Mark Phillips

The marriage of Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Phillips could trace its roots, as a dual biography published in the Britannica Book of the Year in 1974 put it, to “their joint interest and prowess in competitive horsemanship.” It was a sport in…

…together with her first husband, Capt. Mark Phillips, an army officer whom she married on November 14, 1973, in Westminster Abbey. Phillips had been her teammate at the 1971 European championships and was a member of the three-day eventing team that won the gold medal at the 1972 Olympics. Phillips…