Alex bowls Pippa over with a weekend at the cricket

Any lingering doubts about Pippa Middleton's relationship with boyfriend Alex Loudon were swept away as she put herself through an enduring test at the weekend - watching her beau play cricket.

Pippa, 27, was among the small gathering of devotees who turned up to watch Eton Ramblers, the club side of old Etonians who Loudon captains, beat the Old Eastbournians in the Cricketers Cup.

Together: Pippa Middleton and Alex Loudon pictured at Wimbledon last month

It was a timely presence for cricketer-turned-banker Loudon, 30, as he scored a century with his girlfriend looking on.

It is the first time Pippa has been seen at a Ramblers match this season. This one was played at Agar's Plough, the side's home ground  at Eton.

'She seemed on good form,' says a fellow spectator, 'and pretty pleased that for once she'd managed to give the paparazzi the slip.'  

Pippa herself is remarkably sanguine about the fame that has followed since her sister Kate’s wedding to Prince William.

'I know I am just a fad,' she says.

A passing phenomenon she may be, but a traffic warden brought her more immediate problems last night.

Alerted by drinkers in a nearby pub, Pippa rushed out of the Mare Moto restaurant in Chelsea to find a ticket on her sporty BMW.  She sped off as a tow truck arrived.

 

Timely: Alex Loudon, pictured here with Pippa Middleton at Wimbledon, scored a century in the cricket match as she looked on