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| occupation = <!--Manager for the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]]--> | | occupation = <!--Manager for the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]]--> | ||
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Autumn Kelly]]|17 May 2008|14 June 2021|end=divorced}} | | spouse = {{marriage|[[Autumn Kelly]]|17 May 2008|14 June 2021|end=divorced}} | ||
| partner = Harriet Sperling (2024–present; engaged) | |||
| children = 2 | | children = 2 | ||
| father = [[Mark Phillips]] | | father = [[Mark Phillips]] | ||
| mother = [[Anne, Princess Royal]] | | mother = [[Anne, Princess Royal]] | ||
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'''Peter Mark Andrew Phillips''' (born 15 November 1977) is a British businessman. He is the son of [[Anne, Princess Royal]], and [[Mark Phillips]], and a nephew of [[King Charles III]]. | '''Peter Mark Andrew Phillips''' (born 15 November 1977) is a British businessman and member of the [[British royal family]]. He is the son of [[Anne, Princess Royal]], and [[Mark Phillips]], and a nephew of [[King Charles III]]. Born during the reign of his maternal grandmother [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]], Phillips was fifth in the [[line of succession to the British throne]]; as of 2025, he is 19th. | ||
Phillips attended the [[University of Exeter]] | Phillips attended the [[University of Exeter]] and later worked for [[Jaguar Racing]]. He is managing director for SEL UK, a boutique sports management company. In 2008, he married Canadian management consultant [[Autumn Kelly]] at [[St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle]]; they have two children. They separated in 2019 and divorced in 2021. | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
Peter Phillips was born at 10:46 | Peter Mark Andrew Phillips was born at 10:46{{nbsp}}am on 15 November 1977 at [[St Mary's Hospital, Paddington]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=47380 |date=16 November 1977 |page=14415}}</ref> He was the first child of [[Princess Anne]] and [[Mark Phillips]], who had married in 1973, and the first grandchild of [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] and [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]].<ref name="BBC On This Day">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/15/newsid_2539000/2539937.stm|title=1977: Princess Anne gives birth to Master Phillips|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=15 November 1977|access-date=9 August 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060416103647/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/15/newsid_2539000/2539937.stm|archive-date=16 April 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> At the time of his birth, there was a [[21-gun salute#United Kingdom|41-gun salute]] from the [[Tower of London]].<ref name="BBC On This Day"/> He was [[baptised]] on 22 December 1977 by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] [[Donald Coggan]] in the Music Room of [[Buckingham Palace]].<ref name=Profile>{{cite news|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5599.asp|title=The Princess Royal: Marriage and Family|website=The British Monarchy|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630231134/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page5599.asp|archive-date=30 June 2007}}</ref> His godparents were his maternal uncle, [[Prince Charles]]; [[Geoffrey Tiarks]]; Captain Hamish Lochore; Lady Cecil Cameron of Lochiel and [[Jane Holderness-Roddam]].<ref name=Godparents>{{cite news|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page3081.asp|title=Buckingham Palace Press Release|website=The British Monarchy|date=8 April 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020180635/http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page3081.asp|archive-date=20 October 2013}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Badminton Horse Trials, Gloucestershire 1983 - Geograph 6574623.jpg|thumb|upright|Phillips with his mother and grandmother at the [[Badminton Horse Trials]] in 1983]] | [[File:Badminton Horse Trials, Gloucestershire 1983 - Geograph 6574623.jpg|thumb|upright|Phillips with his mother and grandmother at the [[Badminton Horse Trials]] in 1983]] | ||
Phillips was [[line of succession to the British Throne|fifth in line to the throne]] at birth and remained so until the birth of his cousin [[William, Prince of Wales]] in 1982. His parents were said to have refused offers from his grandmother Queen [[Elizabeth II]] that would have led to his being born in the [[peerage]]. Phillips was the first legitimate grandchild of a monarch in more than 500 years to be born without a title or [[courtesy title]].<ref name="BBC On This Day"/>{{refn|Before him the last grandchildren born without any title or style were the children of [[Cecily of York]], the daughter of King [[Edward IV]] of England.}} Phillips has a younger sister, [[Zara Tindall]] (née Phillips; born 1981), and two younger half-sisters, Felicity Wade (née Tonkin; born 1985),<ref name="NZHerald">{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11907630|title=Zara Tindall's 'secret' nephew born in NZ|newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=20 August 2017|access-date=12 August 2020|quote=Wade, former Tonkin, is the daughter of Mark Phillips – also father to Queen Elizabeth's grandchildren Zara Tindall and her brother Peter Phillips.