Captain Mark Anthony Peter Phillips was born on 22 September 1948 and is an English Olympic gold medal-winning horseman for Great Britain and the first husband of Anne, Princess Royal, with whom he has two children.
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13 Facts About Captain Mark Phillips
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Captain Mark Phillips is the son of Major Peter William Garside Phillips, MC and Anne Patricia Phillips ; they married in 1946.
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Captain Mark Phillips was educated at Stouts Hill Preparatory School near Uley, Gloucestershire, then at Marlborough College, then the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
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Captain Mark Phillips was a reserve member of the British equestrian team for the 1968 Olympics.
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Captain Mark Phillips was part of the British three-day event teams that won a world title in 1970, a European title in 1971, and Olympic gold medals in 1972; individually, he finished in 35th place in 1972.
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Captain Mark Phillips was a four-time champion at the Badminton Horse Trials, in 1971 and 1972 on Great Ovation, in 1974 on Colombus, and in 1981 on Lincoln.
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In 1998 Captain Mark Phillips designed the cross-country venue for the Red Hills Horse Trials, a qualifying event for the Olympics located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States.
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Captain Mark Phillips remains a leading figure in British equestrian circles and serves as Chef d'Equipe of the United States Eventing Team.
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Captain Mark Phillips first met his future wife Princess Anne at a party for horse lovers in 1968.
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In 1991, a DNA test confirmed that Captain Mark Phillips had fathered a girl, Felicity Tonkin, born in August 1985 in New Zealand to art teacher Heather Tonkin.
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On 1 February 1997, Captain Mark Phillips married Sandy Pflueger, an American Olympic dressage rider.
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Captain Mark Phillips's grew up at Aston Farm, Gatcombe Park, close to the family of Princess Anne, and served as a bridesmaid at the wedding of her half-sister Zara Tindall.
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