Peter Phillips

2022 - 9 - 18

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Who is Peter Phillips, the Queen's eldest grandchild and son of ... (WalesOnline)

Peter Phillips has been described as 'the Queen's favourite grandchild' - though he wasn't always in her good books, according to the Prince of Wales.

The pair are 18th and 19th in line to the throne. Peter is the managing director of Sports & Entertainment UK Ltd, which has its headquarters on Buckingham Palace Road in London. Peter and Autumn separated in 2019 and divorced last year. I remember my grandmother being the first person out at Balmoral running across the lawn in her kilt, (she) came charging over and gave us the most almighty bollocking, and that sort of stuck in my mind from that moment on.” William and Peter had been playing around on a quad bike at Balmoral when the ticking-off occurred. It was while working for Williams that he met Canadian-born Autumn Kelly, at the 2003 Montreal Grand Prix. After graduating he worked in Formula One for both Jaguar and BMW Williams. Peter Phillips was born on November 15, 1977 at St Mary's Hospital, London, and was christened at Buckingham Palace the following month. The Queen is said to have offered to Peter an honorary title when he was born, but the offer was turned down by his parents. We caused quite a bit of mayhem and chaos.” He is the son of Princess Anne and her ex-husband Captain Mark Phillips. Speaking on the Queen's 90th birthday, Peter said: "We had a lot of fun and there was a lot of space for kids to run around in and it wasn’t just us, it was the Waleses (William and Harry), Freddie and Ella Windsor and the Gloucesters.

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'Incredibly close!' Queen's great pride in rugby-playing grandson ... (Daily Express)

Princess Anne's son Peter Phillips represented Scotland at rugby union at youth and junior level in the mid-1990s playing blind-side flanker before touring ...

[Duke](/news/royal/1670611/gb-news-pince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-family-duke-duchess-sussex-vn) of Edinburgh and King Charles III by attending the prestigious Scottish boarding school Gordonstoun where he was a head boy. He was a reserve member of the British team in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City but won gold in Munich in 1972 and a silver at the 1988 games in Seoul. "Of course, she was also proud of all of Zara’s equestrian achievements having won the Eventing World Championship in 2006 before winning a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

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Who are Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall - why don't they have titles? (Metro)

Senior royals Peter Phillips and Zara Tindall are the Queen's eldest grandchildren and have been participating in ceremonial mourning events.

So I think that was probably the right thing to do.’ [What does Princess Royal mean?](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/16/what-does-princess-royal-mean-annes-title-explained-17388943/?ico=more_text_links) He previously worked at the Royal Bank of Scotland. [Where are the current Royal residences around the UK?](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/17/where-are-the-current-royal-residences-around-the-uk-17391570/?ico=more_text_links) [joined their cousins to mount a vigil around their grandmother the Queen’s coffin](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/17/william-and-harry-lead-queens-grandchildren-for-vigil-at-her-coffin-17396187/) [– hold any royal ranks.](https://metro.co.uk/tag/prince-harry/)– hold any royal ranks. [Princess Royal](https://metro.co.uk/2022/09/16/what-does-princess-royal-mean-annes-title-explained-17388943/) and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips, are the Queen’s eldest grandchildren.

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Peter Phillips joins his royal cousins to stand vigil at the Queen's coffin (Daily Mail)

Peter Phillips appeared reflect as he stood vigil beside his grandmother's coffin this evening at Westminster Hall, alongside his royal cousins.

As tearful mourners watched on, the Queen's four children stood guard of their mother's coffin for more than 10 minutes at Westminster Hall on Friday evening. Pictured L-R: James, Viscount Severn, Lady Louise Windsor, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, Mike Tindall, Zara Tindall, Mia Tindall, Lena Tindall Last night's emotional event saw members of the royal family looking solemn as they watched Prince William, Prince of Wales, Peter Phillips, Zara Tindall, James, Viscount Severn, Britain's Princess Eugenie of York, Britain's Lady Louise Windsor, Britain's Princess Beatrice of York and Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, depart having held a vigil around the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II Peter followed behind with his sister Zara. The Queen's grandchildren stood vigil at Her Majesty's coffin this evening at Westminster Hall (pictured L-R: Prince of Wales, Peter Phillips, James, Viscount Severn, Princess Eugenie, the Duke of Sussex, Princess Beatrice, Lady Louise Windsor and Zara Tindall)

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