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THE first rule of being a bridesmaid is don't overshadow the bride - but Pippa Middleton and her bottom came dangerously close to doing just that.

The younger sister of the newly-minted Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, drew gasps from the crowds in London - and from billions of TV viewers around the world - when she arrived at Westminster Abbey in a figure-hugging white dress.

The view of Pippa Middleton's behind as she carried her sister's wedding train inspired dozens of fan sites.

One Facebook page devoted to her derriere, the Pippa Middleton Ass Appreciation Society, already has 27,000 fans. while fashion blog Fashionista.com published an article entitled In Praise Of Pippa (Especially Her Bum).

Twitter was buzzing with similar peons to Pippa's bottom. They ranged from @iamToddyTickles: "Pippa Middleton, best body at the wedding other than David Beckham" and @RyanReport: "If you are honest and lead a good life and help other people, you might be reincarnated as Pippa Middleton’s nylons" to the blunt @susiebubble: "It has to be said…. I’m a tad jels over the pertness of Pip Middleton's arse."

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LONDONβ€”Her Royal Hotness, or When Harry Met Pippa.

Pippa β€” pardon, Philippa, as the Palace would have it β€” isn't royal, of course, merely younger sister to a newly Windsor-wedded older sister. And Harry has certainly met Pippa before, over the course of his brother's nine-year relationship with Kate.

But Hooray Harry's eyes were on poppy stalks Friday when he got a gander of his sister-in-law's sister at Westminster Abbey, chic and sexy in her slinky maid-of-honour frock. When Harry took Pippa's arm for the recessional, he told her: β€œYou do look very beautiful today β€” seriously.''

And Prince H. apparently continued flirting with Pippa on the balcony whilst their siblings double-kissed for the crowd, although at one point elbowed out of the conversation by randy granddaddy, the Duke of Edinburgh, never one to let a fetching girl go by unremarked.

The Middletons are on a roll. Having just hit the jackpot with their eldest child, why not try rolling the dice again with their second daughter? It's hardly unusual for a maid of honour to hook up with the best man. .. ?

Newspapers have already launched the matchmaking for them, with extensive coverage of Pippa's yumminess on Saturday and broad hints that Harry's on-and-off squeeze, Chelsy Davis, might have another rival to worry about, given her playboy beau's notoriously roving eye.

On her sister's big day, Pippa managed to pull off the delicate feat of not quite upstaging the bride whilst still making a huge splash.

Like the bridal gown, Pippa's dress was designed by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen and white. In her hair, worn half up and half down, was a sprig of lily of the valley. On her ears, diamonds from her parents.

The 27-year-old drew gasps of approval and envy, to say nothing of lusty awe from the Twitterati.

Former England cricketer Michael Vaughan tweeted: β€œLet's all pray for Harry ... Pray that he gets lucky tonight with Pippa.''

It was Pippa who dragged Kate out for club-hopping after William briefly broke off the romance in 2007, correctly predicting that her sister's prince would come back, especially after seeing her on the town rather than tending a broken heart at home.

In her official duties as bride's attendant, Pippa performed with efficient aplomb, straightening out Kate's three-metre train, holding the bridal bouquet when required, and shepherding the flower girls and pages as she sashayed down the aisle.

By profession an events planner, Pippa earned hugely approving ink for her wedding turn, a sharp change from snippy stories last week claiming the social-climbing upstart had made herself unpopular with royal aides at Buckingham Palace, making endless demands as co-planner for the Friday night β€œknees-up'' attended by 300 of William and Kate's closest friends and Prince Charles' pals.

It had been a few rough months for Pippa, as the famously bitchy royal press corps glommed onto her after demolishing her mother, Carole. Not that Pippa, graduate of Edinburgh University, has ever been a wallflower or media shy.

In 2008, she was named No. 1 Society Singleton by Tatler magazine: highly eligible with good connections. Friends believed she'd be the one to snag a rich husband.

To Harry's possible dismay, Pippa's already got a serious boyfriend in Alex Loudon, an Old Etonian professional cricketer turned banker. He, like Chelsy, was at the wedding.

For the evening soirΓ©e, Pippa wore a strapless emerald gown with midriff glitter embellishment. She was spotted returning to the Goring Hotel β€” her family's wedding weekend hangout β€” at 3 a.m. And Saturday morning, it was Pippa β€” in white jeans and blue short-cropped jacket β€” who was snapped silly as the family left.

A star β€” and paparazzi idol β€” has been born.

Amral

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