Some will see it as another example of a mid-life relationship that has sadly run its course. Others will doubtless caustically note it offers further proof that far from guaranteeing domestic happiness, membership of the Royal Family is positively an impediment.
After the breakdown of Phillips’s 12-year marriage to Canadian Autumn Kelly in 2020, and their divorce in 2021, the 46-year-old seemed to be on far firmer ground with the attractive Ms Wallace, 43, who like him is a parent of two children. And thanks to her discretion – she has never spoken publicly about their relationship – she had all the attributes of a potential royal bride.
So what is going on? According to Hello! magazine – with which Phillips has maintained a cordial relationship since selling access to his 2008 wedding for a reported £500,000 – the couple were said to have made the decision to part a few months ago. It quoted a friend saying: ‘Peter and Lindsay made the difficult decision to separate as they were spending less time together with work and family commitments.
Whenever there was a family crisis, invariably it was Phillips, 18th in line to the throne, who answered the call to sort it out. At the time of Princess Diana’s death in 1997 the then 19-year-old took it upon himself to spend time with his grieving cousins William and Harry, hiking with them over the Balmoral estate.
Flitting in the shadows of royal life – thanks largely to his mother’s decision not to accept titles for either of her children – he escaped the spotlight which might have shone on him as Queen Elizabeth’s grandson. Not long after that announcement, in March 2021 Phillips found himself at the centre of media attention when it was revealed he had spent the night at the house of a family friend in Aberdeenshire. The friend turned out to be Lindsay Wallace, and his visit prompted an investigation by police over a potential breach of Covid lockdown rules.
Insiders suggested at the time it was a ‘clear sign Lindsay had been welcomed into the family’. Marriage was being murmured and reports suggested that nothing would give the Queen more pleasure than to see her grandson happy.Peter and Zara receive a visit at Gordonstoun from their grandmother
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