Peter Mark Andrew Phillips
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Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (born 15 November 1977) is the only son of Princess Anne, The Princess Royal
and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips
. He is the eldest 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 11th in the line of succession to the thrones
of 16 realms. After graduating from university in 2000, he worked for Jaguar
followed by WilliamsF1
. In 2003, while working for WilliamsF1 in Canada
, 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 west London. He was the first child of Mark Phillips and The Princess Anne, who had married in 1973. 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. 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
. 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
.
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. Princess Anne and Captain Phillips (who also had a daughter, Zara
, in 1981) tried to ensure that their children were kept out of the limelight. 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
. Then he went to the University of Exeter
and graduated with a degree in sports science
. A keen sportsman, Phillips played rugby
for the Scottish Schools team. 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.
as corporate hospitality manager and then for WilliamsF1
racing team, where he was sponsorship accounts manager. 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. He left WilliamsF1 in September 2005 and since then has worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland
in Edinburgh
.
Unlike his sister's, Peter Phillips' personal life is rarely publicised. He dated Elizabeth Iorio, an American cod liver oil
heiress, for two years and in 2001 they lived together for eight months. Later, he had a four-month relationship with Tara Swain, an air stewardess
.
, a Canadian
management consultant
, at the Canadian Grand Prix
in Montreal
. Their engagement was announced on 28 July 2007.
The Queen gave her consent to the marriage in a meeting of her British privy council on 9 April 2008.
Before her marriage, Autumn Kelly converted from Roman 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 thrones
because of the terms of the constitutions of each of the Commonwealth realms, namely the Act of Settlement 1701
. 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. They married on 17 May 2008 at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle
. The service was conducted by David Conner, the Dean of Windsor
.
The Phillips' lived in Hong Kong after Peter moved jobs within the Royal Bank of Scotland to head their sponsorships activities in the region. They now live in London where Peter continues to work for the bank. Their first child, and the Queen's first great-grandchild, a daughter named Savannah, was born on 29 December 2010 at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
. On Saturday, 23 April, Queen Elizabeth II was present for Savannah Phillips's baptism which took place at Holy Cross Church in Avening, Gloucestershire, near the Princess Royal's home, Gatcombe Park
. It was announced in October 2011, that the couple are expecting their second child in March of 2012.
Anne, Princess Royal
Princess Anne, Princess Royal , is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips
Mark Phillips
-Ancestry:-Issue:-Sources:...
. He is the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch....
.
Born in 1977, Peter Phillips holds no royal title or style and is currently 11th in the line of succession to the thrones
Line of succession to the British Throne
The line of succession to the British throne is the ordered sequence of those people eligible to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom and the other 15 Commonwealth realms. By the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, the succession is limited to the descendants of the Electress Sophia of...
of 16 realms. After graduating from university in 2000, he worked for Jaguar
Jaguar Racing
Jaguar Racing was a Formula One team that competed in the FIA Formula One World Championship from 2000 to 2004. It was formed from the purchase by Ford of Jackie Stewart's Stewart Grand Prix Formula One team in June 1999. Ford renamed the team Jaguar Racing as part of its global marketing...
followed by WilliamsF1
WilliamsF1
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, trading as AT&T Williams, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head...
. In 2003, while working for WilliamsF1 in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, he met Autumn Kelly
Autumn Phillips
Autumn Patricia Phillips is the wife of Peter Phillips, who is the son of Anne, Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips, and the oldest grandchild of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh....
, 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
Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a British banking and insurance holding company in which the UK Government holds an 84% stake. This stake is held and managed through UK Financial Investments Limited, whose voting rights are limited to 75% in order for the bank to retain its listing on the...
.
Early life
Peter Phillips was born at 10:46 am on 15 November 1977 at St Mary's Hospital, PaddingtonPaddington
Paddington is a district within the City of Westminster, in central London, England. Formerly a metropolitan borough, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965...
in west London. He was the first child of Mark Phillips and The Princess Anne, who had married in 1973. His parents were said to have refused offers from The Queen that would have led to his being born in the peerage
Peerage
The Peerage is a legal system of largely hereditary titles in the United Kingdom, which constitute the ranks of British nobility and is part of the British honours system...
. Phillips was therefore the first legitimate grandchild of a monarch to be born without a title or courtesy style
Courtesy title
A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of nobility used for children, former wives and other close relatives of a peer. These styles are used 'by courtesy' in the sense that the relatives do not themselves hold substantive titles...
for more than 500 years. Before him the last grandchildren born without any title or style were the children of Cecily of York
Cecily of York
Cecily of York, Viscountess Welles was an English Princess and the third, but eventual second surviving, daughter of Edward IV, King of England and his queen consort, née Lady Elizabeth Woodville, daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers.-Birth and Family:Cecily was born in Westminster Palace...
