Quite honestly, I do NOT hate Pippa Middleton’s outfit here. These are photos of Pippa today, in South Kensington, wearing something… well, I wouldn’t wear it. I don’t like those sleeves (for me), but I think the outfit on the whole is pretty good for Pippa. I’m jealous of her legs.

You may be wondering, “Hey, why is Pippa still in England? I thought she was supposed to be promoting her ‘Celebrate’ book in America, because they gave her millions of dollars?” Well, Pippa’s book is out in less than two weeks… and there’s nothing. No press, no TV interviews, no magazine interviews. Is Pippa going to promote her book at all? Or has she refused?

Pippa Middleton was all set to become even richer and more famous on this side of the Atlantic later this month thanks to a U.S. tour to promote her new party planning book, Celebrate. But the tour has been cancelled out of concerns it might draw further attention to her sister’s topless photographs.

Pippa was fielding interview offers from Oprah Winfrey, Anderson Cooper and Ellen DeGeneres, according to the New York Daily News. The newspaper added that, according to marketing experts, the 29-year-old sister of the Duchess of Cambridge could have pocketed as much as $600,000 (U.S.) from appearance fees during the tour.

Problem is, now that the world has seen her sister’s boobs, that’ll likely come up as a conversation topic during her tour. She’s bound to be asked about it by someone, right? And whatever Pippa might do to deflect such questions, the Royal Family does not want any further discussion of the scandal, in any form. And so Pippa’s tour has been kiboshed.

“If Pippa is quizzed about Kate’s topless pictures, then whatever answer she gives will generate more news about the matter, and upset Will and Kate,” an unidentified source told the New York Daily News.

Pippa isn’t commenting on how she feels about the matter, but she can’t be pleased.

“Viking [her publisher] was hoping that there would be a huge swell of publicity for this book which would lead to sales. Nobody has really ever heard Pippa speak before and U.S. audiences are fascinated by her. This could have launched a new lucrative career here,” the source said.

The cancellation of the tour also looks to be hurting Viking because – surprise, surprise – people were more interested in talking to her than they are in her book.

“Viking Press are in a bit of a pickle with publicity for Pippa’s long-awaited book,” a source told Radar Online. “They have tried to get Celebrate serialized in the States, but no one is interested in that. They just want a piece of Pippa.”

Celebrate is set to be published in the U.S. on Oct. 30.

[From The Globe & Mail]

Right. Because no one really cares about Pippa’s tips for party planning (well, maybe Blake Lively cares, but that’s it). We just want Pippa to do some press. As far as asking Pippa about her sister’s Crumpet-gate…surely the geniuses at Buckingham Palace and St. James Palace could come up with a nice, non-committal talking point that Pippa could use…? Something like, “Well, I think the paparazzi are very intrusive, and my sister and her husband successfully sued the French publication that initially published the images, and I think that speaks for itself.” There. Done. I’m officially an adviser to the royal family.

I bet the Viking Press people are having an absolute FIT. They paid her all of that money in an advance for this dumb book, and now she’s not going to promote at all because of her sister’s boobs? Idiotic and unprofessional.

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