Pippa puts her brother to work

THE Duchess of Cambridge’s brother might be struggling to keep his loss- making marshmallow business, Boomf, afloat, but at least he can fall back on manual labour.

In a scruffy T-shirt, jeans and brown boots, 31-year-old James Middleton (circled above), lent a helping hand to pregnant Pippa, 34, at the weekend by removing a tree from her £17 million Chelsea home.

Pertinently, perhaps, Pippa’s husband, the hedge-fund manager James Matthews, handed over almost £100,000 to prop up Boomf last year. Is amiable James returning the favour?