}}</ref> the daughter of Mark Phillips and his former mistress Heather Tonkin; and Stephanie Phillips (born 1997), the daughter from his father's second marriage to [[Sandy Pflueger]]. | Phillips was [[line of succession to the British Throne|fifth in line to the throne]] at birth and remained so until the birth of his cousin [[William, Prince of Wales]] in 1982. His parents were said to have refused offers from his grandmother Queen [[Elizabeth II]] that would have led to his being born in the [[peerage]]. Phillips was the first legitimate grandchild of a monarch in more than 500 years to be born without a title or [[courtesy title]].<ref name="BBC On This Day"/>{{refn|Before him the last grandchildren born without any title or style were the children of [[Cecily of York]], the daughter of King [[Edward IV]] of England.}} Phillips has a younger sister, [[Zara Tindall]] (née Phillips; born 1981), and two younger half-sisters, Felicity Wade (née Tonkin; born 1985),<ref name="NZHerald">{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11907630|title=Zara Tindall's 'secret' nephew born in NZ|newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]]|date=20 August 2017|access-date=12 August 2020|quote=Wade, former Tonkin, is the daughter of Mark Phillips – also father to Queen Elizabeth's grandchildren Zara Tindall and her brother Peter Phillips.}}</ref> the daughter of Mark Phillips and his former mistress Heather Tonkin; and Stephanie Phillips (born 1997), the daughter from his father's second marriage to [[Sandy Pflueger]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Cash |first=Rachel |date=4 August 2024 |title=What To Know About Zara Tindall's Elusive Half-Sister Felicity |url=https://www.thelist.com/1634503/zara-tindall-elusive-half-sister-felicity/ |access-date=1 August 2025 |work=The List}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Cope |first=Rebecca |date=11 July 2022 |title=Princess Anne attends the wedding of her ex-husband’s daughter Stephanie Phillips |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-anne-attends-the-wedding-of-her-ex-husbands-daughter-stephanie-phillips |access-date=1 August 2025 |work=Tatler}}</ref> | ||
Phillips went to [[Port Regis Prep School]] in [[Shaftesbury]], [[Dorset]] before following some of his family by attending [[Gordonstoun School]] in [[Moray]], Scotland. Whilst at Gordonstoun, he was chosen to be [[head boy]].<ref name="Hello Profile">{{cite news|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/peterphillips/|title=Profile – Peter Phillips|magazine=Hello!|date=July 2001|access-date=9 August 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103215101/http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/peterphillips/|archive-date=3 November 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> During his [[gap year]], he went to [[Sydney]] and worked for Sports Entertainment Limited (SEL), a company to which he would later return; he also worked for [[Jackie Stewart]]'s [[Formula One]] racing team during that time.<ref name="ek">{{cite book|last1=Knightley|first1=Emma|editor1-last=Coco|editor1-first=Tatiana|title=Peter Phillips: The Life of the First-Born Grandson of Queen Elizabeth II|date=14 November 2017 | Phillips went to [[Port Regis Prep School]] in [[Shaftesbury]], [[Dorset]] before following some of his family by attending [[Gordonstoun School]] in [[Moray]], Scotland. Whilst at Gordonstoun, he was chosen to be [[head boy]].<ref name="Hello Profile">{{cite news|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/peterphillips/|title=Profile – Peter Phillips|magazine=Hello!|date=July 2001|access-date=9 August 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103215101/http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/peterphillips/|archive-date=3 November 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> During his [[gap year]], he went to [[Sydney]], Australia and worked for Sports Entertainment Limited (SEL), a company to which he would later return; he also worked for [[Jackie Stewart]]'s [[Formula One]] racing team during that time.<ref name="ek">{{cite book|last1=Knightley|first1=Emma|editor1-last=Coco|editor1-first=Tatiana|title=Peter Phillips: The Life of the First-Born Grandson of Queen Elizabeth II|date=14 November 2017}}</ref> Phillips represented Scotland at [[rugby union]] at youth and junior level in the mid-1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12056990.rugby-cap-for-peter-phillips/|title=Rugby cap for Peter Phillips|work=The Herald|date=29 November 1995|access-date=13 August 2023}}</ref> | ||