, the daughter of Edward IV
Edward IV of England
Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...
. At birth he was fifth in line to the Throne
Line of succession to the British Throne
The line of succession to the British throne is the ordered sequence of those people eligible to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom and the other 15 Commonwealth realms. By the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, the succession is limited to the descendants of the Electress Sophia of...
, 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
Tower of London
Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England. It lies within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, separated from the eastern edge of the City of London by the open space...
. He was baptised Peter Mark Andrew Phillips on 22 December 1977 by the then Archbishop of Canterbury
Archbishop of Canterbury
The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
Donald Coggan
Donald Coggan
Frederick Donald Coggan, Baron Coggan, PC was the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury from 1974 to 1980, during which time he visited Rome and met the Pontiff, in company with Bishop Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, future Cardinal of England and Wales.-Background:Coggan was born in Highgate, London, England...
in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace, in London, is the principal residence and office of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality...
.
His godparents were his uncle, The Prince of Wales
Charles, Prince of Wales
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent and eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Since 1958 his major title has been His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales. In Scotland he is additionally known as The Duke of Rothesay...
, the Rt. Rev'd. Geoffrey Tiarks
Geoffrey Lewis Tiarks
The Rt Rev Geoffrey Lewis Tiarks was Bishop of Maidstone in the latter part of the 20th century. He was also the Godfather of Peter Phillips. Born into an ecclesiastical family on 8 October 1909 he was educated at Marlborough College and St John's College, Cambridge. Ordained at Southwark Cathedral...
, Captain Hamish Lochare, Lady Cecil Cameron of Lochiel and Mrs Timothy Holderness-Roddam. Princess Anne and Captain Phillips (who also had a daughter, Zara
Zara Phillips
Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, MBE is the second child and only daughter of Princess Anne and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips and is 13th in the line of succession to the throne...
, in 1981) tried to ensure that their children were kept out of the limelight. 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
Sandy Pflueger
Sandy Pflueger is an American equestrienne. She has competed successfully in both eventing and dressage, finishing second at the prestigious Badminton Horse Trials in 1981 and competing on the United States Dressage Team at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.On 1 February 1997, Sandy Pflueger married...
.
Peter Phillips went to Port Regis Prep School
Port Regis Prep School
Port Regis School is a preparatory school for boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 13. The school is located in 140 acres of parkland on the Dorset / Wiltshire border in Southern England....
in Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury
Shaftesbury is a town in Dorset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Wiltshire border 20 miles west of Salisbury. The town is built 718 feet above sea level on the side of a chalk and greensand hill, which is part of Cranborne Chase, the only significant hilltop settlement in Dorset...
, Dorset before following other members of the Royal Family
British Royal Family
The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. The term is also commonly applied to the same group of people as the relations of the monarch in her or his role as sovereign of any of the other Commonwealth realms, thus sometimes at variance with...
by attending Gordonstoun School
Gordonstoun
Gordonstoun School is a co-educational independent school for boarding and day pupils in Moray in North East Scotland. Named after the estate originally owned by Sir Robert Gordon in the 1600s, the school now uses this estate as its campus...
in Moray
Moray
Moray is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.- History :...
, Scotland, where he was Head Boy
Head boy
Head Boy and Head Girl are terms commonly used in the British education system, and in private schools throughout the Commonwealth.-United Kingdom:...
. Then he went to the University of Exeter
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a public university in South West England. It belongs to the 1994 Group, an association of 19 of the United Kingdom's smaller research-intensive universities....
and graduated with a degree in sports science
Sports science
Sport science is a discipline that studies the application of scientific principles and techniques with the aim of improving sporting performance...
. A keen sportsman, Phillips played rugby
Rugby football
Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...
for the Scottish Schools team. At university, he played for the Exeter University Rugby League
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
team.
Following the death
Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
On 31 August 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, died as a result of injuries sustained in a car accident in the Pont de l'Alma road tunnel in Paris, France. Her companion, Dodi Fayed, and the driver of the Mercedes-Benz W140, Henri Paul, were pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Fayed's...
of his aunt Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales
Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, whom she married on 29 July 1981, and an international charity and fundraising figure, as well as a preeminent celebrity of the late 20th century...
, Peter Phillips was known to be very supportive of his cousin Prince William.
