Captain Mark Phillips proudly displayed his new pairing with Belgian rider Florence Standaert at the Burghley Horse Trials in early September. The young woman would be roughly the same age as Zara, the daughter of the former Olympic horse riding champion, born of his relationship with his ex-wife, Princess Anne, who is none other than the daughter of Elizabeth II, deceased on September 8 at the age of 96.
“It’s his new girlfriend“, had then reported a source during this event in Lincolnshire to the DailyMail. The British tabloid has also shared some pictures of the couple, who seem very united. As a reminder, Mark Phillips and Princess Anne divorced in 1992, after 19 years of marriage. They were married in Westminster Abbey on November 14, 1973, with an estimated 500 million people watching, before giving birth to their eldest son Peter in 1977, then welcoming Zara four years later in the month of may.
According to the English newspaper, during their union, Princess Anne would have had an affair with Sergeant Peter Cross, then a police bodyguard and member of the Royal Protection Squad. This would have finally ended before the daughter of Elizabeth II started another with Commander Tim Laurence.
She then married her lover (Tim Laurence) while the former Olympic gold medalist married American dressage rider Sandy Pflueger five years later in 1997, before finally ending this story in 2012. their daughter Zara has been married since 2011 to former rugby player Mike Tindall. They are the parents of three children: Mia (born ), Lena (born