Royal History: Princess Anne watches son Peter remarry in historic Church ceremony
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize Saturday, June 6, 2026, was a day of quiet triumph and royal evolution in the Cotswolds.
- A Wedding Steeped in Royal History, 50 Years in the Making
- For Princess Anne, the day carried echoes of her own past.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Saturday, June 6, 2026, was a day of quiet triumph and royal evolution in the Cotswolds. Princess Anne watched her eldest son, Peter Phillips, 48, marry NHS paediatric nurse Harriet Sperling, 45, at All Saints Church in Kemble, Cirencester — a ceremony that not only blended two families, but also reflected how far the House of Windsor has come on love, divorce, and second chances.
A Wedding Steeped in Royal History, 50 Years in the Making
For Princess Anne, the day carried echoes of her own past. In 1992, the Princess Royal was forced to marry her second husband, Sir Timothy Laurence, in Scotland because the Church of England prohibited remarriage if a former spouse was still living. Three decades later, she stood proudly in an English church as her son became the first of Queen Elizabeth II’s eight grandchildren to remarry.