Princess Anne’s Son Peter Phillip’s Marriage To CANADIAN Wife Caused A CONTROVERSY For The Royal’s

the engagement of Peter Phillips son of Princess Anne was announced on 28th of July 2007. the wedding of Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly took place on May 17 2008 at St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle Peter met Autumn at the 2003 Montreal Grand Prix at the time Autumn was a Canadian Management Consultant and didn't know he was royalty apparently she found out six weeks later while she was watching the television that her new boyfriend was Princess Anne's son and Queen Elizabeth's grandson and at the time 11th in line to the throne Autumn converted from Catholicism to anglicanism prior to her marriage so her husband and children do not lose their place in the line of succession as Catholics cannot succeed to the throne however Autumn did retain her Canadian citizenship the wedding service was conducted by day David Connor dean of Windsor Peter became the first of Queen Elizabeth's grandchildren to marry 300 guests attended the wedding with around 70 members of Autumn's family jetting in from her home country of Canada the bride's wedding dress consisting of a fitted bodice made of hand beaded lace a silk to chest skirt and beaded French lace shrug was created by British designer sassy Halford Autumn wore the festoon tiara on her big day which she borrowed from Princess Anne her mother-in-law The festoon Tiara was gifted to Princess Anne by the worldwide shipping group when she christened one of their ships in 1973. it is still in her possession so no one else in the royal family has owned it the diamond piece is one of our most frequently worn Tiaras and she still likes to wear it today Zara Phillips groom sister was one of the Bridesmaids at the wedding Prince William did not attend this ceremony as he was aware at a friend's wedding in Kenya however Kate who was dating William at the time attended along with Harry who brought Chelsea Davey his girlfriend as his date the newlyweds wrote to their reception at nearby Frogmore house in a Balmoral sociable open carriage pulled by two Winds of Grace after the wedding at Saint George's Chapel family gathered for the official portrait at Frogmore house shortly before the wedding the couple caused some uneasiness in the family when they were interviewed and photographed by Hello magazine later the wedding provoked much controversy when it was revealed that the couple sold the photographic rights off their wedding to hello for 500 000 pounds the couple lived in Hong Kong after Phillips moved positions within the Royal Bank of Scotland to have their sponsorships activities in the region their first child and the Queen's first great grandchild a daughter named Savannah was born in 2010 followed by the couple's second daughter Isla Elizabeth in 2012. in 2020 Autumn and Peter Phillips confirmed that they had been separated since 2019 and that they intend to divorce in the public statement it was said that both Autumn and Peter remain in gloucestershire to raise their children after his divorce Phillips began a relationship with Lindsay Wallace with whom he made his official debut as a couple at the Epsom Derby in June 2022 since then the couple are often seen together on Rural occasions with this I really hope you enjoyed this video please like share and subscribe to the channel and as always thank you so much for watching

Channel: Global Royal

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Keywords: Marriage, Controversial, divorce, royal

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Length: 3min 49sec (229 seconds)

Published: Sat Jul 01 2023