Peter & Autumn Phillips News

[Aubiette]

That’s lovely to see. I’m glad to see that Autumn is still part of the family and everyone can hang out and be a family still.

[CyrilSebastian]

Is Donal Mulryan divorced?

[Countess of Cows]

I think I read he was divorced several years ago. 

[Clover]

Autumn and the girls seem very happy.

[Emac0914]

It’s always nice to see exes getting along well, especially for the girls.  Nice to see Autumn maintaining a relationship with Zara and Mike.  The connection will always be there even though it’s no longer official.

[Lady Liebe]

Excerpts from an OT DM article - which also touches on Peter and HM's relationship:

'She has always been close to Peter and admires the way he and his sister Zara handled themselves as grandchildren of the monarch but without royal titles,' says an old friend of the Queen.

She thinks Peter especially has inherited the resilience that is so characteristic of Anne. She sees him as dependable.'

Prince Philip shared this affection and regarded Peter, outdoorsy and sporty, as the most sensible and level-headed of all his grandchildren.
At Gordonstoun, the tough Scottish school where Peter was head boy or 'guardian', as it was called, he wore his royal connections lightly. As Anne famously remarked of Peter and Zara: 'They're not royal. The Queen just happens to be their grandmother.' Even when Anne's marriage to Peter's father, Captain Mark Phillips, was disintegrating, home life at Gatcombe continued relatively untroubled.

One afternoon when she was being cuddled on her grandmother's knee, 18-month-old Zara took hold of the Queen's necklace and broke the string, scattering the priceless pearls over the carpet. 'Granny' voiced no complaint other than a grunt of exasperation, then got down on her hands and knees and, with Peter helping her, picked them up.

Not even the break-up of Peter's marriage to Canadian Autumn Kelly, which ended last year after 13 years and two children, dented the special relationship between grandmother and first grandchild. And you certainly won't find Peter Phillips giving credential-burnishing interviews about his relationship with his grandmother.

[Lady Willoughby]

Excerpts from an OT DM article - which also touches on Peter and HM's relationship:

'She has always been close to Peter and admires the way he and his sister Zara handled themselves as grandchildren of the monarch but without royal titles,' says an old friend of the Queen.

She thinks Peter especially has inherited the resilience that is so characteristic of Anne. She sees him as dependable.'

Prince Philip shared this affection and regarded Peter, outdoorsy and sporty, as the most sensible and level-headed of all his grandchildren.
At Gordonstoun, the tough Scottish school where Peter was head boy or 'guardian', as it was called, he wore his royal connections lightly. As Anne famously remarked of Peter and Zara: 'They're not royal. The Queen just happens to be their grandmother.' Even when Anne's marriage to Peter's father, Captain Mark Phillips, was disintegrating, home life at Gatcombe continued relatively untroubled.

One afternoon when she was being cuddled on her grandmother's knee, 18-month-old Zara took hold of the Queen's necklace and broke the string, scattering the priceless pearls over the carpet. 'Granny' voiced no complaint other than a grunt of exasperation, then got down on her hands and knees and, with Peter helping her, picked them up.

Not even the break-up of Peter's marriage to Canadian Autumn Kelly, which ended last year after 13 years and two children, dented the special relationship between grandmother and first grandchild. And you certainly won't find Peter Phillips giving credential-burnishing interviews about his relationship with his grandmother.

Peter has been said to be the favorite of many people in the family, including various cousins.

It speaks well of him.

[AutumnOpal]

Excerpts from an OT DM article - which also touches on Peter and HM's relationship:

'She has always been close to Peter and admires the way he and his sister Zara handled themselves as grandchildren of the monarch but without royal titles,' says an old friend of the Queen.

She thinks Peter especially has inherited the resilience that is so characteristic of Anne. She sees him as dependable.'

Prince Philip shared this affection and regarded Peter, outdoorsy and sporty, as the most sensible and level-headed of all his grandchildren.
At Gordonstoun, the tough Scottish school where Peter was head boy or 'guardian', as it was called, he wore his royal connections lightly. As Anne famously remarked of Peter and Zara: 'They're not royal. The Queen just happens to be their grandmother.' Even when Anne's marriage to Peter's father, Captain Mark Phillips, was disintegrating, home life at Gatcombe continued relatively untroubled.

One afternoon when she was being cuddled on her grandmother's knee, 18-month-old Zara took hold of the Queen's necklace and broke the string, scattering the priceless pearls over the carpet. 'Granny' voiced no complaint other than a grunt of exasperation, then got down on her hands and knees and, with Peter helping her, picked them up.

Not even the break-up of Peter's marriage to Canadian Autumn Kelly, which ended last year after 13 years and two children, dented the special relationship between grandmother and first grandchild. And you certainly won't find Peter Phillips giving credential-burnishing interviews about his relationship with his grandmother.

Yes I can't imagine that Peter's divorce would affect their relationship one bit, it was pretty quiet, and even less dramatic/controversial than their wedding! (thinking of the Hello! pictures)

[Aubiette]

Peter Phillips and his children Isla and Savannah Phillips attended A Gallop Through History at the Royal Windsor Horse Show.

[Countess of Cows]

I find these girls delightful.  Having Anne as a Gran must be cool. 

George will be lucky in his life with them "keeping it real".  My cousins are my touch stones, I adore most of them.  Private jokes, watching each others back, the shared memories, some I'd trust with my life...they show up 

[Emac0914]

Isla looks so much like Zara Phillips and Savannah is an interesting mix of Peter and Autumn.  They’re going to be pretty young women in a few years!

[Aubiette]

Tusk Ball