Son of Folkestone shopkeeper Martyn Jackson dating Pippa Middleton
Pippa Middleton was
sister Kate's bridesmaid in April 2011. Picture: Mark Cuthbert,
Press Association
The son of a Folkestone shopkeeper is the
new boyfriend of Pippa Middleton.
Stockbroker Nico Jackson, whose father Martyn
runs the Landau ski and sportswear shop in Sandgate Road, is dating
the Duchess of Cambridge’s sister.
The
35-year-old, who attended Folkestone’s Harvey Grammar School, was
last week photographed walking along a beach in Mustique with Miss
Middleton.
The
pair were on holiday with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the
rest of the Middleton family.
Mr
Jackson's father - (pictured right) a member of the Sandgate
Road Retailers who has previously campaigned on parking charges
- remained tight-lipped when asked about his son’s
relationship with Miss Middleton.
However, his mother Ulrike Jackson told
reporters she has already met the 29-year-old.
Speaking from the family's seaside home, she
told a national newspaper: "We're very pleased. They are happy, and
that is all that matters. As long as my children are happy, then I
am happy."
Pippa
is a part-time party planner who was given the nickname Her Royal
Hotness after wearing a figure-hugging dress as bridesmaid for her
sister Kate when she married Prince William in 2011.
19/02/13
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