Mark Phillips

Mark Anthony Peter Phillips was born on 22 September 1948. He is the son of Major Peter William Garside Phillips, MC (1920–1998){{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/bac89a6b60339f5957dac1936734c26c|title=Princess Anne Attends Funeral|publisher=AP News|date=18 September 1998|access-date=29 November 2020|archive-date=16 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416111328/https://apnews.com/article/bac89a6b60339f5957dac1936734c26c|url-status=live}} and Anne Patricia Phillips (née Tiarks;{{cite web|last1=Tiarks|first1=Frank|title=Tiarks of Foxbury as researched by Charles A. H. Franklyn-|url=http://www.tiarks.co.uk/tiarks_5.htm|website=tiarks.co.uk|access-date=30 May 2015|quote=Educated, Downe House, Newbury, Berks....served in the WRNS...|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165204/http://www.tiarks.co.uk/tiarks_5.htm|url-status=live}} 1925–1988); they married in 1946. Major Peter Phillips was the younger son of Joseph Herbert Phillips and grandson of William Garside Phillips. Anne Phillips was educated at Downe House and served in the Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War. She was the only daughter of John Gerhard Edward Tiarks (1896–1962), who served in the First and Second World Wars, attained the rank of Brigadier, and Evelyn Florence Cripps (1899–1994); John Tiarks also served as aide-de-camp to King George VI from 1947 to 1950. Mark had a younger sister, Sarah Anne Staples (née Phillips; 1951–2014).{{cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2014121722489/mark-phillips-sister-sarah-staples-dies/|title=Zara Tindall mourns the sudden death of her aunt Sarah Staples|magazine=Hello!|date=17 December 2014|access-date=29 November 2020|archive-date=16 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416105236/https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2014121722489/mark-phillips-sister-sarah-staples-dies/|url-status=live}}

Phillips was educated at Stouts Hill Preparatory School near Uley, Gloucestershire, then at Marlborough College, then the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

Upon passing out from Sandhurst, Phillips was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant into the 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards in July 1969,{{London Gazette|issue=44923 |date=22 August 1969 |page=8768 |supp=y }} he was promoted to Lieutenant in January 1971.{{London Gazette|issue=45287 |date=26 January 1971 |page=912 |supp=y }} By the time of his wedding to Princess Anne in November 1973, Phillips was an acting Captain.{{cite web|last1=Morgan|first1=Gwen|title=A Royal Wedding Album|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1973/11/15/page/92/article/a-royal-wedding-album|publisher=Chicago Tribune 15 November 1973|access-date=4 March 2016|quote=The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Michael Ramsey, blesses Princess Ann and Capt. Mark Phillips....|archive-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706211607/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1973/11/15/page/92/article/a-royal-wedding-album|url-status=live}} In January 1974, he was appointed a Personal aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II.{{London Gazette|issue=46174 |date=7 January 1974 |page=267 |supp=y }} Phillips was substantively promoted to captain in July 1975,{{London Gazette|issue=46644 |date=28 July 1975 |page=9641 |supp=y }} and retired from the Army on 30 March 1978.{{London Gazette|issue=47508 |date=10 April 1978 |page=4411 |supp=y }}

Phillips continued to style himself Captain Mark Phillips,[http://www.britroyals.com/family.asp?id=mark Mark Phillips] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329135218/https://britroyals.com/family.asp?id=mark |date=29 March 2023 }}. Britroyals.com. Retrieved on 8 May 2014. as it is usual for retired cavalry captains to keep using their former rank if their civilian job involves working with horses, in particular in racing or equestrian sports.[http://www.debretts.com/forms-of-address/professions/armed-forces/army/retired.aspx Retired and Former Officers, The Army, Armed Forces, Professions, Forms Of Address | Debrett's] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227230614/http://www.debretts.com/forms-of-address/professions/armed-forces/army/retired.aspx |date=27 December 2009 }}. Debretts.com. Retrieved on 8 May 2014.

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Phillips was a reserve member of the British equestrian team for the 1968 Olympics. He was part of the British three-day event teams that won a world title in 1970, a European title in 1971, and Olympic gold medals in 1972; individually, he finished in 35th place in 1972. At the 1988 Olympics, his horse sustained a pulled muscle and could not complete the individual three-day event, but Phillips won a silver medal with the British team. Phillips was a four-time champion at the Badminton Horse Trials, in 1971 and 1972 on Great Ovation, in 1974 on Colombus, and in 1981 on Lincoln. It was through his equestrian activities that he met Princess Anne, the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, whom he married. Their own daughter Zara Phillips later won a silver medal in the three-day event with the British team at the 2012 Olympics in London.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ph/mark-phillips-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040948/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ph/mark-phillips-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Mark Phillips|publisher=Sports Reference|access-date=16 May 2018}}

