# Mark Phillips

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{{short description|English equestrian and former husband of Princess Anne}}
{{About|the former husband of the Princess Royal|other people with the same name|}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| honorific_prefix = 
| name = Mark Phillips
| honorific_suffix = {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CVO}}
| image = Mark Phillips 1980.jpg
| alt = Mark Philips smiling
| caption = Phillips in 1980
| birth_name = Mark Anthony Peter Phillips
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|9|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Tetbury](/source/Tetbury), Gloucestershire, England
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[Anne, Princess Royal](/source/Anne%2C_Princess_Royal) |14 November 1973|23 April 1992|reason=div}}
* {{marriage|[Sandy Pflueger](/source/Sandy_Pflueger) |1 February 1997|2012|reason={{abbr|sep.|separated}}}}
}}
| children = {{Ubl
  |[Peter Phillips](/source/Peter_Phillips)
  |[Zara Tindall](/source/Zara_Tindall)
  |Felicity Wade
  |Stephanie Hosier
}}
| sport = Horse riding
| club = 
| alma_mater = {{plain list|
* [Marlborough College](/source/Marlborough_College)
* [Royal Military Academy Sandhurst](/source/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst)
}}
| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalCompetition | [Olympics](/source/Equestrian_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}}
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{{MedalGold| [1972 Munich](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics) | [Team eventing](/source/Equestrian_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Team_eventing)}}
{{MedalSilver| [1988 Seoul](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics) | [Team eventing](/source/Equestrian_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Team_eventing)}}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Championships](/source/World_Eventing_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold| 1970 Punchestown |Team eventing}}
{{MedalSilver| 1974 Burghley |Team eventing}}
{{MedalCompetition | [European Championships](/source/European_Eventing_Championships)}}
{{MedalGold| 1971 Burghley |Team eventing}}
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|unit=[1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards](/source/1st_The_Queen's_Dragoon_Guards)
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'''Mark Anthony Peter Phillips''' (born 22 September 1948) is an English [Olympic gold medal](/source/Olympic_medal)-winning horseman who competed for [Great Britain](/source/Equestrian_at_the_Summer_Olympics), and the first husband of [Anne, Princess Royal](/source/Anne%2C_Princess_Royal), with whom he has two children. He remains a leading figure in British [equestrian](/source/equestrianism) circles, and is a noted eventing course designer and a columnist for ''[Horse & Hound](/source/Horse_%26_Hound)'' magazine.

==Family background and early life==
Mark Anthony Peter Phillips was born on 22 September 1948. He is the son of Major Peter William Garside Phillips, [MC](/source/Military_Cross) (1920–1998)<ref name="parents-death">{{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}}</ref> and Anne Patricia Phillips (née Tiarks;<ref name="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}}</ref> 1925–1988).<ref name="parents-death"/> Mark had a younger sister, Sarah Anne Staples (née Phillips; 1951–2014).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

His father was the younger son of [Joseph Herbert Phillips](/source/Joseph_Phillips_(English_cricketer%2C_born_1881)) and [Dorothea Mary Land](/source/Dorothea_Phillips), and the grandson of [William Garside Phillips](/source/William_Garside_Phillips). His paternal uncle, Joseph Anthony Moore Phillips, married Lady Katharine Fitzalan-Howard, a daughter of [Henry Fitzalan-Howard, 15th Duke of Norfolk](/source/Henry_Fitzalan-Howard%2C_15th_Duke_of_Norfolk). His patrilineal great-great-grandfather was the portrait painter [William Moore](/source/William_Moore_(painter)) and his great-granduncles included the artists [Albert Joseph Moore](/source/Albert_Joseph_Moore), [Henry Moore](/source/Henry_Moore_(painter)) and [John Collingham Moore.](/source/John_Collingham_Moore) His mother was educated at [Downe House](/source/Downe_House_School) and served in the [Women's Royal Naval Service](/source/Women's_Royal_Naval_Service) during the [Second World War](/source/World_War_II).<ref name="Tiarks" /> She was the only daughter of John Gerhard Edward Tiarks (1896–1962) and his wife, Evelyn Florence Cripps (1899–1994). John served in the [First](/source/World_War_I) and Second World Wars, attained the rank of [Brigadier](/source/Brigadier), and was [aide-de-camp](/source/aide-de-camp) to [King George VI](/source/King_George_VI) from 1947 to 1950.

