Princess Anne is about to become a grandmother. Her son, Peter Phillips, and his Canadian-born wife, Autumn, confirmed in a statement today that Autumn is expected to give birth in December.
This will be the couple's first child, and the first great-grandchild for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
"Peter and Autumn Phillips are delighted to confirm they are expecting a baby in December. The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh as well as Autumn's family have been in informed and are delighted with the news."
[Did you expect the Queen to NOT be delighted. The announcement makes no mention of Peter's parents, the Princess Royal, and Mark Phillips. I bet they are delighted, too.]
I love how misinformed Daily Mail writers are these days: "Mr Phillips, who is 11th in line to the throne but does not use a royal title..."
Peter Phillips doesn't use a title because he doesn't have one. When Princess Anne and Mark Phillips were married in 1973, they declined an earldom for Mark, as they wanted their children to not have titles.
Thus, the new baby will be Master or Miss Christian name Phillips.
The Phillips live in Hong Kong, where Peter works for the Royal Bank of Scotland.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1293168/Queen-great-grandmother-time-Peter-Philips-announces-wife-Autumns-pregnancy.html
I was thinking the same thing. Oh, what about MP's complaints. Maybe MP's should take some sought of course to learn who exactly is considered a Royal. Just like they need to learn about the Crown Estates & Civil List origins when they complaint about the RF finances.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteI know it's perverse, but with the due date in December I really hope they name the kid "Winter".
ReplyDeleteThat was so interesting as I was thinking when Peter and his wife would have their first child. Congrats to them both. The Queen to become a Great Grand Mother and Peter being the first grand child and his child will be the first great grand child to the Queen.
ReplyDeleteAll good news.