He attended the [[University of Exeter]] and graduated with a degree in [[Sports Science]].<ref name="BBC 2007">{{cite news|url= | He attended the [[University of Exeter]] and graduated with a degree in [[Sports Science]].<ref name="BBC 2007">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6920860.stm|title=Princess Anne's son set to marry|publisher=BBC News|date=28 July 2007|access-date=28 July 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808091600/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6920860.stm|archive-date=8 August 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> He played for the Exeter University [[rugby league]] team.<ref>{{cite news |last=Bridger-Linning |first=Stephanie |date=15 November 2022 |title=Who is Peter Phillips? 7 things to know about Princess Anne’s son as he turns 45 |url=https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-peter-phillips-7-things-to-know-about-princess-annes-son-as-he-turns-45 |access-date=1 August 2025 |work=Tatler}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
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In January 2020, Phillips appeared in an advertisement for Chinese company [[Bright Food]]. In the video, he uses his status as a "British royal family member" to promote the company's milk, while surrounded by luxury.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/queens-grandson-peter-phillips-flogs-royal-connections-in-chinese-milk-ad-11913938|title=Queen's grandson Peter Phillips flogs royal connections in Chinese milk ad|work=Sky News|first=Rebecca|last=Taylor|date=21 January 2020|access-date=21 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121133905/https://news.sky.com/story/queens-grandson-peter-phillips-flogs-royal-connections-in-chinese-milk-ad-11913938|archive-date=21 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> | In January 2020, Phillips appeared in an advertisement for Chinese company [[Bright Food]]. In the video, he uses his status as a "British royal family member" to promote the company's milk, while surrounded by luxury.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/queens-grandson-peter-phillips-flogs-royal-connections-in-chinese-milk-ad-11913938|title=Queen's grandson Peter Phillips flogs royal connections in Chinese milk ad|work=Sky News|first=Rebecca|last=Taylor|date=21 January 2020|access-date=21 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121133905/https://news.sky.com/story/queens-grandson-peter-phillips-flogs-royal-connections-in-chinese-milk-ad-11913938|archive-date=21 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
== Royal funeral participation == | |||
On 17 September 2022, during the period of [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|official mourning for Queen Elizabeth II]], Phillips joined his sister and six cousins to mount a 15-minute [[Vigil of the Princes|vigil]] around the coffin of their grandmother as it [[lay in state]] at [[Westminster Hall]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/queens-grandchildren-stand-solemn-vigil-25045818|title=Queen's grandchildren stand solemn vigil in Westminster Hall|first=Kirstie|last=McCrum|date=17 September 2022|publisher=walesonline.co.uk|access-date=17 September 2022}}</ref> On 19 September 2022, he joined the Queen's children and other senior members of the royal family in walking behind the cortege in the state funeral procession.<ref>{{cite news|title=Queen's funeral: Full guide to the gun carriage and the main procession|publisher=BBC News|date=19 September 2022|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62941422|access-date=19 September 2022}}</ref> | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
[[File:Princess Anne and Peter Phillips.jpg|thumb|Phillips with his mother in 2012]] | [[File:Princess Anne and Peter Phillips.jpg|thumb|Phillips with his mother in 2012]] | ||
===Relationships=== | |||
====Elizabeth Iorio and Tara Swain==== | |||
Phillips dated Elizabeth Iorio, a [[cod liver oil]] heiress from the United States, for two years. In 2001 they lived together for eight months.<ref name="Telegraph 30 July"/> Later, he had a four-month relationship with Tara Swain, a [[flight attendant]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=519302003|title=So who should William woo?|newspaper=[[The Scotsman]]|location=Edinburgh|date=7 May 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917123753/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=519302003|archive-date=17 September 2007}}</ref> | Phillips dated Elizabeth Iorio, a [[cod liver oil]] heiress from the United States, for two years. In 2001 they lived together for eight months.<ref name="Telegraph 30 July"/> Later, he had a four-month relationship with Tara Swain, a [[flight attendant]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=519302003|title=So who should William woo?|newspaper=[[The Scotsman]]|location=Edinburgh|date=7 May 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070917123753/http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/s2.cfm?id=519302003|archive-date=17 September 2007}}</ref> | ||
====Autumn Kelly==== | |||
