Pippa demure in peplum dress as she arrives at society wedding which Kate is forced to miss because of pregnancy
- Pippa looked sophisticated in a patterned peplum dress
- Crowds shouted 'beautiful' as she arrived at church gates
- Guest at wedding of Lady Melissa and Thomas van Straubenzee
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Pippa Middleton looked radiant in a sophisticated peplum dress at the society wedding of the year today.
She beamed at onlookers as she wore the black and white patterned dress, teamed with black accessories including patent leather heels and a small fascinator decorated with feathers and pearls.
The party planner completed her look with silver drop earrings and a silver bracelet. She wore her hair back in a relaxed style and finished off the outfit with nude nail varnish.
She did not have her sister, the Duchess of Cambridge, in tow as she is eight months pregnant and decided not to travel the 300 miles to the wedding of the Duke of Northumberland's daughter Lady Melissa to Thomas van Straubenzee in Alnwick.
Sophisticated: Pippa wears a white and black patterned peplum dress, with a black fascinator and black patent leather heels
Pretty: Pippa showed off her famous posterior in the peplum dress
Wedding guest: Pippa wore a small black fascinator decorated with feathers and pearls to the nuptials
Residents in Alnwick, Northumberland, thronged onto the streets to watch guests - including Princes William and Harry - make their way from the castle to the parish church for the wedding.
Pippa Middleton was greeted at the church gates by cries from the crowd of 'beautiful'.
Later she joined 500 guests to celebrate after the service at the bride's 1000-year-old ancestral home which has doubled for Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films.
The Duchess of Northumberland, mother-of-the-bride, told The Journal newspaper yesterday: 'We are really excited.
'The weather forecast is not great but Melissa and Thomas do not seem to mind. Whatever the weather it is going to be a wonderful day.'
Lady Melissa is a 26-year-old tennis coach while the groom is a chartered-surveyor and long-time friend of both William and Harry.
Radiant: The wedding guests were lucky with the weather as the sun shone down on Alnwick, Northumberland
Well-wishers: Crowds filled the streets to watch the guests walk from the castle to the parish church for the wedding
Fairytale setting: 500 guests will celebrate after the ceremony at Alnwick Castle, used in the filming of Harry Potter
Demure: Pippa's knee-length dress had a high-cut scoop neck and elbow-length sleeves
The brothers were at the 30-year-old's London stag do earlier this month.
Mr van Straubenzee travelled to New Zealand with William on a gap year and was reportedly on the phone to Harry when he was mugged in London last year. It was said that Harry alerted police and went out to find his friend after the ordeal.
Lady Melissa is the Duke of Northumberland's second daughter.
When her sister Lady Katie, a motorbike mechanic, married at St Michael's Church two years ago, Pippa Middleton was a guest. She is friends with Earl George Percy, the Duke's elder son.
Chelsy Davy, Harry's former girlfriend, was also there to attend to the bride who left Alnwick Castle in a restored horse-drawn carriage that is almost 200 years old.
Royal guests: Princes William and Harry are friends of the groom Thomas van Straubenzee
She wore a Bruce Oldfield dress with flowers by local florist Caro Dickinson, who has also decorated the church and castle.
After the 5pm service, a reception was held in the castle's State Rooms, followed by dinner in a marquee.
There will be fireworks in the evening which the public can watch from the Pastures below the castle.
Soon after the wedding, Lady Melissa's dress will be displayed alongside her sister Katie's wedding dress in The Coach House at Alnwick Castle.
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