Phillips was educated at [Stouts Hill](/source/Stouts_Hill) Preparatory School near [Uley](/source/Uley), [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire), then at [Marlborough College](/source/Marlborough_College), then the [Royal Military Academy Sandhurst](/source/Royal_Military_Academy_Sandhurst).<ref name=sr/>

==Military career==
Upon passing out from Sandhurst, Phillips was commissioned as a [Second Lieutenant](/source/Second_Lieutenant) into the [1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards](/source/1st_The_Queen's_Dragoon_Guards) in July 1969.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44923 |date=22 August 1969 |page=8768 |supp=y }}</ref> He was promoted to [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) in January 1971.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=45287 |date=26 January 1971 |page=912 |supp=y }}</ref> By the time of his wedding to [Princess Anne](/source/Anne%2C_Princess_Royal) in November 1973, he was serving as an acting [captain](/source/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)).<ref>{{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}}</ref> In January 1974, he was appointed a [Personal aide-de-camp](/source/Personal_aide-de-camp) to [Queen Elizabeth II](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II).<ref name=ADC>{{London Gazette|issue=46174 |date=7 January 1974 |page=267 |supp=y }}</ref> Phillips was substantively promoted to captain in July 1975,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46644 |date=28 July 1975 |page=9641 |supp=y }}</ref> and retired from the Army on 30 March 1978.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=47508 |date=10 April 1978 |page=4411 |supp=y }}</ref>

Phillips continued to style himself Captain Mark Phillips,<ref>[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.</ref> as it is customary for retired cavalry captains to retain their former rank when their civilian occupation involves working with horses, particularly in racing or equestrian sports.<ref>[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.</ref>

==Equestrian career==
thumb|left|upright|Mark Phillips in 1973
Phillips was a reserve member of the British equestrian team for the [1968 Olympics](/source/1968_Summer_Olympics). He was part of the British [three-day event](/source/three-day_event) teams that won a world title in 1970, a European title in 1971, and Olympic gold medals in [1972](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics); individually, he finished in 35th place at the 1972 games. At the [1988 Olympics](/source/1988_Summer_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. He was a four-time champion at the [Badminton Horse Trials](/source/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](/source/Prince_Philip%2C_Duke_of_Edinburgh), whom he later married. Their daughter [Zara Phillips](/source/Zara_Tindall) won a silver medal in the [three-day event](/source/Equestrian_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics) with the British team at the [2012 Olympics](/source/2012_Summer_Olympics) in [London](/source/London).<ref name=sr>{{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}}</ref>

In 1998, Phillips designed the cross-country venue for the [Red Hills Horse Trials](/source/Red_Hills_Horse_Trials), a qualifying event for the [Olympics](/source/Summer_Olympic_Games) held in [Tallahassee, Florida](/source/Tallahassee%2C_Florida), United States. He is now a regular columnist for ''[Horse & Hound](/source/Horse_%26_Hound)'' magazine. He remains a leading figure in British equestrian circles and serves as Chef d'Equipe of the [United States Eventing Team](/source/United_States_Eventing_Association).<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

In 2025, Phillips designed the cross-country course for [2025 European Eventing Championships](/source/2025_European_Eventing_Championships).<ref>[https://data.fei.org/Calendar/ShowDetail.aspx?p=BBC16FC6FE05BD201C16206B9F3B3516 FEI site]</ref>

