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Peter Phillips

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Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (born 15 November 1977) is the only son of The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. He is the eldest grandson and first grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

Peter Phillips
Born
Peter Mark Andrew Phillips

(1977-11-15) 15 November 1977 (age 46)
St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London
OccupationManager for the Royal Bank of Scotland
SpouseAutumn Phillips (2008–)
Parent(s)Captain Mark Phillips
Anne, Princess Royal

Born in 1977, Peter Phillips holds no royal title or style and is currently eleventh in the line of succession to the thrones of 16 states. After graduating from university in 2000, he worked for Jaguar followed by WilliamsF1. While working for WilliamsF1 in Canada in 2003, he met Autumn Kelly, whom he married in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in 2008. Phillips keeps a low public profile, carrying out no royal duties, and currently works for the Royal Bank of Scotland in Hong Kong.

Early life

Peter Phillips was born at 10:46am on 15 November 1977 at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington in west London.[1] He was the first child of Mark Phillips and The Princess Anne, who had married in 1973.[1] His parents were said to have refused offers from The Queen that would have led to his being born in the peerage. Phillips was therefore the first legitimate grandchild of a monarch to be born without a title or courtesy style for more than 500 years.[1] Before him the last grandchildren born without any title or style were the children of Cecily of York, the daughter of Edward IV. At birth he was fifth in line to the Throne, and remained so until Prince William's birth in 1982. At the time of his birth, there was a 41-gun salute from the Tower of London.[1] He was baptised Peter Mark Andrew Phillips on 22 December 1977 by the then Archbishop of Canterbury Donald Coggan in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace.[2] His godparents were his uncle, The Prince of Wales, the Rt. Rev'd. Geoffrey Tiarks, Captain Hamish Lochare, Lady Cecil Cameron of Lochiel and Mrs Timothy Holderness-Roddam.[3] Princess Anne and Captain Phillips, who had a daughter Zara in 1981, tried to ensure that their children were kept out of the limelight.[4] Phillips has two half-sisters, Felicity Tonkin (born 1985), the daughter of Mark Phillips and his former mistress Heather Tonkin, and Stephanie Phillips (born 1997), the daughter of his father's second marriage to Sandy Pflueger.

Peter Phillips went to Port Regis Prep School in Shaftesbury, Dorset before following other members of the Royal Family by attending Gordonstoun School in Moray, Scotland, where he was Head Boy.[5][6] Then he went to the University of Exeter and graduated with a degree in sports science.[7] A keen sportsman, Phillips played rugby for the Scottish Schools team.[7] At university, he played for the Exeter University Rugby League team.

Following the death of his aunt Diana, Princess of Wales, Peter Phillips was known to be very supportive of his cousin Prince William.[8]

Post-university life

After his graduation in 2000, Phillips worked for Jaguar as corporate hospitality manager and then for WilliamsF1 racing team, where he was sponsorship accounts manager.[5][7][9] In 2004 while working for WilliamsF1, Phillips was in a van in China with three other employees when the van was hit by a car. Phillips was uninjured.[10] He left WilliamsF1 in September 2005 and since then has worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh.[7]

Unlike his sister, Peter Phillips' personal life is rarely publicised.[5] He dated Elizabeth Iorio, an American cod liver oil heiress, for two years and in 2001 they lived together for eight months.[8] Later, he had a four-month relationship with Tara Swain, an air stewardess.[11]

Marriage

In 2003, Phillips met Autumn Kelly, a Canadian management consultant, at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal.[5] Their engagement was announced on 28 July 2007.[7] The Queen gave her consent to the marriage in a meeting of her Privy Council on 9 April 2008.[12] Phillips is the first (and thus far only) grandchild of the Queen to marry.

