Peter Phillips and Autumn Kelly pose for pictures on the cross country course at the Festival of British Eventing at Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire in 2007 But she did have a generous side and could be a good friend when she dropped her airs and graces,' recalls one. She'd throw hissy fits if she didn't get her own way and could be moody and self-involved. 'They thought they were better than everyone else and could be quite bitchy. Kathleen and Brian sent their daughter to a Roman Catholic primary school.Īt her local state school, St Thomas High, Autumn was widely considered the class beauty, and excelled at sport, particularly football and ringette, which is similar to ice hockey.Ĭlassmates remember her being at the centre of a clique of 'snooty' young girls, however, who called themselves The Get-Along Gang. Kathleen, known as 'Kitty', to pilot Ron Magos and Brian, an executive at an electricity company, to a woman named Lynne, with whom he had two more children. Her twin brother, Chris, is a bricklayer and roofer, and their other brother, Kevin, works as a chef.Īutumn's parents divorced when she was eight and both later remarried. Pictured, the couple at Royal Ascot while they were datingĪutumn was one of three children born to Kathleen and Brian Kelly. The separation of Peter and Autumn Phillips brought an end a 17-year royal romance that reads like a real-life fairytale, one in which Autumn, born into a normal, middle-class Canadian family, is taken from a personal assistant to a respected - and much-loved - member of the royal family. Lindsay, a mother-of-two who is understood to have recently split from her husband Andrew, is a close friend of Peter's sister Zara and got back in contact with him at a recent reunion for their £40,000-a-year boarding school, Gordonstoun.Ī source close to the royal has told Hello Magazine that they are not dating and he only stayed there because of a lack of hotels in the area.īut another insider told The Sun Peter is 'besotted' with the daughter of a wealthy oil executive and had been 'keeping things under wraps'. Princess Anne's son Peter was spoken to by the authorities after neighbours spotted his luxury 4x4 on her drive and called the police claiming the pair were breaking lockdown rules. The images have emerged weeks after Peter denied he is a couple with one of his sister Zara's closest school friends.Ī photograph showed the Range Rover belonging to Peter outside mother-of-two Lindsay Wallace's £475,000 home in St Cyrus, Aberdeenshire last month, hours after officers quizzed the pair. They added that the royal family had been aware things 'hadn't been going well' since the autumn. The source said the couple had 'very sadly grown apart', and said they'd been having discussions about their marriage for 'some time'. They added: 'At the moment they are still sharing the marital home in Gloucestershire and there are no plans for a quickie divorce, there’s no rush and there is no suggestion of Autumn going to Canada.' Peter and Autumn have requested privacy and compassion for their children while the family continues to adapt to these changes.'Īt the time, a source close to the family told Vanity Fair their break-up came after a long period of discussion and said the royal family feel 'sad but supportive of the situation'. 'Both Peter and Autumn have remained in Gloucestershire to bring up their two children where they have been settled for a number of years. In another photograph from the girly trip, Autumn wore a low-key outfit as she playfully posed against a car (pictured left, Rachael, and right, Autumn)
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