==Personal life==
{{see also|Wedding of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips|Descendants of Elizabeth II#Children of Anne and Mark}}
Phillips first met his future wife, Princess Anne, at a party for horse enthusiasts in 1968.<ref name="Tribune-Separation">{{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}}</ref> They married on 14 November 1973 at [Westminster Abbey](/source/Westminster_Abbey).<ref name="BBC-Marriage">{{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}}</ref> They have two children: [Peter](/source/Peter_Phillips) (born 1977) and Zara (born 1981). The Queen bought [Gatcombe Park](/source/Gatcombe_Park), near [Minchinhampton](/source/Minchinhampton), for the couple as a wedding present.<ref>''[Glasgow Herald](/source/Glasgow_Herald)'', 24 June 1976, p. 1</ref><ref>''The 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 }}</ref>

In August 1989, Phillips and Anne announced their intention to separate, as the marriage had been under strain for several years.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The couple had rarely been seen in public together, and both had been romantically linked with other people.<ref name="People-Romance">{{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}}</ref> They continued to share custody of their children and initially stated that "there were no plans for divorce."<ref name="BBC-Separation">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> During this period, Phillips continued to work at the couple's estate at Gatcombe Park.<ref name="BBC-Separation"/> In 1991, a [DNA test](/source/DNA_test) confirmed that he had fathered a daughter, Felicity Tonkin, born in August 1985 in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) to art teacher Heather Tonkin.<ref name="NZ-Herald-Felicity">{{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}}</ref> Phillips and Anne divorced on 23 April 1992.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name="father again"/>

On 1 February 1997, Phillips married [Sandy Pflueger](/source/Sandy_Pflueger), an American Olympic [dressage](/source/dressage) rider. Their daughter, Stephanie, was born on 2 October 1997.<ref name="father again">{{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}}</ref> She grew up at Aston Farm, Gatcombe Park, close to the family of Anne, and served as a bridesmaid at the wedding of her half-sister Zara. In 2000, Phillips was appointed an Honorary Liveryman of the [Worshipful Company of Farmers](/source/Worshipful_Company_of_Farmers).

On 3 May 2012, Phillips' solicitors confirmed that he and Pflueger had separated and intended to divorce, with Phillips becoming involved with American equestrian [Lauren Hough](/source/Lauren_Hough).<ref name=TheTelegraph>{{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}}</ref>

Phillips' personal wealth is estimated to be around £15–20 million.<ref name="Langley">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</ref> The settlement he received when his marriage to Anne ended was described as "modest"<ref name="Langley"/> and reported to be around "$3 million".<ref>{{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}}</ref>

On 19 September 2022, Philips was present at the [committal service at St George's Chapel](/source/List_of_guests_at_the_state_funeral_of_Elizabeth_II) for his former mother-in-law [Queen Elizabeth II](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II).<ref name="Arasteh">{{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 }}</ref>

==Honours and arms==

===Military ranks===

* {{flagicon|United Kingdom|army}} [Captain](/source/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) (Retired), late [Queen's Dragoon Guards](/source/1st_The_Queen's_Dragoon_Guards)

===Honours===
====British honours====
*45px 15 August 1974: [Commander of the Royal Victorian Order](/source/Royal_Victorian_Order) (CVO)<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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](/source/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}}</ref>
*45px 6 February 1977: [Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Silver_Jubilee_Medal)<ref name="Anne Mark Guildhall">{{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 }}</ref>
*45px 6 February 2002: [Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Golden_Jubilee_Medal)<ref name="Golden-Diamond">{{cite book |title=Medal Yearbook 2021 |year=2021 |publisher=Token Publishing |location=Honiton, Devon |isbn=978-1-908828-53-8 |page=295}}</ref>
*45px 6 February 2012: [Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Diamond_Jubilee_Medal)<ref name="Golden-Diamond"/>
*45px 6 February 2022: [Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Platinum_Jubilee_Medal)<ref name=Gov.uk>{{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}}</ref>
*45px 6 May 2023: [King Charles III Coronation Medal](/source/King_Charles_III_Coronation_Medal)

====Honorary military appointments====
* 1 January 1974: [Personal Aide-de-Camp](/source/Personal_Aide-de-Camp) to the Queen (ADC)<ref name=ADC/>

====Foreign honours====
* {{flagicon|Norway}} [Norway](/source/Norway): Commander with Star of the [Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav](/source/Order_of_St._Olav), 13 April 1988.<ref name="Anne Mark Guildhall"/>