Before her marriage, Autumn Kelly converted from Catholicism to Anglicanism. If she had been Roman Catholic at the time of the marriage, her husband would have lost his place in the line of the succession to the Throne, due to the Act of Settlement 1701.[13][14] Shortly before their wedding, the couple caused some reported unease in royal circles when they were interviewed and photographed by Hello! magazine, and were reported to have been paid £500,000.[15][16] They married on 17 May 2008 at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.[16] The service was conducted by David Conner, the Dean of Windsor.[17]

Since August 2008, the Phillips have lived in Hong Kong after Peter moved jobs within the Royal Bank of Scotland to head their sponsorships activities in the region.[18] On 8 July 2010, Autumn Phillips' first pregnancy was announced. The Queen's first great-grandchild is expected to be born in December 2010.[19]

Arms

Coat of arms of Peter Phillips
 
Notes
These arms were granted to Peter William Garside Phillips, the father of Mark Phillips and grandfather of Peter Mark Andrew Phillips, in October 1973. Mark used these arms differenced with a three point label until he inherited them from his father in 1998.:[20] His son used a five point label until that time.[21]
Escutcheon
Per chevron azure and Or, in chief a horse courant argent, and in base a sprig of forget-me-not flowerd, slipped and leaved proper.:[20]

Ancestry

Family of Peter Phillips
16. William Garside Phillips
8. Joseph Herbert Phillips
17. Emma Grundy
4. Peter William Garside Phillips
18. William Henry Land
9. Dorothea Mary Land
19. Kate Eliza Moore
2. Mark Phillips
20. John Gerhard Tiarks
10. John Gerhard Edward Tiarks
21. Ada Constance Helen Harington
5. Anne Patricia Tiarks
22. Percy Roland Cripps
11. Evelyn Florence Cripps
23. Mary Howard Tripp
1. Peter Mark Andrew Phillips
24. George I of Greece
12. Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark
25. Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia
6. Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark
26. Prince Louis of Battenberg
13. Princess Alice of Battenberg
27. Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine
3. Anne, Princess Royal
28. George V of the United Kingdom
14. George VI of the United Kingdom
29. Princess Mary of Teck
7. Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
30. Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne
15. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
31. Cecilia Cavendish-Bentinck

References

  1. ^ a b c d "1977: Princess Anne gives birth to Master Phillips". BBC. 15 November 1977. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |year= / |date= mismatch (help)
  2. ^ "The Princess Royal: Marriage and Family". royal.gov.uk.
  3. ^ "Buckingham Palace Press Release". royal.gov.uk. 8 April 2004.
  4. ^ "CBS News Profile". CBS.
  5. ^ a b c d "Profile - Peter Phillips". Hello!. 2001-07. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "Peter Phillips". Englishmonarchs.co.uk].
  7. ^ a b c d e "Princess Anne's son set to marry". BBC. 28 July 2007.
  8. ^ a b Clout, Laura (30 July 2007). "Publicity-shy Peter to be Queen's first grandchild to wed". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  9. ^ "Peter Phillips Profile". Royal Jubbly.
  10. ^ "Queen's grandson in car accident". BBC. 26 September 2004.
  11. ^ "So who should William woo?". The Scotsman. 7 May 2003.
  12. ^ "Consent to marriage of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly". London Gazette. 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  13. ^ Price, Jonathan (3 August 2007). "A royal marriage dilemma - Phillips may renounce succession". London: The Daily Telegraph.
  14. ^ Pierce, Andrew (1 May 2008). "Peter's fiancée converts to save succession". London: The Daily Telegraph.
  15. ^ Pierce, Andrew (2008-05-17). "Autumn Kelly, Peter Phillip's fiance". London: The Daily Telegraph.
  16. ^ a b "Royal marries in Windsor wedding". BBC. 17 May 2008.
  17. ^ Pierce, Andrew (17 May 2008). "Queen will meet Prince Harry's girlfriend Chelsy Davy at Peter Phillips wedding". London: BBC.
  18. ^ Sudhaman, Arun (20 August 2008). "Phillips to lead RBS regional sponsorship". brandrepublic.asia.
  19. ^ Sudhaman, Arun (20 August 2008). "Queen to become a great-grandmother for first time as Peter Philips announces wife Autumn's pregnancy". brandrepublic.asia.
  20. ^ a b "News & Views". The Heraldry Gazette (57): 17. March 1974.
  21. ^ Sovereign ER II. London: Collins and Brown. 1992. p. 14. ISBN 1 85585 116 4.
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