    peter mark andrew phillips (born 15 november 1977) is the first child and only son of anne, princess royal, and her first husband, captain mark phillips. he is the eldest grandchild of queen elizabeth ii and prince philip, duke of edinburgh. phillips holds no royal title or style and is currently 12th in the line of succession to the thrones of the 16 commonwealth realms. after graduating from university in 2000, he worked for jaguar followed by williamsf1. in 2003, while working for williamsf1 in canada, he met autumn kelly, whom he married in st george's chapel at windsor castle in 2008. phillips keeps a low public profile and for the most part, carries out no royal duties; for many years he has worked in the sports sponsorship and management fields. ==early life and education== peter phillips was born at 10:46&nbsp;am on 15 november 1977, at st mary's hospital, paddington in west london. he was the first child of mark phillips and princess anne, who had married in 1973. his parents were said to have refused offers from the queen that would have led to his being born in the peerage. phillips was therefore the first legitimate grandchild of a monarch to be born without a title or courtesy style for more than 500 years. before him the last grandchildren born without any title or style were the children of cecily of york, the daughter of edward iv. at birth he was fifth in line to the throne, and remained so until prince william's birth in 1982. at the time of his birth, there w
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