Pippa Middleton has given her first ever TV interview – and she didn't shy away from talking about her big sister (and England's future queen) Kate Middleton.

Having previously kept silent (even through discussions of her bottom in that bridesmaids dress), Pippa spoke openly in the interview with the TODAY show, which will air for the first time in America next Monday and Tuesday.

Pippa said of Kate: 'We have a very normal, sisterly relationship. We're very close. And, you know, we support each other and get each other's opinions and things.

'I think that's really the heart for all of us is having a really close family that we can sort of be normal with each other, treat each other normally.

'And that's sort of kept us all, you know, affixed to the ground.'

With rumours circulating of a possible NBC special correspondant role for Pippa, it's possible that we'll be learning a lot more about Britain's famously private royal in-laws in the near future...

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