{"id":309516,"date":"2025-08-01T14:54:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/309516\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T14:54:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T14:54:11","slug":"peter-phillips-grandson-of-late-queen-elizabeth-ii-is-engaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/309516\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Phillips, grandson of late Queen Elizabeth II, is engaged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                Facebook<\/p>\n<p>                Tweet<\/p>\n<p>        <a class=\"social-share_labelled-list__share\" href=\"mailto:?subject=CNN%20content%20share&amp;body=Check%20out%20this%20article%3A%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F08%2F01%2Fuk%2Fpeter-philips-engagement-intl-scli-gbr\" data-type=\"email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-label=\"share with email\" title=\"Share with email\"><\/p>\n<p>                Email<br \/>\n        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                Link<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdswkd8y002l26qh4cle3uez@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2020\/02\/11\/europe\/peter-phillips-autumn-divorce-gbr-intl-scli\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Phillips<\/a>, the son of Britain\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2024\/06\/28\/uk\/princess-anne-health-intl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Anne<\/a> and eldest grandchild of the late Queen Elizabeth II, announced his engagement to nurse Harriet Sperling on Friday.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdswkji10002356ni4idkd90@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cMr Peter Phillips, the son of HRH The Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips and Ms Harriet Sperling, daughter of the late Mr Rupert Sanders and Mrs Mary Sanders of Gloucestershire, have today confirmed their official engagement,\u201d the couple\u2019s spokesperson told CNN in a statement.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdswwexz000d356nzl1duapi@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cBoth families were informed jointly of the announcement and were delighted with the wonderful news of their engagement. Their Majesties The King and Queen, The Prince and Princess of Wales have been informed of the announcement.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdswyhzw000o356nqohcwqrh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cNo date has officially been set for the wedding,\u201d the statement added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdswkji10003356nvhfztdzp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The couple first announced their engagement with a photo shoot in UK celebrity magazine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/brides\/847821\/peter-phillips-harriet-sperling-confirm-engagement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hello!<\/a>, in which they were pictured in a field, with Sperling\u2019s ring prominent.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdswx6ts000g356nw4pty2ib@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            They have been a couple since at least May 2024, when they were pictured together at the Badminton Horse Trials alongside Phillips\u2019 daughters and Queen Camilla.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdswkglz0000356njullsmw4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Sperling is a pediatric nurse for Britain\u2019s National Health Service and a freelance writer, according to an online biography attached to an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womanalive.co.uk\/harriet-sanders\/2581.bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a> she wrote for Christian magazine Woman Alive last year.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmdswkji10004356nid675lbw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Phillips, 47, was previously married to Canadian-born Autumn Kelly with whom he shares two daughters \u2013 Savannah, 14, and Isla, 13. They announced their \u201camicable\u201d divorce and decision to share custody of their children in 2020.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Facebook Tweet Email Link Peter Phillips, the son of Britain\u2019s Princess Anne and eldest grandchild of the late&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309517,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-309516","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114954087256534399","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}