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the Queen's eldest grandson Peter
Phillips has separated from his wife of
12 years according to reports autumn
Phillips is believed to have told her
husband that she wants to divorce
leaving the Queen upset friends say that
Peter who is the son of princess Sam is
devastated at the breakdown of his
marriage and hadn't seen it coming the
couple have two children together
daughters savanna 9 and ila 7 according
to the son some friends are also
suggesting that Meg which saw Prince
Harry and Megan Marco quit the royal
family hastened autumns decision as she
wants to return to her native Canada one
claim that she may have been influenced
by Harry and Megan and fear she may now
move to Canada and take their daughters
who have dual citizenship with her
another source close to the couple
revealed Peter is absolutely devastated
by this and just didn't see it coming
he thought he was happily married and
had the perfect family with two lovely
daughters but he is now in total shock
the friend added that autumn is a
favorite of the Queen and the shock move
makes it feel as if the royal family is
falling apart however sources insisted
that no other parties were involved in
the split autumn was born and brought up
a Roman Catholic but renounced her faith
shortly before their wedding so her
husband-to-be did not have to give up
his claim to the throne in September she
was spotted with the Queen Prince
Charles and her husband at the annual
Highland Games gathering she made a rare
appearance alongside her majesty at the
event which was held in the small
Aberdeenshire village of Breman
Peter previously heaped the headlines
this year after appearing in a bizarre
milk advert for a Chinese company in the
television advert for bright dairies
shown only on dragon TV in China and
Peter is seen being brought a glass of
milk by a butler this is what I drink he
says as the tagline reads British royal
family member
Peter Philips his wife autumn a former
PA is a graduate of McGill University
and was born in Montreal autumn and
Peter met during the 2003 Montreal Grand
Prix where they were both working
although she did not realize he was
Queens grandson at the time after dating
for a few years Peter popped the
question with her father's permission
mr. and mrs. Philips attracted media
attention when they sold their wedding
photos to hello magazine in May 2008 for
a reported 500 thousand pounds the
episode provoked claims the couple had
exploited their royal status at the time
Liberal Democrat MP Norman lamb called
the move a serious error of judgement
and Labour MP and Gibson said that the
British public would have been shocked
to see their monarch in the magazine
saying she is the Queen not a
footballer's wife photos of the couple
on honeymoon on safari in South Africa
were also released to the press
a rising suspicion they received the
1000 pounds a night accommodation for
free or at least at a knockdown rate in
return for their cooperation Peter does
not have a royal title as his mother
declined to give her children the HRH
title at birth