British royals gather for wedding of Princess Anne's son


Britain's Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie arrive to attend the wedding of Princess Anne's son, Peter Phillips and Harriet Sperling at All Saints' Church in Kemble, Cirencester, Britain, June 6, 2026. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez

KEMBLE, England June ⁠6 (Reuters) - King Charles and senior ⁠British royals gathered at a village ‌in south-west England on Saturday to celebrate the wedding of Princess Anne's businessman son, Peter Phillips, ​to nurse Harriet Sperling.

Anne ⁠was joined by ⁠her husband, Timothy Laurence, at the private ⁠ceremony at ‌All Saints Church in Kemble, near Cirencester, by her ⁠brother Charles and Queen Camilla, as ​well as ‌other senior royals including Charles’ son ⁠and heir, ​Prince William, and his wife Kate.

Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice, the daughters of Charles' ⁠disgraced younger brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, ​were also in attendance.

Phillips, the late Queen Elizabeth II's eldest grandson, is 19th ⁠in the line of succession to the British throne. He works as a sports management executive and does not ​undertake official royal duties. ⁠Sperling is a paediatric nurse.

Phillips' first marriage - ​to Autumn Kelly - ended ‌in divorce in 2021.

(Reporting ​by Dylan Martinez, writing by James Davey, Editing by Louise Heavens)

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