Have just been reading that Pippa’s bottom is due to Pilates which is either heartening or soul destroying whichever way you look at it. Soul destroying because I have done Pilates for years but have not quite got her bum though heartening because perhaps this muscled, taut posterior is just round the corner for me. However I think I need to add in to the equation the 25 years and 4 children I have on Pippa and of course the lack of Middleton, long, lean legged genes and therefore be realistic that it is probably an unachievable ambition.
I think, what is more appropriate for me, is to concentrate on passing the OLKE test – or aka the One Legged Knicker Entry test i.e. can you stand on one leg and put the other one into your knicker leg without falling over. For those of you under the age of 45 years this may sound like a doddle but let me tell you, after this age, it is quite an achievement and so if for nothing else, as I stand one legged in my yoga/pilates class in some obscurely named position, in this case the Warrior III pose, I now know what I am doing it for…..not to achieve a bum like Her Royal Hotness but merely to be able to achieve an every day necessity, getting my knickers on, without falling to the floor in an unladylike manner.
P.S. Apparently you need strength, flexibility, and endurance, and unwavering concentration to make this yoga position and the same could be said about putting your knickers on so I know I am on the right path!! If it fails I will just have to go ‘commando’!