Autumn Phillips

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Autumn Phillips
Spouse Peter Phillips (2008-)
Full name
Autumn Patricia Phillips
Father Brian Kelly
Mother Kitty Kelly
Born 3 May 1978 (1978-05-03) (age 30)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Baptised 18 June 1978
St John Fisher Parish Church,
Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada

Autumn Patricia Phillips (née Kelly; born 3 May 1978) is the wife of Peter Phillips, who is the only son of The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips, and the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

One of twins, Autumn Kelly was born in Quebec, Canada in 1978. After graduating from McGill University in 2002, she became a management consultant. The following year she met Peter Phillips at the Canadian Grand Prix and they soon became a couple. Their engagement was announced in July 2007 and they married in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle on 17 May 2008.

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[edit] Early life

Autumn Patricia Kelly was born in 1978 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Brian Kelly, an electricity company executive and his wife Kitty.[1][2] She has a twin brother Chris and an older brother Kevin.[1] She grew up in Cedar Park, Pointe-Claire in the English-speaking West Island region of Montreal, and was baptised on 18 June 1978 at St John Fisher Parish Church in Pointe-Claire.[3][4] After being educated at a Roman Catholic primary school she attended St. Thomas High School in Pointe-Claire alongside friend and actress Casey McKinnon and excelled at sport.[5][3] Her parents divorced when she was eight years old, and her mother remarried an airline pilot, Ron Magas.[3][1] Autumn Kelly appeared in the 1996 film Rainbow, which was filmed in Montreal for nine weeks in 1994.[6] She had the non-speaking, although credited, role of Tigrette Number 3. She later appeared in the TV series Sirens.[6]

Kelly graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian Studies in 2002 and started a career as a management consultant.[7][8] While at University, she worked as a bartender and model.[3]

[edit] Relationship with Peter Phillips

Autumn Kelly and Peter Phillips, who was working for WilliamsF1 at the time, met at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal in 2003. Kelly had already accepted a job with an American computer firm in England.[8] As of 2008, Kelly works as a personal assistant to the broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson.[8]

The couple live in a cottage on the Gatcombe Park estate, and Kelly accompanied Phillips on royal events, such as an 80th birthday dinner at the Ritz Hotel in London for The Queen.[7][9] On 28 July 2007, Buckingham Palace announced their engagement.[9] The Queen gave her consent to the marriage in a meeting of her Privy Council on 9 April 2008.[2]

Before her marriage, Autumn Kelly converted from the Roman Catholic Church to the Church of England. If she had remained Catholic after her marriage, her husband would have lost his place in the line of the succession to the Throne, due to the Act of Settlement 1701.[4][10] 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.[8][11] They married on 17 May 2008 at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle.[11] The service was conducted by David Conner, the Dean of Windsor.[12] Kelly's dress was designed by Sassi Holford.[13] Her six bridesmaids included Zara Phillips.[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Churcher, Sharon. "Peter's a nice, nice fella. I'm sure they will be just fine...", Mail on Sunday, 5 August 2007. 
  2. ^ a b Consent to marriage of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly. London Gazette (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-05.
  3. ^ a b c d Grice, Elizabeth. "A perfect Autumn prepares to join the Royal Family", The Daily Telegraph, 31 July 2007. 
  4. ^ a b Price, Jonathan. "A royal marriage dilemma - Phillips may renounce succession", The Daily Telegraph, 3 August 2007. 
  5. ^ Elsworth, Catherine. "Autumn Kelly’s school admirers had ‘never seen beauty like it’", The Daily Telegraph, 8 August 2007. 
  6. ^ a b "Autumn Kelly was in Bob Hoskins film", The Daily Telegraph, 17 May 2008. 
  7. ^ a b "Profile - Autumn Kelly", Hello!, 2001-07. 
  8. ^ a b c d Pierce, Andrew. "Autumn Kelly, Peter Phillip's fiance", The Daily Telegraph, 2008-05-17. 
  9. ^ a b "Princess Anne's son set to marry", BBC, 28 July 2007. 
  10. ^ Pierce, Andrew. "Peter's fiancée converts to save succession", The Daily Telegraph, 1 May 2008. 
  11. ^ a b c "Royal marries in Windsor wedding", BBC, 17 May 2008. 
  12. ^ Pierce, Andrew. "Queen will meet Prince Harry's girlfriend Chelsy Davy at Peter Phillips wedding", BBC, 17 May 2008. 
  13. ^ Sassi Holford :: Royal Wedding at Windsor Castle (2008). Retrieved on 2008-05-09.

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NAME Phillips, Autumn Patricia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kelly, Autumn Patricia
SHORT DESCRIPTION Wife of Peter Phillips, who is the only son of The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips, and the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
DATE OF BIRTH 1978-5-3
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal, Quebec, Canada
DATE OF DEATH
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