There is also an association football (soccer) player named Mark Phillips.

Mark Antony Peter Phillips (born September 22, 1948), former Olympic gold-medal-winning horseman, was the first husband of Anne, Princess Royal. Jump to: navigation, search September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every two years and alternating between Summer and Winter Games. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Princess Anne, Princess Royal, LG, LT, GCVO, QSO (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise Laurence, formerly Phillips, née Mountbatten-Windsor), styled HRH The Princess Royal (born August 15, 1950), is a member of the British Royal Family. ...

Mark Phillips was educated at Marlborough College and Sandhurst, following which he was commissioned into 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards in 1969. Marlborough College is a British boarding school in the county of Wiltshire, founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, although it now accepts both boys and girls of all beliefs. ... The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (commonly known as Sandhurst) is the British Army officer training centre. ... The 1st The Queens Dragoon Guards (the Welsh Cavalry) is an armoured dragoon regiment of the British Army, comprising troops from Wales, Herefordshire, and Shropshire. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ...

In 1972, he was a member of the British three-day event team, which won the gold medal at the Munich Olympics. He won the Badminton Horse Trials in 1971 and 1972 riding Great Ovation, in 1974 on Colombus, and in 1981 on Lincoln. Jump to: navigation, search 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Eventing, is an equestrian event which comprises dressage, cross-country and show-jumping. ... Jump to: navigation, search For the 2005 Steven Spielberg film, see Munich (film). ... The Badminton Horse Trials is a three-day event, one of only four elite international four star, CCI****, events as classified by the FEI. Badminton takes place in May each year in the park of Badminton House the seat of the Dukes of Beaufort in Gloucestershire, England. ...

It was through his equestrian activities that he met Princess Anne, and they were married on November 14, 1973 at Westminster Abbey. As is customary, The Queen is believed to have offered him a peerage on his wedding day, which he turned down. This may also have been the specific wish of Princess Anne, who is also said to have refused The Queen's offer to create her grandchildren Princes and Princesses under letters patent. They thus become the first grandchildren of a sovereign to carry no title. Jump to: navigation, search November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Abbeys western facade The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral, in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... Letters Patent by Queen Victoria creating the office of Governor-General of Australia Letters patent are a type of legal document which is an open letter issued by a monarch or government granting a right, monopoly, title, or status to someone or some entity such as a corporation. ...

Since leaving the Army he has continued to style himself Captain Mark Phillips.

According to Kitty Kelley's book The Royals, the royal family required Phillips to provide a semen sample prior to his marriage, to confirm that he was capable of producing an heir. Two children were indeed born to the couple: Peter (born 1977) and Zara (born 1981). Author Kitty Kelley Kitty Kelley (born April 4, 1942) is an American investigative journalist and author of several best-selling biographies of celebrities and politicians--which have led to her international--and controversial--reputation as the first lady of the unauthorized biography genre. ... Peter Phillips could mean Peter Mark Andrew Phillips, the son of Anne, Princess Royal Peter Phillips the director of Project Censored This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Zara Phillips Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips (born May 15, 1981) is the daughter of Anne, the Princess Royal and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. ...

However, rumours of a stormy relationship were rife, and their home life at Gatcombe Park was the subject of much unwanted media attention throughout their marriage. It was alleged in the press that the British royal family had nicknamed Mark Phillips "Foggy", because he was so 'thick' (i.e. stupid) and 'wet' (Public school slang for a weak and ineffectual boy). Gatcombe Park is the private country home of Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, situated between the Gloucestershire villages of Minchinhampton and Avening, five miles south of Stroud. ... Jump to: navigation, search Members of the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the Trooping the Colour ceremony The British Royal Family is a group of people closely related to the British monarch. ... Jump to: navigation, search The term public school has different meanings: In Scotland, Australia, the United States and most other English-speaking nations, a school which does not charge tuition fees but is financed and/or controlled by the state, in contrast to a private school (also known as an...

Mark Phillips is the father of an illegitimate daughter named Felicity Tonkin (born 1985) who lives in New Zealand. The girl's mother is Heather Tonkin, an art teacher, and daughter of Dr. Shirley Tonkin, a renowned expert in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome [1]. Heather Tonkin lodged the paternity suit with a court in New Zealand in 1991, and DNA testing later confirmed that Mark Phillips was indeed the father of her child [2]. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Genetic fingerprinting or DNA testing is a technique to distinguish between individuals of the same species using only samples of their DNA. Its invention by Sir Alec Jeffreys at the University of Leicester was announced in 1985. ...

In 1992 Mark Phillips was divorced from the Princess Royal. In 1997 he remarried, to a woman named Sandy Pflueger. The couple have a daughter named Stephanie (born 1997). Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997(MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Mark Phillips remains a leading figure in British equestrian circles and serves as Chef d'Equipe of the United States Eventing Team.

Reference

• "Phillips faces paternity suit" (The Times, Friday, 22 March 1991)
• United States Equestrian Federation

Another Mark Phillips, September 13, 1974, is a serial inventor in the realm of digital audio. Mark invented the first portable multi-codec media player and 4 years later invented the widest used audio sampling sytem. Jump to: navigation, search The Times is a national newspaper published daily in the United Kingdom. ... Jump to: navigation, search March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...