In 2003, Phillips met [[Autumn Kelly]], a [[Canadian]] [[management consultant]], at the Formula 1 [[Canadian Grand Prix]] in [[Montreal]].<ref name="Hello Profile"/> Their engagement was announced on 28 July 2007.<ref name="BBC 2007"/><ref name="Telegraph 30 July">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/30/nsloane330.xml|title=Publicity-shy Peter to be Queen's first grandchild to wed|first=Laura|last=Clout|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|date=30 July 2007|access-date=22 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223124354/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F07%2F30%2Fnsloane330.xml|archive-date=23 December 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{refn|As required by the [[Royal Marriages Act 1772]], wherein descendants of [[George II of Great Britain|George II]] have to seek permission from the sovereign to marry, Phillips asked for permission, and The Queen gave her consent to the marriage in a meeting of her [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]] on 9 April 2008.<ref name="Gazette">{{London Gazette |issue=58674 |date=21 April 2008 |pages=6077–6078 }}</ref>}} | In 2003, Phillips met [[Autumn Kelly]], a [[Canadian]] [[management consultant]], at the Formula 1 [[Canadian Grand Prix]] in [[Montreal]].<ref name="Hello Profile"/> Their engagement was announced on 28 July 2007.<ref name="BBC 2007"/><ref name="Telegraph 30 July">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/30/nsloane330.xml|title=Publicity-shy Peter to be Queen's first grandchild to wed|first=Laura|last=Clout|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|date=30 July 2007|access-date=22 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071223124354/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F07%2F30%2Fnsloane330.xml|archive-date=23 December 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{refn|As required by the [[Royal Marriages Act 1772]], wherein descendants of [[George II of Great Britain|George II]] have to seek permission from the sovereign to marry, Phillips asked for permission, and The Queen gave her consent to the marriage in a meeting of her [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]] on 9 April 2008.<ref name="Gazette">{{London Gazette |issue=58674 |date=21 April 2008 |pages=6077–6078 }}</ref>}} | ||
Kelly, who was raised in the [[Catholic Church]], was received into the [[Church of England]] before her marriage. If she had been Roman Catholic at the time of the marriage, Phillips would have lost his place in the line of the succession to the throne because of since-repealed<ref>{{Cite web|title=Succession to the Crown Act 2013, Section 2|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/20/section/2/enacted}}</ref> terms of the [[Act of Settlement 1701]].<ref name="Telegraph 3 August">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/03/npeter103.xml|title=A royal marriage dilemma – Phillips may renounce succession|first=Jonathan|last=Petre|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=3 August 2007|access-date=11 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225123135/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F08%2F03%2Fnpeter103.xml|archive-date=25 February 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph 1 May">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/1915827/Peter-Phillips | Kelly, who was raised in the [[Catholic Church]], was received into the [[Church of England]] before her marriage. If she had been Roman Catholic at the time of the marriage, Phillips would have lost his place in the line of the succession to the throne because of since-repealed<ref>{{Cite web|title=Succession to the Crown Act 2013, Section 2|url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/20/section/2/enacted}}</ref> terms of the [[Act of Settlement 1701]].<ref name="Telegraph 3 August">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/03/npeter103.xml|title=A royal marriage dilemma – Phillips may renounce succession|first=Jonathan|last=Petre|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=3 August 2007|access-date=11 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080225123135/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2007%2F08%2F03%2Fnpeter103.xml|archive-date=25 February 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Telegraph 1 May">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/1915827/Peter-Phillips%27s-fianc%C3%A9e-Autumn-Kelly-converts-to-save-succession.html|title=Peter's fiancée converts to save succession|first=Andrew|last=Pierce|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=1 May 2008|access-date=11 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211112027/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/1915827/Peter-Phillips%27s-fianc%C3%A9e-Autumn-Kelly-converts-to-save-succession.html|archive-date=11 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Royal fiancee changes her faith|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7378556.stm|access-date=30 October 2015|publisher=BBC News|date=1 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208020908/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7378556.stm|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> Shortly before their wedding, the couple were interviewed and photographed by ''[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]'' magazine, and were reported to have been paid £500,000, resulting in some concern in royal circles.