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"Duchess Pippa?\r\nNot so fast.  On Friday, British tabloid The Sun claimed that Pippa Middleton and college pal George Percy -- the multimillionaire future Duke of Northumberland -- had taken their friendship to the next level.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;They have always just been friends,&amp;quot; a source close to Kate Middleton&amp;apos;s socialite sister, 28, tells Us Weekly. &amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t know how this particular rumor got so out of control!&amp;quot;\r\nMiddleton and Percy, 27, have been friends since their college days at Edinburgh University, and have continued to hang out after Middleton&amp;apos;s final split with Alex Loudon, her banker beau of two years, last fall. The Sun claimed they became romantic over New Year&amp;apos;s, and that Percy is &amp;quot;completely in love with her.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Both of them say they are friends and I&amp;apos;ve not heard or seen anything to suggest otherwise,&amp;quot; the Pippa source adds of the pair, who&amp;apos;ve been photographed out and about in London, Spain and elsewhere with other friends.\r\nA second source is similarly skeptical, telling Us,  &amp;quot;I couldn&amp;apos;t imagine them together. Their friendship is more like brother and sister.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAdds a Percy family source, &amp;quot;I wouldn&amp;apos;t follow this gossip!&amp;quot;\r\nWorth $400 million, Percy (currently an Earl) was a page to Queen Elizabeth as a boy, and his vast family holdings include Alnwick Castle, which was used in the Harry Potter films as Hogwarts school.\r\nWhen reached for comment by Us Weekly, a spokesman for George Percy said, &amp;quot;We have no comment to make.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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