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Pippa’s Paris pistol pal exposed as hotshot lawyer

PARIS — Pippa Middleton’s gun-toting pal was exposed Wednesday as Romain Rabillard — a top criminal lawyer.

The fun-loving barrister was snapped waving what looked like a gun around beside Prince William’s smirking sister-in-law as he drove her in an Audi convertible in Paris at the weekend.

In party pictures seen by The Sun, Rabillard, 36, larks about with no trousers on while clutching a drink and staring wild-eyed at the lens. In another pose, he hugs three pretty girls as one bites his face.

Rabillard and Middleton, 27, both fear a grilling from cops over their antics as France remains on heightened security alert following a series of shootings, including a massacre in Toulouse.

Hours before the car ride, the royal bridesmaid had been at a decadent fancy dress party, where witnesses said they spotted her kissing French hunk Antoine de Tavernost.

The bash featured dwarfs serving champagne, a man dressed as a cardinal carrying a copy of the Kama Sutra sex book, and a stripper dancing to the Sex Pistol’s “God Save The Queen.” Middleton told a journalist, “I’m here to enjoy myself.”

Middleton was being driven to the city’s Gare du Nord station to catch a Eurostar train to London when the incident occurred.

Rabillard, who works for a top US law firm on the swanky Champs Elysee, is a regular on the Paris party circuit. He was called to the bar in 2005 and lives in a £2,000-a-month ($3,195-a-month) penthouse close to his work.

A source added, “Romain is a hard-working lawyer, but he likes to enjoy himself and is well known on the Paris party scene. He likes being the center of attention.”

It is still unclear whether the gun Rabillard waved around in front of the Duchess of Cambridge’s little sister was real.

If it was, brandishing it in a public place is punishable by up to seven years in jail “for all parties involved.” If it was fake, the maximum sentence is two years.

The photographer it was pointed at is still “considering his options” over whether to make a formal police complaint.

Rabillard was not available for comment late Tuesday.