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Pippa party guide: Kate Middleton's sister risks charge of cashing in on Jubilee celebrations

Pippa party guide: Kate Middleton's sister risks charge of cashing in on Jubilee celebrations

  • Step-by-step party guide appears on Kate's sister's online magazine

By Rebecca English

PUBLISHED: 18:34 EST, 28 May 2012 | UPDATED: 02:40 EST, 29 May 2012


Raising a glass: Pippa's guide appears on the Party Times website

Raising a glass: Pippa's guide appears on the Party Times website

If anyone knows how to throw a good party, it’s Pippa Middleton. After all, she has attended enough.

Now the Duchess of Cambridge’s sister has brought out her own guide to throwing the perfect street party this weekend.

From tips on hanging out red, white and blue bunting to face-painting, sack races and neighbourhood tug of wars, her jolly hockey sticks-style suggestions could have come straight from the pages of an Enid Blyton book.

The step-by-step guide to ‘everything about parties’ is published in Pippa’s online magazine, The Party Times, and is an offshoot of her parents’ phenomenally successful party goods busine ss, Party Pieces.

But perhaps mindful of the criticism her family received after bringing out a range of ‘tacky’ royal wedding-themed products last year, Pippa does not actually mention the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee throughout the entire article.

The piece trills: ‘Lots of big events are planned across the nation this summer to celebrate all things British, providing everyone with a great excuse to get out there and join in the fun.

‘Here are a few ideas for inspiration if you’re planning a bumper British knees-up on your street, to share with family, friends and neighbours, come rain or shine.’

It suggests decorating your house with Union Jacks, helium balloons and paper chains, helpfully including links to the Party Pieces website where they can be bought. ‘Quintessentially British, bunting is reusable and can be strung up just about everywhere â€" even better, you can leave it up all summer long,’ it says.

For children it rec ommends setting up a table where they can decorate their own paper hats with glitter glue, stickers and coloured paper shapes.

Some suggestions, however, border on the blindingly obvious â€" such as having sandwiches to eat.

‘Ask each household to bring something. For a street-long feast, sandwiches are easiest to make for a crowd â€" have brightly coloured flags in each pile to tell people what they are,’ it says.

‘A jacket potato bar, with Great British classic fillings such as coronation chicken, baked beans and cheddar and Branston will add variety to the spread. Sausage rolls and mini bangers with a mash dip will keep the party going. Have a large summer salad on the side.

‘For dessert, berries and ice-cream cones lend themselves well to a summer celebration like this. A make-ahead trifle is a retro party sharer, crammed full of everyone’s favourite things.

Children can have fun in advance baking and decorating cupcakes with British icons or making different coloured jellies in various moulds and turning them out to make a wobbly centrepiece to the tea party spread.’

Another suggestion, that the colours of the Union Jack ‘lend themselves perfectly to the festivities’, won’t win any awards for innovation either. ‘Deck the table out in red white and blue with poppers, hats and blowers and have bunting all along the street,’ she writes.

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And for drinks? Her advice is to provide jugs of Pimm’s and ‘refreshing punches, homemade lemonade and ginger beer, cool bottles of rosé or a big pot of tea’.

The article adds: ‘In the spirit of the occasion, get everyone to bake a cake or biscuits that you can have with it â€" perhaps even hold a baking contest and get everyone to vote for their favourite.’

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As for entertainment ‘what could be more British than a fête?’ it asks, going on to suggest skittles, ring toss, hopscotch and skipping as well as three-legged and sack races or French cricket, football and a tug-of-war between both sides of the street.

In contrast to the lack of any mention of the jubilee, Party Pieces itself was yesterday actively advertising the event on the front of its website, with dozens of novelty items including £4.99 paper crowns and £43-a-time ‘Ultimate Street Party’ kits.

Pippa recently secured a £400,000 deal to bring out a glossy coffee table book on party planning called Celebrate, which is due to come out in the autumn.

n The Queen has awarded Prince William one of her highest orders of chivalry to mark his 30th birthday next month.

Her grandson is to become one of the 16 Knights of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle.

Appointments to the Order â€" the highest honour the Que en can bestow in Scotland, where William is known as the Earl of Strathearn â€" are entirely in the personal gift of the Queen.

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Why are the Journalists so obsessed with this ugly girl?

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All these negative comments reek of jealousy. If you owned a party supplies/ideas company, would you ignore the jubilee celebrations? If you did your business wouldn't last 2 minutes. The Middleton's seem a nice family and are not doing anyone any harm. They're not sponging of the state. As far as the private education goes.....It hasn't hindered their kids.

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Its funny how they are these great social climbers and think they are all that , and all they do is sell cheap tat. Look at their comments on how to have a great party. My 10 year old son could come up with those ideas. - Dave Sampson, London, UK, 29/5/2012 11:42..................................... How do you know its cheap tat - have you bought some ! If your son is that clever, why haven't you harnessed his skills on producing cheap tat and party instructions. You wouldn't have to work again (that's if you actually work now that is) But no ! no doubt you'd rather live off the tax payer, as it might involve getting out of bed in the morning.

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FREELOADERS !!!!! - Them, and THEM , 29/5/2012 8:55 -------------------------- why ? they are all working and paying tax ! PS why aren't you out working - or are you freeloading ?

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i cannot believe the heading of this article! what do you mean cash in? the family is running business. successful business in fact and it is all about PARTY. and there's a big party coming up. so what should they do? close their eys and pretend this is not happening just because one of their daughters married the prince? seriously people, leave them alone! would you be happier if they went bust as so many business these days? would you prefer kate's family to live off benefits? well done middletons for doing great for our economy, local people and providing good roducts and advice.

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Always half expect to see her pop up on Made in Chelsea. She's got the right name, right hair and no discernable job, she'd be perfect! - pr, nottm, 29/5/2012 9:28 ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; she has worked all her life, if you care to do a little research.

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Aftet just coming back from the uk, where every shop you pass has diamond jubilee paraphernalia, you would surely think it it reasonable for a party shop...no matter who owns it, to compete at the very least as a business. You haters are all so deluded!!

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Its funny how they are these great social climbers and think they are all that , and all they do is sell cheap tat. Look at their comments on how to have a great party. My 10 year old son could come up with those ideas.

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For all Daddy's money you think the poor girl could afford to get those monstrous eyebrows threaded - or a decent blow-dry.

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You think the Middletons paid £30k for pippa's education? The school fees for Marlborough are around £10k per term per child without the expensive trips and extras! Do people have no idea how much a lifestyle like their's actually cost? Their rental house in mustique is £20k a week! In fact the Middleton have spent over £500k on school fees alone. And still none of their grown-up children have had proper jobs. It's astounding!

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