It’s been a tumultuous 2026 for Pippa Middleton and her husband, James Matthews, after the couple sold their business , Bucklebury Farm Park, due to $1.1 million debts. But the couple’s expansive Berkshire, England estate, known as Barton Court, has been at the center of a local controversy ever since the Matthews family bought the property in 2022. Local residents were used to walking down a footpath that cut through James and Pippa’s 145-acre estate, but after they bought Barton Court, the couple put up “no trespassing” signs and blocked access to the lane. Angry residents took the case to court—and now Princess Kate's sister and brother-in-law have been told that they “cannot rely on privacy and security concerns to justify closing a footpath,” per the Telegraph . James and Pippa Matthews are pictured in 2022. (Image credit: Getty Images) Residents argued that the lane had been “used uninterrupted for decades” by dog walkers and families in the area, and the West Berkshire Council ruled in their favor.…