In 1998 Phillips designed the cross-country venue for the Red Hills Horse Trials, a qualifying event for the Olympics located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. He is now a regular columnist for Horse & Hound magazine. He also remains a leading figure in British equestrian circles and serves as Chef d'Equipe of the United States Eventing Team.{{cite web|url=https://www.usef.org/media/press-releases/7987_phillips-and-ransehousen-named--usef-coaches-of-the-year|title=Phillips and Ransehousen Named 2011 USEF Coaches of the Year|publisher=United States Equestrian Federation|date=18 January 2012|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-date=15 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415075012/https://www.usef.org/media/press-releases/7987_phillips-and-ransehousen-named--usef-coaches-of-the-year|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://useventing.com/news/captain-mark-phillips|title=Captain Mark Phillips|publisher=United States Eventing Association|access-date=16 May 2018|archive-date=17 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517082139/http://useventing.com/news/captain-mark-phillips|url-status=dead}}

{{see also|Wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips}}

Phillips first met his future wife Princess Anne at a party for horse lovers in 1968.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1989/09/01/princess-anne-to-separate-from-husband/|title=Princess Anne To Separate From Husband|publisher=Chicago Tribune|first=R. C.|last=Longworth|date=1 September 1989|access-date=13 May 2018|archive-date=14 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514065632/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-09-01/news/8901090513_1_princess-royal-princess-anne-royal-marriage|url-status=live}} They married on 14 November 1973, at Westminster Abbey.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/14/newsid_2519000/2519003.stm|publisher=BBC|access-date=12 February 2015|title=1973: Crowds cheer marriage of Princess Anne|date=14 November 1973|archive-date=7 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307122244/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/14/newsid_2519000/2519003.stm|url-status=live}} They have two children: Peter (born 1977) and Zara (born 1981). The Queen bought Gatcombe Park, near Minchinhampton, for the couple as a wedding present.Glasgow Herald, 24 June 1976, p. 1The Australian Women's Weekly, 21 July 1976, [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51385126 p. 4] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007194059/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51385126 |date=2020-10-07 }}

In August 1989, the Princess Royal and Phillips announced their intention to separate, as the marriage had been under strain for a number of years.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-31-mn-2119-story.html|title=But No Divorce Is Planned : Princess Anne, Husband Split|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=31 August 1989|access-date=14 May 2018|archive-date=19 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180819205233/http://articles.latimes.com/1989-08-31/news/mn-2119_1_princess-anne|url-status=live}} The couple had rarely been seen in public together, and both were romantically linked with other people.{{cite magazine|url=http://people.com/archive/cover-story-a-crisis-rocks-a-royal-marriage-vol-31-no-16/|title=A Crisis Rocks a Royal Marriage|magazine=People|date=24 April 1989|access-date=13 May 2018|first1=Joanne|last1=Kaufman|first2=Jonathan|last2=Cooper|archive-date=7 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307170613/http://people.com/archive/cover-story-a-crisis-rocks-a-royal-marriage-vol-31-no-16/|url-status=live}} They continued to share the custody of their children, and initially announced that "there were no plans for divorce."{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/31/newsid_2510000/2510877.stm|title=1989: Royal couple to separate|date=31 August 1989|publisher=BBC|access-date=14 May 2018|archive-date=20 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820014414/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/31/newsid_2510000/2510877.stm|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/01/world/princess-anne-and-husband-agree-to-separate.html|title=Princess Anne and Husband Agree to Separate|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Sheila|last=Rule|date=1 September 1989|access-date=14 May 2018|archive-date=15 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515112232/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/01/world/princess-anne-and-husband-agree-to-separate.html|url-status=live}} Meanwhile, Phillips continued to work at the couple's estate at Gatcombe Park. In 1991, a DNA test confirmed that Phillips had fathered a girl, Felicity Tonkin, born in August 1985 in New Zealand to art teacher Heather Tonkin.{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/royal-scandal-zara-tindalls-secret-nephew-born-in-nz/IXPU6D2W22DNIJBL7WT5TEB7VU/|title=Royal scandal: Zara Tindall's 'secret' nephew born in NZ|newspaper=The New Zealand Herald|date=19 August 2017|access-date=24 June 2022|quote=A DNA test in 1991 confirmed Phillips as her father, paving the way for a reported £350,000 settlement from Phillips, money which helped pay for fees at one of Auckland's finest private schools and some profitable property investments to secure Felicity's future.|archive-date=10 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010123032/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/royal-scandal-zara-tindalls-secret-nephew-born-in-nz/IXPU6D2W22DNIJBL7WT5TEB7VU/|url-status=live}} Phillips and Princess Anne divorced on 23 April 1992.{{Cite news| last=Brozan| first=Nadine| title=Chronicle| newspaper=New York Times| date=24 April 1992| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE4DC133EF937A15757C0A964958260| access-date=17 February 2017| archive-date=3 April 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403044341/https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/24/style/chronicle-753392.html| url-status=live}}

