. The British Heart Foundation holds the annual celebration to recognize the fundraisers, advocates, healthcare professionals and supporters who go above and beyond, and Pippa, 40, has served as an ambassador for the research charity since 2014.
Pippa Middleton attends the Heart Hero Awards 2023 at Glaziers Hall on Dec. 6.Jo Hale/WireImage
Pippa stepped out solo for the Heart Hero Awards, which marked her first major public appearance since the coronation ofKing CharlesandQueen Camillain May. She attended the historic event at Westminster Abbey with her parentsCarole MiddletonandMichael Middleton, and younger brotherJames Middleton.
Just like her sister, Pippa is a mom of three and shares son Arthur, 5, and daughters Grace, 2, and Rose, 1, with her husbandJames Matthews. The couple tied the knot in 2017 and keep a low profile. During their engagement, a sourcetold PEOPLEthat Pippa and James shared a “deep desire” to disappear from the spotlight in the longer term and looked forward to “having children and leading a quiet life.”
Pippa Middleton attends the Heart Hero Awards 2023 at Glaziers Hall on Dec. 6.BHF
BHF
Pippa and James often join members of the royal family at special events likeroyal weddingsand arespotted in the standsof the Wimbledon tennis championships most summers. Pippa has also supported the British Heart Foundation at previous balls and participated in the 3,000-mile Race Across America bike challenge with her brother in 2014. The Middleton siblings’ team fundraised for the British Heart Foundation and the Michael Matthews Foundation, established in honor of Pippa’s late brother-in-law, who died while scaling Mount Everest in 1999 at age 22.
When the British Heart Foundation announced her ambassadorship in 2014, Pippa spoke about how she hoped to raise awareness around the importance of heart health for women and shine a light on heart disease prevention through physical activity and healthy eating.
Pippa Middleton in King’s Lynn, England in 2013.Mark Cuthbert/UK Press/Getty
Mark Cuthbert/UK Press/Getty
“I was shocked to learn that nearly three times more women die fromcoronary heart diseasethan breast cancer. I’m passionate about raising awareness amongst women of this killer disease and I look forward to working with the BHF to highlight to women the risks of heart disease and importantly, how they can reduce them,” she said in astatementat the time.
In 2016, she wrote the healthy recipe bookHeartfeltwith the British Heart Foundation, with 100% of proceeds going towards the cause.
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Pippa might step out again on Friday to support Princess Kate at the third annualTogether At Christmascarol concert at Westminster Abbey, as she has for the last two years.
The Princess of Wales spearheaded and hosted the firstRoyal Carols: Together At Christmasconcert in December 2021 to pay tribute to the incredible work of individuals and organizations across the U.K. who supported their communities through the COVID pandemic. She has continued tradition and held the event ever since — though the theme has slightly shifted! Last year’s event honored Queen Elizabeth following her death in September 2022, and this year’s concert spotlights Kate’s landmark Shaping Us campaign from The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.
source: people.com
