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. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Mark Anthony Peter Phillips, CVO, ADC(P (born 22 September 1948) is a former Olympic gold-medal-winning horseman and first husband He is the eldest grandson and first grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II

Born in 1977, Peter Phillips holds no royal title or style and is currently eleventh in the line of succession to the British Throne. The line of succession to the British Throne is a partial list of the people in line to succeed to the throne After graduating from University in 2000, he worked for Jaguar followed by WilliamsF1. Complete Formula One results ( key) (results in bold indicate pole position Not to be confused with Frank Williams Racing Cars, formed by Frank Williams 1967 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. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Autumn Patricia Phillips (born Autumn Patricia Kelly on 3 May 1978 is the wife of Peter Phillips, himself the only son of The Princess Anne Princess Royal Phillips keeps a low public profile, carrying out no royal duties, and currently works for the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc ( Scottish Gaelic: Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba) is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. ^[1]

Early life

Peter Phillips was born at 10:46am on 15 November 1977 at St Mary's Hospital, Paddington in West London. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays St Mary's Hospital is a Hospital located in Paddington, London, England. Paddington is an area of the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. West London is the area of Greater London to the west of Central 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. For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II The Peerage is a system of Titles of Nobility in the United Kingdom, part of the British honours system. 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. In British law a commoner is someone who is neither the Sovereign nor a peer. A courtesy title is a form of address in systems of Nobility used by children former wives and other close relatives of a peer. Cecily of York ( March 20, 1469 - August 24, 1507) was the third but eventual second surviving daughter of King Edward IV of England Edward IV ( 28 April 1442 – 9 April 1483) was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 2 October At birth he was fifth in line to the Throne, and remained so until Prince William's birth in 1982. The line of succession to the British Throne is a partial list of the people in line to succeed to the throne At the time of his birth, there was a 41-gun salute from the Tower of London. Gun salutes are the firing of cannons or arms as a (military or naval honour Her Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress, more commonly known as the Tower of London (and historically as The Tower) is a historic monument in central 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. Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the Frederick Donald Coggan Baron Coggan PC ( 29 December, 1909 – 17 May, 2000) was the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the British monarch. ^[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. Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, MBE (born 15 May 1981 is the second child and only daughter of Princess Anne Princess Royal and her first husband Captain Mark ^[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. Port Regis School is a preparatory school for boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 13 Shaftesbury is a Town in North Dorset, England, situated on the A30 road near the Wiltshire border 20 Miles west of Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast The British Royal Family is the group of close relatives of the monarch of the United Kingdom. Gordonstoun is a Scottish Co-educational Independent school famed for having educated three generations of British royalty Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Head Boy and Head Girl are terms commonly used in the British education system, and in private schools throughout the Commonwealth. ^[5][6] Then he went to the University of Exeter and graduated with a degree in sports science. The University of Exeter (usually abbreviated as Exon for post-nominals) is a University in the South West of Sport Science is a discipline that studies the application of scientific principles and techniques with the aim of improving sporting performance ^[7] A keen sportsman, Phillips played rugby for the Scottish Schools team. Rugby football (usually just " rugby " may refer to a number of sports through history descended from a common form of Football developed at Rugby School ^[7]

Following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, Peter Phillips was known to be very supportive of his cousin Prince William. On 31 August 1997, Diana Princess of Wales died as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma road ^[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. Complete Formula One results ( key) (results in bold indicate pole position Not to be confused with Frank Williams Racing Cars, formed by Frank Williams 1967 ^[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. A van is a kind of vehicle used for Transporting goods or groups of people China ( Wade-Giles ( Mandarin) Chung¹kuo² is a cultural region, an ancient Civilization, and depending on perspective a National Phillips was uninjured. ^[10] He left WilliamsF1 in September 2005 and since then has worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh. The Royal Bank of Scotland plc ( Scottish Gaelic: Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba) is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. ^[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. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the This article is about the fish extract for the traditional Newfoundland song see " Cod Liver Oil (song " ^[8] Later, he had a four-month relationship with Tara Swain, an air stewardess. Flight attendants or cabin crew (historically known as stewards air hosts/hostesses or stewardesses) are members of an Aircrew ^[11]

Relationship with Autumn Kelly

In 2003, Phillips met Autumn Kelly, a Canadian management consultant, at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal^[5]. Autumn Patricia Phillips (born Autumn Patricia Kelly on 3 May 1978 is the wife of Peter Phillips, himself the only son of The Princess Anne Princess Royal Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Management consulting refers to both the industry of and the practice of helping organizations improve their performance primarily through the analysis of existing business problems The Canadian Grand Prix (known in French as the Grand Prix du Canada) is an auto race held in Canada since 1961. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Their engagement was announced on 28 July 2007. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[7] The Queen gave her consent to the marriage in a meeting of her Privy Council on 9 April 2008. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[12] Phillips was the first of the Queen's grandchildren to marry.

Before her marriage, Autumn Kelly converted from Catholicism to Anglicanism. The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican 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. The line of succession to the British Throne is a partial list of the people in line to succeed to the throne The Act of Settlement is an act of the Parliament of England, originally filed in 1700 and passed in 1701 to settle the succession to the English throne ^[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. Hello! is a weekly magazine specialising in celebrity news and gossip published in Britain. ^[15][16] They married on 17 May 2008 at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is the largest inhabited Castle in the world and dating back to the time of ^[16] The service was conducted by David Conner, the Dean of Windsor. David John Conner (born April 6, 1947) is Dean of Windsor (since 1998 and Bishop to the Forces (since 2001 The Dean of Windsor is the spiritual head of the Canons of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. ^[17]

They live together in a cottage on the Gatcombe Park estate in Gloucestershire. Gatcombe Park is the private country home of Anne Princess Royal, situated in England between the Gloucestershire villages of Minchinhampton History See also History of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire is a historic county mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the 10th century ^[7]

Ancestry

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