On 1 February 1997, Phillips married Sandy Pflueger, an American Olympic dressage rider. Their daughter Stephanie was born on 2 October 1997.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N6YkAAAAIBAJ&pg=2831,4424040&dq=mark+phillips+a+father+again&hl=en|title=Princess Anne's ex-husband a father again|work=Reading Eagle|location=Reading, PA|page=A10|date=7 October 1997|access-date=1 December 2020|archive-date=11 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411122626/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=N6YkAAAAIBAJ&pg=2831,4424040&dq=mark+phillips+a+father+again&hl=en|url-status=live}} She grew up at Aston Farm, Gatcombe Park, close to the family of Princess Anne, and served as a bridesmaid at the wedding of her half-sister Zara Tindall. In 2000, Phillips was appointed an Honorary Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Farmers.

On 3 May 2012, it was confirmed by Phillips' solicitors that Phillips and Pflueger had separated, intending to divorce, with Phillips becoming involved with American equestrian Lauren Hough.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9243928/Captain-Mark-Phillips-to-divorce-for-second-time-after-falling-for-35-year-old-Lauren-Hough.html|title=Captain Mark Phillips to divorce for second time after falling for 35-year-old Lauren Hough|first=Gordon|last=Rayner|date=3 May 2012|access-date=10 December 2018|via=www.telegraph.co.uk|archive-date=4 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604222524/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/9243928/Captain-Mark-Phillips-to-divorce-for-second-time-after-falling-for-35-year-old-Lauren-Hough.html|url-status=live}}

Phillips' personal wealth is thought to be around £15–20 million.William Langley [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9248301/Captain-Mark-Phillips-Hes-found-love-in-the-saddle-again.html "Captain Mark Phillips: He's found love in the saddle (again)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416172606/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/9248301/Captain-Mark-Phillips-Hes-found-love-in-the-saddle-again.html |date=16 April 2023 }}, telegraph.co.uk, 6 May 2013 The settlement he received when his marriage to Princess Anne ended was described as "modest" and reported to be around "$3 million".{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/with-no-hope-for-a-happy-ending-princess-anne-brings-her-storybook-marriage-to-a-close-vol-32-no-12/|title=With No Hope for a Happy Ending, Princess Anne Brings Her Storybook Marriage to a Close|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en|access-date=2019-07-16|archive-date=11 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411122626/https://people.com/archive/with-no-hope-for-a-happy-ending-princess-anne-brings-her-storybook-marriage-to-a-close-vol-32-no-12/|url-status=live}}

On 19 September 2022, Philips was present at the committal service at St George's Chapel for his former mother-in-law Elizabeth II.{{cite news |last1=Arasteh |first1=Amira |title=Who's invited to the Queen's funeral? The Royals, politicians and world leaders on the guest list |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/13/queens-funeral-guest-list-who-royals-politicians-invited/ |access-date=22 November 2023 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=14 September 2022 |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913135319/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/13/queens-funeral-guest-list-who-royals-politicians-invited/ |url-status=live }}

• {{flagicon|United Kingdom|army}} Captain (Retired), late Queen's Dragoon Guards

• 45px 15 August 1974: Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO){{Cite web |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46371/page/ |title=The London Gazette |access-date=3 June 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923212137/https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46371/page/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/15/archives/anne-24-honored-for-bravery-in-kidnapping-attempt.html|title=Notes on People|first=Albin|last=Krebs|date=15 August 1974|access-date=10 December 2018|work=The New York Times|archive-date=11 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411124106/https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/15/archives/anne-24-honored-for-bravery-in-kidnapping-attempt.html|url-status=live}}
• 45px 6 February 1977: Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal{{cite web |title=Anne Mark Guildhall |url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/princess-anne-and-her-husband-mark-phillips-attending-the-news-photo/52102559?adppopup=true |website=Getty Images | date=February 2005 |access-date=27 August 2020 |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316130644/https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/princess-anne-and-her-husband-mark-phillips-attending-the-news-photo/52102559?adppopup=true |url-status=live }}
• 45px 6 February 2002: Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal{{cite book |title=Medal Yearbook 2021 |year=2021 |publisher=Token Publishing |location=Honiton, Devon |isbn=978-1-908828-53-8 |page=295}}
• 45px 6 February 2012: Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
• 45px 6 February 2022: Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal{{Cite web|title=Platinum Jubilee Medal revealed|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/platinum-jubilee-medal-revealed|website=Gov.uk|access-date=9 February 2022|archive-date=24 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924231607/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/platinum-jubilee-medal-revealed|url-status=live}}
• 45px 6 May 2023: King Charles III Coronation Medal

• 1 January 1974: Personal Aide-de-Camp to the Queen (ADC)

• {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway: Commander with Star of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav, 13 April 1988.

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;By Princess Anne

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