Despite reports that Prince William and Kate Middleton’s New Year’s plans involved spending time at his father’s sprawling Scotland, estate, they chose a more low-key locale.
A tent pitched in the back garden of the Middleton family’s yard!
According to the U.K.’s Mail on Sunday, Pippa Middleton, who along with her parents is in the party-planning business, played host to the (relatively) small soiree.
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The stylish sister has expensive taste: The tent alone cost nearly $5,000 (or 3,000 in British pounds) to set up behind their home in Berkshire, England.
Described by an onlooker as a “canvas palace,” the tent enclosed a dance floor and seating for more than 100 party-goers ready to ring in 2012.
“[Kate Middleton] looked full of the joys of the season,” a party-goer said of 2011’s royal bride, 29, who laughed and joked with her husband, also 29.
The celebration in her hometown with Pippa, 27, comes nearly a week after the Duchess’ first Christmas as a royal in Sandringham, Norfolk.
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