Bells are ringing alert: Prince Harry proposes to Kate's sister!

Publication: Globe

Date: 5 Dec. 2011

The royal wedding this year turned Pippa Middleton into a gossip star on this side of the Atlantic.  On this week's cover, the Globe says Prince Harry has proposed to "Kate's sister", but on their website they make it clear it's Pippa.

I don't believe it for a second, but I publish this stuff regardless of believability.  That's kind of the point.

A story about the Middleton sisters.

Publication: People

Date: 28 Nov. 2011

The big star of the gossip week in America is Kate Middleton.  This is the only story that makes no mention of pregnancy and it is the only mention of her sister Pippa. The headline reads:

• Royal drama
• Kate shines, Pippa splits

Bells Are Ringing Alert™: Pippa engaged!

Publication: People
Date: 10 Oct. 2011

People says Pippa Middleton is engaged. I have not found independent confirmation.

I would hate to see People become as unreliable as OK!

Butt scandal: Was Pippa padded?

Publication: In Touch

Date: 29 August 2011



Most weeks, if there is a gossip rag headline that makes me smile, it is provided by the Weekly World News. This week, In Touch was trying to be serious drumming up interest in whether Pippa Middleton wore butt padding or not.



It's hard to believe grown ups get paid to write this stuff.



I'm not talking about myself, of course, because I'm not getting paid.

Pippa Exclusive! "The truth about my love life."

Publication: OK!
Date: 4 July 2011

This Sunday, we get all the British gossip out of the way. OK!, the American version of a much more successful British gossip rag, continues with the idea that Americans can't get enough info about Kate Middleton's sister Pippa's love life.

All this week's news about Pippa Middleton

Publications: Us Weekly, In Touch, Weekly Life & Style
Date: 27 June 2011

I thought Pippa Middleton was going to be a flash in the pan, especially here in the United States after the wedding was over, but the editors of The Only Ten Magazines That Matter have other ideas. Here are the headlines.

• Us Weekly: Harry & Pippa! Their love secrets
  As rumors swirl of a secret date between Harry & Pippa, she leaves her boyfriend and steps out with secret royal
• Weekly Life & Style: Pippa upgrades to a millionaire
• In Touch: Pippa & Harry Secret Date!

According to British sources, she hasn't left her longtime boyfriend Alex Loudon, a guy who hasn't made it to the covers of the American gossip rags yet.

Pippa, the latest scandal.

Publication: OK!
Date: 30 May 2011

OK!, one of the most British tinged of the American gossip rags, thinks us Yanks just can't get enough of Pippa Middleton, Kate's younger, shorter, kind of attractive sister.

As a Yank, I have to say I've moved on, thanks very much.

Even more stuff about Pippa Middleton.

Publications: People, Us Weekly
Date: 23 May 2011

While I didn't watch the Royal Wedding, it's obvious that Pippa Middleton made quite an impression on the public, and The Only Ten Magazines That Matter are giving her the "Who's the NEW girl?" treatment. Here are the headlines.

• People: All About Pippa!
  Princess Kate's stunning sister
  Fun, flirty and famous, the knockout sibling who stole the show
• Us Weekly: Kate & Pippa Family secrets
• How their mom groomed Kate to be a princess
• All about Pippa!
• Her love life, her posh party circle and how she got that body
  

Bells are Ringing Alert™ and Love Bird Alert and On the Rocks Alert: Prince Harry and Chelsy Davy. and, oh yeah, Pippa Middleton.

Publications: In Touch, Weekly Life & Style
Date: 23 May 2011

Welcome to American gossip hell, Chelsy Davy! The Zimbabwean born blond has been the girlfriend of Prince Harry (you know, the one who doesn't look anything like either Chuck or Diana?) for many years. In Touch and Weekly Life & Style both give her a mention on their covers this week. Here are the headlines.

• Weekly Life & Style: Another royal wedding
  Harry & Chelsy
  Prince Harry tells his longtime love Chelsy "You're next' at William and Kate's wedding
  The secret engagement, the dress, the ring
  How Chelsy won her prince
• In Touch: Chelsy & Pippa's fight for Harry!

Notice the subtle difference? I thought you might. As I have said many times in the past, the only thing you can be sure of when two gossip mags contradict themselves is that the story isn't over.

Love Bird Alert™ and On The Rocks Alert: Prince Harry hits it off with Pippa Middleton.

Publication: Star
Date: 16 May 2011

The Star went with the headline "Now it's Harry & Pippa! Royal Love Triangle".

Americans may not be aware that Prince Harry has been dating a woman named Chelsy Davy on and off for several years now, which gives us the third side of the triangle. Her name isn't mentioned on the cover.

Bells are Ringing Alert™: Stories about Wills'N'Kate's wedding.

Publications: People, OK!, Us Weekly, In Touch, Weekly Life & Style
Date: 16 May 2011

This was a week when several things happened that we will remember for a long time, but the most obviously gossipy event was the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. The low rent Examiner didn't show up on the racks at my local newsstand this week, so I'll just have to hope it shows up later, but from what I've seen, the dogs in the AMI kennel left the story alone completely or use the event to highlight supporting characters. Here are the headlines from the five magazines that focused on Wills'N'Kate.

• People: William and Catherine Love Reigns!
  72-Page Royal Wedding Album
• OK!: William & Kate: Happily ever after
• In Touch:Secrets of the $60 million wedding
• Weekly Life & Style: Honeymoon on hold Baby on the way
• Us Weekly: Kate's Fairy Tale Wedding
  all the stunning photos
  Will's sweet words at the altar
  behind the scenes with Harry & Pippa
  Inside the private parties

It's too early to tell, but if a new gossip star is born from all this, it could be Kate's sister Pippa.