Post-university life
After his graduation in 2000, Phillips worked for JaguarJaguar Racing
Jaguar Racing was a Formula One team that competed in the FIA Formula One World Championship from 2000 to 2004. It was formed from the purchase by Ford of Jackie Stewart's Stewart Grand Prix Formula One team in June 1999. Ford renamed the team Jaguar Racing as part of its global marketing...
as corporate hospitality manager and then for WilliamsF1
WilliamsF1
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, trading as AT&T Williams, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head...
racing team, where he was sponsorship accounts manager. In 2004 while working for WilliamsF1, Phillips was in a van in China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
with three other employees when the van was hit by a car
Automobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
. Phillips was uninjured. He left WilliamsF1 in September 2005 and since then has worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland
Royal Bank of Scotland
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a British banking and insurance holding company in which the UK Government holds an 84% stake. This stake is held and managed through UK Financial Investments Limited, whose voting rights are limited to 75% in order for the bank to retain its listing on the...
in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
.
Unlike his sister's, Peter Phillips' personal life is rarely publicised. He dated Elizabeth Iorio, an American cod liver oil
Cod liver oil
Cod liver oil is a nutritional supplement derived from liver of cod fish. It has high levels of the omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA, and very high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D. It is widely taken to ease the symptoms of arthritis and for other health benefits...
heiress, for two years and in 2001 they lived together for eight months. Later, he had a four-month relationship with Tara Swain, an air stewardess
Flight attendant
Flight attendants or cabin crew are members of an aircrew employed by airlines primarily to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers aboard commercial flights, on select business jet aircraft, and on some military aircraft.-History:The role of a flight attendant derives from that of similar...
.
Marriage
In 2003, Phillips met Autumn KellyAutumn Phillips
Autumn Patricia Phillips is the wife of Peter Phillips, who is the son of Anne, Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips, and the oldest grandchild of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh....
, a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
management consultant
Management consulting
Management consulting indicates both the industry and practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing organizational problems and development of plans for improvement....
, at the Canadian Grand Prix
Canadian Grand Prix
The Canadian Grand Prix , abbreviated as gpc, is an annual auto race held in Canada starting in 1961. It has been part of the Formula One World Championship since 1967...
in Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
. Their engagement was announced on 28 July 2007.
The Queen gave her consent to the marriage in a meeting of her British privy council on 9 April 2008.
Before her marriage, Autumn Kelly converted from Roman Catholicism to Anglicanism
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
. 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 thrones
Line of succession to the British Throne
The line of succession to the British throne is the ordered sequence of those people eligible to succeed to the throne of the United Kingdom and the other 15 Commonwealth realms. By the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701, the succession is limited to the descendants of the Electress Sophia of...
because of the terms of the constitutions of each of the Commonwealth realms, namely the Act of Settlement 1701
Act of Settlement 1701
The Act of Settlement is an act of the Parliament of England that was passed in 1701 to settle the succession to the English throne on the Electress Sophia of Hanover and her Protestant heirs. The act was later extended to Scotland, as a result of the Treaty of Union , enacted in the Acts of Union...
. Shortly before their wedding, the couple caused some reported unease in royal circles when they were interviewed and photographed by Hello!
Hello!
Hello is a weekly magazine specializing in celebrity news and human-interest stories, published in the United Kingdom since 1988. Hello is sister magazine to ¡Hola!, the Spanish weekly magazine launched in Spain in 1944...
magazine, and were reported to have been paid £500,000. They married on 17 May 2008 at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a medieval castle and royal residence in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, notable for its long association with the British royal family and its architecture. The original castle was built after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I it...
. The service was conducted by David Conner, the Dean of Windsor
Dean of Windsor
The Dean of Windsor is the spiritual head of the Canons of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. The Dean chairs meetings of the Chapter of Canons as primus inter pares.-List of Deans of Windsor:* William Mugge, 1348* Walter Almaly, 1380...
.
The Phillips' lived in Hong Kong after Peter moved jobs within the Royal Bank of Scotland to head their sponsorships activities in the region. They now live in London where Peter continues to work for the bank. Their first child, and the Queen's first great-grandchild, a daughter named Savannah, was born on 29 December 2010 at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital is an NHS district general hospital in Great Western Road, Gloucester, England. Gloucestershire Royal Hospital has more than 600 beds and 14 operating theatres. It serves western and southern Gloucestershire and parts of Herefordshire.A hospital first appeared on the...
. On Saturday, 23 April, Queen Elizabeth II was present for Savannah Phillips's baptism which took place at Holy Cross Church in Avening, Gloucestershire, near the Princess Royal's home, Gatcombe Park
Gatcombe Park
Gatcombe Park is the private country home of Anne, Princess Royal, situated in England between the Gloucestershire villages of Minchinhampton and Avening, five miles south of Stroud and around six miles north of Highgrove House, the country residence of Prince Charles.The house and farming estate...
. It was announced in October 2011, that the couple are expecting their second child in March of 2012.
Ancestry
Issue
| Name | | Birth | | Marriage | Issue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Savannah Phillips | 29 December 2010 | |||