Pippa Middleton, Kate Middleton’s little sister, has yet to make a public appearance in 2025, but she’s keeping busy nonetheless. According to the Daily Mail, the 41-year-old Brit is currently working on the opening of a nursery school for children aged nine months to five years old. A major project, since Pippa and her husband James Matthews have just received the go-ahead from the local council to convert part of their estate into a nursery.
Local councillors have been enthusiastic, hailing the initiative as one that could “strong social benefits” to a region facing a shortage of “early years places.”
It’s an interest in early childhood that Pippa shares with her older sister. Since 2021, Kate has been working with the Royal Foundation’s Centre for Early Childhood, which she founded herself. Her aim: to help improve the living conditions of young children, from birth to the age of five, a period she considers crucial in human development.
In February, the Princess of Wales accompanied a class from All Souls College Nursery School in London on an outing to the National Portrait Gallery. There, she presented an art project designed for children. She also visited Parents and Children Together, as part of Children’s Mental Health Week in the UK. On this occasion, she unveiled a new report on early childhood development.
It remains to be seen whether the wife of Prince William will be involved in any way with her sister’s preschool project. But one thing is certain: in the Middleton family, the well-being and development of the youngest children are not just priorities, they are common causes.
Originally published in Vanity Fair France.
