Pippa Middleton may have come from substantial means, but she’s definitely not lazy. For several years, Middleton carved out a successful writing career, which consisted of writing blog posts for Party Pieces and eventually included bylines with Vanity Fair and more. And that’s not mentioning her party planning book, which reportedly yielded her a six-figure advance. However, the Daily Mail reported that Pippa let her writing career go at the urging of her brother-in-law, Prince William, who was worried about how it would reflect on the royal family’s reputation. If true, that certainly seems like quite a bit of royal overreach — but we digress.
She’s certainly not hurting for money. Her husband, James Mathews, is reportedly worth $2 billion — nearly a billion more than William! Mathews acquired his professional wealth through his company, Eden Rock Group, “an investment advisory firm headquartered in London that was established in 2001,” according to the company’s website. “His stake in Eden Capital and the money he potentially has taken out over the last 16 years could make him a demi-billionaire or close to a billionaire on his own merits,” Wealth Quotient co-founder David Freidman shared with E! News in 2017. Mathews also previously established himself as a professional race car driver in London; however, he’s long since given up his sporting career.