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Pierce|first1=Andrew|title=Queen halts celebrity magazine deals after Peter Phillips – Autumn Kelly Hello! wedding|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/2004590/Queen-halts-celebrity-magazine-deals-after-Peter-Phillips-Autumn-Kelly-Hello-wedding.html|access-date=30 October 2015|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=22 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151211051617/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/2004590/Queen-halts-celebrity-magazine-deals-after-Peter-Phillips-Autumn-Kelly-Hello-wedding.html|archive-date=11 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Tele Profile">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/1962810/Profile-Autumn-Kelly%2C-Peter-Phillip%27s-fiance.html|title=Autumn Kelly, Peter Phillip's fiance|first=Andrew|last=Pierce|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=17 May 2008|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210185220/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/1962810/Profile-Autumn-Kelly%2C-Peter-Phillip%27s-fiance.html|archive-date=10 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="BBC wedding">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7406008.stm|title=Royal marries in Windsor wedding|publisher=BBC News|date=17 May 2008|access-date=17 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518081959/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7406008.stm|archive-date=18 May 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> They married on 17 May 2008 at [[St George's Chapel]] in [[Windsor Castle]].<ref name="BBC wedding"/><ref>{{cite news|last1=Daniela|first1=Relph|title=A thoroughly modern royal wedding|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/7406783.stm|access-date=30 October 2015|publisher=BBC News|date=18 May 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151210211502/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/7406783.stm|archive-date=10 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The service was conducted by [[David Conner (bishop)|David Conner]], the [[Dean of Windsor]].<ref name="Tele 17 8 May">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/1969472/Queen-will--meet-Prince-Harry%27s-girlfriend-Chelsy-Davy--at-Peter-Phillips-wedding.html|title=Queen will meet Prince Harry's girlfriend Chelsy Davy at Peter Phillips wedding|first=Andrew|last=Pierce|publisher=BBC News|date=17 May 2008|access-date=1 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211113201/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/theroyalfamily/1969472/Queen-will--meet-Prince-Harry%27s-girlfriend-Chelsy-Davy--at-Peter-Phillips-wedding.html|archive-date=11 December 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
The couple lived in Hong Kong after Phillips changed positions within the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] and became head of their sponsorships activities in the region.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brandrepublic.asia/Media/Newsarticle/2008_08/Phillips-to-lead-RBS-regional-sponsorship/32264|title=Phillips to lead RBS regional sponsorship|first=Arun|last=Sudhaman|publisher=brandrepublic.asia|date=20 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201092433/http://www.brandrepublic.asia/Media/Newsarticle/2008_08/Phillips-to-lead-RBS-regional-sponsorship/32264|archive-date=1 December 2008}}</ref> | The couple lived in Hong Kong after Phillips changed positions within the [[Royal Bank of Scotland]] and became head of their sponsorships activities in the region.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brandrepublic.asia/Media/Newsarticle/2008_08/Phillips-to-lead-RBS-regional-sponsorship/32264|title=Phillips to lead RBS regional sponsorship|first=Arun|last=Sudhaman|publisher=brandrepublic.asia|date=20 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201092433/http://www.brandrepublic.asia/Media/Newsarticle/2008_08/Phillips-to-lead-RBS-regional-sponsorship/32264|archive-date=1 December 2008}}</ref> | ||
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On 11 February 2020, Phillips and his wife confirmed that they had separated in 2019 and announced they were planning to divorce.<ref name="Separation">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/queens-grandson-peter-phillips-to-split-from-his-wife-after-12-years-p5gbc3hpk|title=Queen's grandson Peter Phillips 'to split from his wife' after 12 years|newspaper=[[The Times]]|location=London|url-access=subscription|last=Ellery|first=Ben|date=11 February 2020|access-date=11 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212125458/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/queens-grandson-peter-phillips-to-split-from-his-wife-after-12-years-p5gbc3hpk|archive-date=12 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51459492|title=Queen's grandson and his wife to divorce|last=Clifford|first=John|date=11 February 2020|publisher=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211123231/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51459492|archive-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> The divorce was settled on 14 June 2021.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gallagher|first=Sophie|date=14 June 2021|title=Divorce settled for Princess Anne's son Peter Phillips and Autumn Phillips|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/peter-phillips-autumn-divorce-queen-anne-b1865570.