===Arms===
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|notes = These arms were granted to Peter Phillips, the father of Captain Mark Phillips, in October 1973. Mark used these arms differenced with a three point label until he inherited the undifferenced arms from his father in 1998.<ref name="News & Views">{{Cite journal
 | title = News & Views
 | journal = The Heraldry Gazette
 | issue = 57
 | page = 17
 | date = March 1974
  }}
</ref> He was granted [hereditary supporters](/source/Supporter), a rare privilege for untitled people.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
|adopted =
|crest =On a Wreath of the colours, a spur rowed upward or, winged argent, enclosing a lozenge sable.
|torse =
|helm =
|escutcheon = Per chevron azure and Or, in chief a horse courant argent, and in base a sprig of forget-me-not flowers, slipped and leaved proper.<ref name="News & Views"/>
|supporters =On the dexter side a winged lion, and on the sinister side a winged horse Argent, each gorged with a representation of the Coronet of HRH The Princess Anne proper.
|compartment =
|motto =''Pro rege et patria'' (For king and country).
|orders =[Royal Victorian Order](/source/Royal_Victorian_Order)
|other_elements =
|banner =
|badge =
|symbolism =
}}

==Issue==
;By Princess Anne
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name!! Birth!!colspan="2"|Marriage!! Issue
|-
| [Peter Phillips](/source/Peter_Phillips) || 15 November 1977 || 17 May 2008<br /><small>Divorced 14 June 2021</small><ref>{{cite news| last=Gallagher| first=Sophie|date=14 June 2021| title=Divorce settled for Princess Anne's son Peter Phillips and Autumn Phillips| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/peter-phillips-autumn-divorce-queen-anne-b1865570.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/royal-family/peter-phillips-autumn-divorce-queen-anne-b1865570.html |archive-date=26 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| newspaper=The Independent| location=London| access-date=14 June 2021}}</ref> || [Autumn Kelly](/source/Autumn_Phillips) || Savannah Phillips <br> Isla Phillips<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-03-30/queen-a-great-grandmother-again/| work=ITV News| title=Queen a great-grandmother again| date=30 March 2012| access-date=16 May 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425114551/http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-03-30/queen-a-great-grandmother-again//| archive-date=25 April 2018| url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| [Zara Phillips](/source/Zara_Phillips) || 15 May 1981 || 30 July 2011<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14344093 |publisher=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News) |title=Zara Phillips wedding: Ceremony at Edinburgh church |date=30 July 2011 |access-date=1 December 2011 |archive-date=25 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225065255/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-14344093 |url-status=live }}</ref> || [Mike Tindall](/source/Mike_Tindall) || Mia Tindall <br> Lena Tindall <br> Lucas Tindall<ref>{{cite web|title=Zara Tindall and husband Mike confirm birth of baby boy - a new great-grandson for the Queen|url=https://news.sky.com/story/zara-and-mike-tindall-welcome-new-baby-boy-12255034|access-date=24 March 2021|publisher=Sky News|archive-date=22 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230222225015/https://news.sky.com/story/zara-and-mike-tindall-welcome-new-baby-boy-12255034|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|}

;By Heather Tonkin
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name!! Birth!!colspan="2"|Marriage!! Issue
|-
| Felicity Tonkin || 10 August 1985 || March 2015 || Tristan Wade || James Wade<ref name="NZ-Herald-Felicity"/>
|-
|}

;By Sandy Pflueger
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Name!! Birth!!colspan="2"|Marriage!! Issue
|-
| Stephanie Phillips || 2 October 1997 || 8 July 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-anne-attends-the-wedding-of-her-ex-husbands-daughter-stephanie-phillips|title=Princess Anne attends the wedding of her ex-husband's daughter, Stephanie Phillips|work=Tatler|first=Rebecca|last=Cope|date=11 July 2022|accessdate=6 December 2022|archive-date=8 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230208135226/https://www.tatler.com/article/princess-anne-attends-the-wedding-of-her-ex-husbands-daughter-stephanie-phillips|url-status=live}}</ref> || William Hosier ||
|}

==References==
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