Mark Anthony Phillips

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    Aston Farm, Cherington, Tetbury, GL8 8SW
    About Phillips, Mark Anthony
    Attended Malbrough Collage and Royal Military Acadamy,Sandhurst.
    Received a commision inQueens Royal Dragoon Guards.
    Was a participant in equestrian events at Seoul Olympics.
    Divorced from Princess Ann on April 28th 1992
    He has a daughter to Heather Tonkin, a New Zealand horsewoman, with whome he had a brief affair. The childs name in Felicity.he denied paternity untill it was proved, and has now set up a trust fund.
    Aston Farm, Cherington, Tetbury, GL8 8SW
    Mark Phillips was born 22 September 1948 and educated at Marlborough College, and was the first husband of Princess Anne. Although he has now left the army, he attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst and was commissioned in 1969 into the Queen’s Dragoon Guards initially as Lieutenant and later Captain. He continues to style himself as Captain Mark Phillips.
    
    His keen interest is horse riding and equitation events. In 1972, he was a member of the British three-day event team, which won the gold medal at the Munich Olympics, and silver in the Seoul Olympics.
    
    He won the Badminton Horse Trails in 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1981.
    
    It was through his passion for equestrian that he met Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. They were married in Westminster Abbey on 14 November 1973 and had two children, Peter born in 1977 and Zara in 1981. They separated in 1989 and were divorced on 28 April 1992.
    
    On 1 February 1997 he married Sandy Pflueger, an American dressage ride. The couple has a daughter Stephanie born in 1997 and he is a regular columnist in Horse & Hound magazine. Phillips remains a leading figure in British and American equestrian circles