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/peter-phillips-autumn-divorce-queen-anne-b1865570.html|archive-date=26 May 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> | On 11 February 2020, Phillips and his wife confirmed that they had separated in 2019 and announced they were planning to divorce.<ref name="Separation">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/queens-grandson-peter-phillips-to-split-from-his-wife-after-12-years-p5gbc3hpk|title=Queen's grandson Peter Phillips 'to split from his wife' after 12 years|newspaper=[[The Times]]|location=London|url-access=subscription|last=Ellery|first=Ben|date=11 February 2020|access-date=11 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212125458/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/queens-grandson-peter-phillips-to-split-from-his-wife-after-12-years-p5gbc3hpk|archive-date=12 February 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51459492|title=Queen's grandson and his wife to divorce|last=Clifford|first=John|date=11 February 2020|publisher=BBC News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211123231/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-51459492|archive-date=11 February 2020}}</ref> The divorce was settled on 14 June 2021.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gallagher|first=Sophie|date=14 June 2021|title=Divorce settled for Princess Anne's son Peter Phillips and Autumn Phillips|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/peter-phillips-autumn-divorce-queen-anne-b1865570.html|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/peter-phillips-autumn-divorce-queen-anne-b1865570.html|archive-date=26 May 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|newspaper=The Independent|location=London|access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> | ||
==== Lindsay Wallace==== | |||
After his divorce, Phillips began a relationship with Lindsay Wallace in 2021, with whom he made his official debut as a couple at the [[Epsom Derby]] in June 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/06/04/peter-phillips-steps-public-new-girlfriend-lindsay-wallace-epsom/|title=Peter Phillips steps out in public with his new girlfriend Lindsay Wallace at the Epsom Derby|work=The Telegraph|first=Camilla|last=Tominey|date=4 June 2022|access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref> The two ended their relationship in 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/princess-annes-son-queens-favourite-32550787|title=Princess Anne's son and Queen's 'favourite grandson' in fresh heartache after split from girlfriend|work=Daily Mirror|first=Joe|last=Smith|date=9 April 2024|access-date=9 April 2024}}</ref> | After his divorce, Phillips began a relationship with Lindsay Wallace in 2021, with whom he made his official debut as a couple at the [[Epsom Derby]] in June 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/06/04/peter-phillips-steps-public-new-girlfriend-lindsay-wallace-epsom/|title=Peter Phillips steps out in public with his new girlfriend Lindsay Wallace at the Epsom Derby|work=The Telegraph|first=Camilla|last=Tominey|date=4 June 2022|access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref> The two ended their relationship in 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/princess-annes-son-queens-favourite-32550787|title=Princess Anne's son and Queen's 'favourite grandson' in fresh heartache after split from girlfriend|work=Daily Mirror|first=Joe|last=Smith|date=9 April 2024|access-date=9 April 2024}}</ref> | ||
====Harriet Sperling==== | |||
By June 2024, Phillips had introduced his partner, [[NHS]] [[Pediatric nursing|paediatric nurse]] and freelance writer Harriet Sperling (née Sanders; born 1980), to [[King Charles III]] and [[Queen Camilla]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Stacey |first=Danielle |date=21 June 2024 |title=Peter Phillips and girlfriend Harriet Sperling look loved-up at Royal Ascot debut |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/700770/peter-phillips-harriet-sperling-join-beatrice-sophie-winkleman-royal-ascot/ |access-date=3 August 2025 |work=Hello! Magazine}}</ref> Their engagement was announced on 1 August 2025.<ref name="auto">{{cite news |last1=Rhoden-Paul |first1=André |title=King's nephew Peter Phillips engaged to NHS nurse |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly6kj7k97po |access-date=2 August 2025 |publisher=BBC |date=1 August 2025 |quote=She is reported to be a distant relation of the Duke of Gloucester through her late father.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ronald |first=Issy |date=1 August 2025 |title=Peter Phillips, grandson of late Queen Elizabeth II, is engaged |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/uk/peter-philips-engagement-intl-scli-gbr |access-date=1 August 2025 |work=CNN}}</ref> Sperling has a daughter from a previous relationship.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Burack |first=Emily |date=1 August 2025 |title=Who is Peter Phillips's fiancée Harriet Sperling? |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a61070859/who-is-harriet-sperling/ |access-date=1 August 2025 |magazine=Town & Country}}</ref> | |||
