{"id":885439,"date":"2026-04-10T21:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/885439\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T21:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:08:20","slug":"how-princess-annes-son-peter-phillips-blindsided-the-royal-family-with-2008-wedding-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/885439\/","title":{"rendered":"How Princess Anne&#8217;s Son Peter Phillips &#8220;Blindsided&#8221; the Royal Family With 2008 Wedding Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly on their wedding day in 2008.Credit: Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"770\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fa06e40936fdf01489044b1e1a3d4519.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly on their wedding day in 2008.<br \/>Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The Gist<\/p>\n<ul class=\"content-list\">\n<li>\n<p>Peter Phillips&#8217; 2008 wedding to Autumn Kelly caused some controversy with the royal family after candid photos from the event were published in Hello!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>The couple divorced in 2021 but share two daughters.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Phillips, Princess Anne&#8217;s son, will marry nurse Harriet Sperling this summer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/why-princess-anne-son-peter-161408001.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Peter Phillips&#039;s;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Peter Phillips&#8217;s<\/a> upcoming wedding to nurse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/harriet-sperling-nhs-nurse-set-204500791.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Harriet Sperling;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Harriet Sperling<\/a> will reportedly be a &#8220;private ceremony,&#8221; but the son of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/princess-anne-gave-her-mother-182636145.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Princess Anne;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Princess Anne<\/a> famously &#8220;blindsided&#8221; the royal family following his first marriage in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips tied the knot with Autumn Kelly at St. George&#8217;s Chapel at Windsor Castle, the same venue where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/prince-harry-given-5-word-153920044.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Harry;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Prince Harry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/lifestyle\/prince-william-reportedly-sought-assurances-133000691.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Meghan Markle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Meghan Markle<\/a> would marry a decade later.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Autumn Kelly and Peter Phillips on their wedding day in 2008.Credit: Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1232\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/3c246d5b98753e3ee96138f021965eb3.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Autumn Kelly and Peter Phillips on their wedding day in 2008.<br \/>Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth wasn&#8217;t thrilled with the newlyweds after they decided to sell photos from their wedding to Hello! for $673,655, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/1479491\/royal-family-peter-phillips-autumn-wedding-hello-magazine-spt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Daily Express;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Daily Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The magazine ran a 100-page special, with 59 pages of photographs from the wedding, including 10 of the queen,&#8221; reported the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>These included a variety of &#8220;remarkably candid&#8221; pictures, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-14634893\/inside-wedding-Peter-Phillips-Autumn-Kelly.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Daily Mail;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Daily Mail<\/a>, which didn&#8217;t gel with the royal family&#8217;s typically formal portraiture. One snapshot showed Harry kissing Elizabeth on the cheek, while another depicted the family laughing.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Queen Camilla, Queen Elizabeth, and Prince Harry at Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly's 2008 wedding.Credit: Getty Images\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"638\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9fcc3572011ade1d06db0f2dcfa52293.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Queen Camilla, Queen Elizabeth, and Prince Harry at Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly&#8217;s 2008 wedding.<br \/>Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, Elizabeth and other senior royals &#8220;felt blindsided&#8221; by the incident, which led Buckingham Palace to issue a statement calling the sale of the photos a &#8220;serious error of judgment.&#8221;\u00a0This also caused the queen to ban the practice of royals doing photograph deals for tabloids.<\/p>\n<p>Phillips and Kelly share two daughters, 15-year-old Savannah and 14-year-old Isla, though the couple divorced in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>When he remarries, Sperling will be the first royal bride since 2020, when Princess Beatrice wed Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in a low-key ceremony in Windsor.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling at Wimbledon on July 9, 2025Credit: Getty\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1228\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/c35008f5f85aed34c1a08aadc58617a4.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling at Wimbledon on July 9, 2025<br \/>Credit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mr 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 announced their wedding date,&#8221; read a statement shared with <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/queen-elizabeth-grandson-peter-phillips-needs-special-permission-remarry-report-11941261?\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">People<\/a> by the couple\u2019s spokesperson, Gerard Franklin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe summer wedding will take place at All Saints Church, Kemble, Cirencester on Saturday 6th June 2026 in a private ceremony,\u201d the statement continued. \u201cBoth families have been informed jointly of the wedding date by invitation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/how-peter-phillips-blindsided-royal-family-2008-wedding-photos-11947788\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:InStyle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">InStyle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly on their wedding day in 2008.Credit: Getty Images The Gist Peter Phillips&#8217; 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