‘It Was Meant To Be Insignificant’: Pippa Middleton On That Bridesmaids Dress In First Televised Interview

'It Was Meant To Be Insignificant': Pippa On That Bridesmaids Dress

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by Emma Spedding |
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The unlikely hit of the Royal Wedding (beside's Beatrice's hat), was Pippa Middleton's pert derrière in the fitted white column Alexander McQueen gown. In one day she became a worldwide sensation. In her first ever televised interview with the Today show, Pippa confessed that the attention that the white Alexander McQueen gown got was a complete surprise.

"It wasn't planned, the dress was almost meant to be insignificant," she told Matt Lauer in the interview, explaining it was meant to "blend in with the train" of Kate's Alexander McQueen gown. "I suppose it's flattering' before saying it was 'embarrassing' and 'not planned'", she added.

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So where is the dress now? Pippa revealed that it is tucked away in her wardobe at home and no, she hasn't worn it again. She said: "It's the sort of thing I'm sure I'll bring out if someone wanted to see it, or my children one day want to see it - I'll show them. It's tucked away."

The royal wedding was broadcast in 180 countries but Pippa said that the Middletons viewed it as just a 'family wedding.' 'It sounds funny to say, but we saw it, as just a family wedding. And actually, I didn't realize, perhaps, the scale of it until afterwards,' she said. 'We all took on the the roles as any family would.'

What about standing in front of the sea of people on the royal balcony? Pippa said: 'It was surreal, you slightly don't know if you're living it through it. When we sort of saw crowds rushing around to the balcony and I suddenly was like, ''Wow, this is - this is pretty special.'''

As for the downsides of fame Pippa said: 'I have felt publicly bullied a little bit just by, you know, when I read things that clearly aren't true or that, whichever way someone looks at it, it's a negative side. It is quite difficult. Because eventually I'm just paving my way and trying to live a life like any 30-year-old.'

See Pippa's style file in the gallery below...

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Pippa Middleton Style - Best Dresses & Outfits

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Pippa Middleton at a memorial service for Sir David Frost at Westminster Abbey on March 13, 2014 in London, England

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Pippa Middleton attends the wedding of Arabella Musgrave and George Galliers-Pratt at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge on February 8, 2014 in London, England

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Pippa Middleton attends the Cheltenham Festival Day 3 at Cheltenham racecourse on March 14, 2013 in London, England

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Pippa Middleton AEGON Championships, June 2013

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Pippa Middleton in a dress by Tabitha Webb for Fashion Targets Breast Cancer, May 2013

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Pippa Middleton at her book launch in Paper London, October 2012

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Pippa Middleton wearing Stella McCartney at her book launch, October 2012

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Pippa Middleton at her book launch, October 2012

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Pippa Middleton wearing Markus Lupfer at her book launch, October 2012

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Pippa Middleton wearing Roksanda at her book launch, October 2012

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Pippa Middlen at the US Open in the 'Rayleigh' dress by Paper London, October 2012

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Pippa Middleton at the US Open Tennis Championships, September 2012

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Pippa Middleton at Wimbledon, June 2012

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Pippa Middleton with sister Kate at Wimbledon wearing Project D, June 2012

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Pippa Middleton at the French Open in 2011

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Pippa at Wimbledon in an Orla Kiely jacket, June 2012

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Pippa Middleton at a wedding wearing Catherine Deane

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Pippa Middleton carrying a Tory Burch bag

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Pippa Middleton in a Beulah London scarf

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Pippa Middleton in a Beulah London scarf

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Pippa Middleton wearing Catherine Deane, London

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