According to the [[BBC]], Sperling is a distant relation of [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester]] through her father Rupert Sanders (1946–2023). She is also related to the [[Courage Brewery|Courage family of brewers]].<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ward|first1=Victoria|title=Aristocratic roots of Peter Phillips' NHS nurse girlfriend revealed|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2024/06/22/peter-phillips-nhs-nurse-girlfriend-harriet-sperling-ascot/|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=22 June 2024|access-date=25 June 2024 |quote=She is reported to be a distant relation of the Duke of Gloucester through her late father.}}</ref> | |||
==Honours== | ==Honours== | ||
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*[[File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|45px]] 6 February 2012: Recipient of the [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]]<ref name=jubilee/> | *[[File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg|45px]] 6 February 2012: Recipient of the [[Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal]]<ref name=jubilee/> | ||
*[[File:Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.png|45px]] 6 February 2022: Recipient of the [[Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal]]<ref name=jubilee>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/zara-tindall-and-mike-tindall-attend-the-national-service-news-photo/1400782308|title=Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee 2022 – National Service of Thanksgiving|work=Getty Images|date=3 June 2022|access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref> | *[[File:Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.png|45px]] 6 February 2022: Recipient of the [[Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal]]<ref name=jubilee>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.in/detail/news-photo/zara-tindall-and-mike-tindall-attend-the-national-service-news-photo/1400782308|title=Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee 2022 – National Service of Thanksgiving|work=Getty Images|date=3 June 2022|access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref> | ||
*[[File: | *[[File:UK King Charles III Coronation Medal BAR.svg|45px]] 6 May 2023: Recipient of the [[King Charles III Coronation Medal]] | ||
==Arms== | ==Arms== | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:17, 18 December 2025
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Other people". Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (born 15 November 1977) is a British businessman and member of the British royal family. He is the son of Anne, Princess Royal, and Mark Phillips, and a nephew of King Charles III. Born during the reign of his maternal grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, Phillips was fifth in the line of succession to the British throne; as of 2025, he is 19th.
Phillips attended the University of Exeter and later worked for Jaguar Racing. He is managing director for SEL UK, a boutique sports management company. In 2008, he married Canadian management consultant Autumn Kelly at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle; they have two children. They separated in 2019 and divorced in 2021.
Early life and education
Peter Mark Andrew Phillips was born at 10:46Script error: No such module "String".am on 15 November 1977 at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington.[1] He was the first child of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips, who had married in 1973, and the first grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.[2] At the time of his birth, there was a 41-gun salute from the Tower of London.[2] He was baptised on 22 December 1977 by the Archbishop of Canterbury Donald Coggan in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace.[3] His godparents were his maternal uncle, Prince Charles; Geoffrey Tiarks; Captain Hamish Lochore; Lady Cecil Cameron of Lochiel and Jane Holderness-Roddam.[4]
Phillips was fifth in line to the throne at birth and remained so until the birth of his cousin William, Prince of Wales in 1982. His parents were said to have refused offers from his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II that would have led to his being born in the peerage. Phillips was the first legitimate grandchild of a monarch in more than 500 years to be born without a title or courtesy title.[2]Template:Refn Phillips has a younger sister, Zara Tindall (née Phillips; born 1981), and two younger half-sisters, Felicity Wade (née Tonkin; born 1985),[5] the daughter of Mark Phillips and his former mistress Heather Tonkin; and Stephanie Phillips (born 1997), the daughter from his father's second marriage to Sandy Pflueger.[6][7]
Phillips went to Port Regis Prep School in Shaftesbury, Dorset before following some of his family by attending Gordonstoun School in Moray, Scotland. Whilst at Gordonstoun, he was chosen to be head boy.[8] During his gap year, he went to Sydney, Australia and worked for Sports Entertainment Limited (SEL), a company to which he would later return; he also worked for Jackie Stewart's Formula One racing team during that time.[9] Phillips represented Scotland at rugby union at youth and junior level in the mid-1990s.[10]
