Peter Phillips

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Peter Phillips
Spouse Autumn Phillips (2008-)
Full name
Peter Mark Andrew Phillips
Father Captain Mark Phillips
Mother Anne, Princess Royal
Born 15 November 1977 (1977-11-15) (age 30)
St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London
Baptised 22 December 1977
Buckingham Palace, London
For other persons named Peter Phillips, see Peter Phillips (disambiguation).

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.

Born in 1977, Peter Phillips holds no royal title or style and is currently eleventh in the line of succession to the British Throne. 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 Edinburgh.[1]

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[edit] 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 a commoner, having not even a courtesy style, for more than 500 years,[1] before him the last before commoners were the children 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]

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]

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

[edit] 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.[9][7][5] 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]

[edit] Relationship with Autumn Kelly

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 was the first of the Queen's grandchildren to marry.

Before her marriage, Autumn Kelly converted from Catholicism to Anglicanism. 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.[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]

They live together in a cottage on the Gatcombe Park estate in Gloucestershire.[7]

[edit] Ancestry

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e "1977: Princess Anne gives birth to Master Phillips", BBC, 2007. 
  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. 
  6. ^ "Peter Phillips", Englishmonarchs.co.uk]. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f "Princess Anne's son set to marry", BBC, 28 July 2007. 
  8. ^ a b "Publicity-shy Peter to be Queen's first grandchild to wed", The Daily Telegraph, 30 July 2007. 
  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 on 2008-05-05.
  13. ^ Price, Jonathan. "A royal marriage dilemma - Phillips may renounce succession", The Daily Telegraph, 3 August 2007. 
  14. ^ Pierce, Andrew. "Peter's fiancée converts to save succession", The Daily Telegraph, 1 May 2008. 
  15. ^ Pierce, Andrew. "Autumn Kelly, Peter Phillip's fiance", The Daily Telegraph, 2008-05-17. 
  16. ^ a b "Royal marries in Windsor wedding", BBC, 17 May 2008. 
  17. ^ Pierce, Andrew. "Queen will meet Prince Harry's girlfriend Chelsy Davy at Peter Phillips wedding", BBC, 17 May 2008. 
Preceded by
Anne, Princess Royal		 Line of succession to the British throne
11th position		 Succeeded by
Zara Phillips
Persondata
NAME Phillips, Peter Mark Andrew
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Only son of The Princess Anne, The Princess Royal and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. UK Royal; 11th in succession to the throne.
DATE OF BIRTH 1977-11-15
PLACE OF BIRTH St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH