Princess Kate’s brother James Middleton announces his wife Alizée Thevenet is pregnant with first child: ‘We couldn’t be more excited!’
Princess Kate’s brother James Middleton has revealed that his wife Alizee Thevenet is pregnant with the couple’s first child.
The entrepreneur, 36, shared a sweet photo of Alizee’s growing belly on Instagram today.
Posing in a beautiful rural setting, the photo shows Alizee, 33, in an olive green dress with their dog Mable.
“We couldn’t be more excited…well Mable might be,” James wrote on Instagram.
“It’s been a very rough start to the year after the loss of my beloved Ella, but we will end the year with the most precious little addition to our growing family.”
The baby will be a first cousin to Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis – and a niece or nephew to the Prince and Princess of Wales.
James and Kate’s sister Pippa also has three children with her husband James Matthews:- Arthur, Grace and Rose.
James Middleton’s has revealed that his wife Alizee Thevenet is pregnant with the couple’s first child
Another photo showed the French financier in a field with Mable
Ella is James’ beloved spaniel, who passed away last year at the age of 15.
To enrol The Telegraph in 2021, James explained that he met Alizée in 2014 at Chelsea’s South Kensington Club when Ella was ‘on her way to Alizée’.
James, who was “embarrassed,” went over to her “to apologize and bring Ella back,” remembering how Alizée thought he was a “waiter” and “ordered her a drink while continuing to pet Ella , who was licking her back at the time. the attention.’
He has previously credited the black spaniel with helping him overcome his mental health issues and introducing him to his wife, Alizée Thevenet.
In January 2019, James explained in a personal essay to the Daily Mail how Ella had helped him through his battle with depression.
He wrote, “During the day I would drag myself upstairs and get to work, then just stare at my computer screen with glassy eyes, waiting for the hours to tick by so I could drive back home.
James and Alizée met after Ella “came up on her” at Chelsea’s The South Kensington Club
Alizee and James got engaged in September 2019, but had to postpone the ceremony twice due to Covid, before finally announcing they’d tied the knot in 2021 in Provence’s Bormes-les-Mimosas.
Alizée, who is trilingual and has lived and worked in London for several years, is currently a director at TreasurySpring, a fintech company that uses digital pipelines to connect money-rich companies with institutional borrowers.
She is the daughter of retired diplomat Jean-Gabriel Thevenet, who lives in Paris and is currently pursuing a career as a writer and poet, and had a close relationship with both parents.
Her father adores his daughter’s new husband and previously described Alizée as “deliriously happy” with James.