He attended the University of Exeter and graduated with a degree in Sports Science.[11] He played for the Exeter University rugby league team.[12]
Career
After his graduation in 2000, Phillips worked for Jaguar as corporate hospitality manager and then for Williams racing team, where he was sponsorship accounts manager.[8][11][13] He left Williams in September 2005, for a job as a manager at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh.[11] In March 2012, he left RBS to take on a role as managing director at SEL UK.[14]
In August 2012, he was guest of honour at the Rugby league Challenge Cup Final between Warrington Wolves and Leeds Rhinos at Wembley.[15]
In the year leading up to June 2016, Phillips was responsible for organising the "Patron's Lunch", in celebration of the Queen's 90th birthday. It included a parade down The Mall and a hamper picnic for 10,000 guests.[16]
In January 2020, Phillips appeared in an advertisement for Chinese company Bright Food. In the video, he uses his status as a "British royal family member" to promote the company's milk, while surrounded by luxury.[17]
Royal funeral participation
On 17 September 2022, during the period of official mourning for Queen Elizabeth II, Phillips joined his sister and six cousins to mount a 15-minute vigil around the coffin of their grandmother as it lay in state at Westminster Hall.[18] On 19 September 2022, he joined the Queen's children and other senior members of the royal family in walking behind the cortege in the state funeral procession.[19]
Personal life
Relationships
Elizabeth Iorio and Tara Swain
Phillips dated Elizabeth Iorio, a cod liver oil heiress from the United States, for two years. In 2001 they lived together for eight months.[20] Later, he had a four-month relationship with Tara Swain, a flight attendant.[21]
Autumn Kelly
In 2003, Phillips met Autumn Kelly, a Canadian management consultant, at the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.[8] Their engagement was announced on 28 July 2007.[11][20]Template:Refn
Kelly, who was raised in the Catholic Church, was received into the Church of England before her marriage. If she had been Roman Catholic at the time of the marriage, Phillips would have lost his place in the line of the succession to the throne because of since-repealed[22] terms of the Act of Settlement 1701.[23][24][25] Shortly before their wedding, the couple were interviewed and photographed by Hello! magazine, and were reported to have been paid £500,000, resulting in some concern in royal circles.[26][27][28] They married on 17 May 2008 at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.[28][29] The service was conducted by David Conner, the Dean of Windsor.[30] The couple lived in Hong Kong after Phillips changed positions within the Royal Bank of Scotland and became head of their sponsorships activities in the region.[31]
Their first child, and the Queen's first great-grandchild, a daughter named Savannah Anne Kathleen, was born on 29 December 2010 at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital.[32][33][34] The Queen was present for the baby's baptism, which took place on 23 April 2011 at Church of the Holy Cross in Avening, Gloucestershire, near Gatcombe Park, the home of Phillips' mother. Savannah was born 12th in the line to the throne and is now 20th.[35] On 29 March 2012, the couple's second daughter, Isla Elizabeth, was born at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. She was born 13th in the line to the throne and is now 21st.[36]
On 11 February 2020, Phillips and his wife confirmed that they had separated in 2019 and announced they were planning to divorce.[37][38] The divorce was settled on 14 June 2021.[39]
Lindsay Wallace
After his divorce, Phillips began a relationship with Lindsay Wallace in 2021, with whom he made his official debut as a couple at the Epsom Derby in June 2022.[40] The two ended their relationship in 2024.[41]
Harriet Sperling
By June 2024, Phillips had introduced his partner, NHS paediatric nurse and freelance writer Harriet Sperling (née Sanders; born 1980), to King Charles III and Queen Camilla.[42] Their engagement was announced on 1 August 2025.[43][44] Sperling has a daughter from a previous relationship.[45]
According to the BBC, Sperling is a distant relation of Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester through her father Rupert Sanders (1946–2023). She is also related to the Courage family of brewers.[43][46]
Honours
- File:UK Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg 6 February 2002: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal[47]
- File:QEII Diamond Jubilee Medal ribbon.svg 6 February 2012: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal[47]
- File:Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal.png 6 February 2022: Recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal[47]
- File:UK King Charles III Coronation Medal BAR.svg 6 May 2023: Recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal
Arms
References
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