King’s nephew Peter Phillips dating again a month after split from ex as he’s seen strolling hand-in-hand with NHS nurse
THE King’s nephew Peter Phillips is dating again — just one month after The Sun revealed he had ended his previous three-year romance.
The King’s nephew and Harriet Sperling spent all weekend at Badminton, strolling hand-in-hand among crowds and rarely leaving each other’s side.
Harriet, a paediatric specialist nurse and freelance writer in her 40s, beamed in a pink maxi dress and shades on Saturday.
The couple watched the cross-country horse riding from a sponsor’s tent before leaving in a vehicle with Peter’s daughters Savannah, 13, and Isla, 12.
Yesterday they were back at the swish Gloucestershire event, where Peter shared a warm greeting with Queen Camilla.
The two royals chatted briefly as glam mum Harriet looked on.
It is unclear whether she has been formally introduced to the Queen, or Peter’s mum Princess Anne and stepdad Sir Tim Laurence.
Peter’s dad is Captain Mark Phillips.
His sister Zara Tindall, 42, and her hubby Mike, 45, were also at the horsey bash this weekend.
A witness said of Peter and Harriet: “They looked completely smitten and he was grinning from ear to ear.
“He looked like the cat that got the cream and acted without a care in the world.
“He didn’t seem to mind who saw them together.
“She looked very happy and relaxed in his company and pleased to be shown off at one of the biggest social events in the equestrian world.
“His love life has certainly taken some very public twists and turns in recent years.
“But they looked extremely close and seemed like they had known each other for some time.
“They certainly seemed very happy and appeared to be over any past relationship woes.”
A friend of Peter confirmed that the royal has met someone recently and they were spending time together, stressing it was too early to be anything more.
It comes just a few weeks after divorcee Peter, 46, who is 18th in line to the throne, split from his partner of three years Lindsay Wallace, 43.
‘Ran its course’
Sources told The Sun the relationship simply “ran its course”.
Harriet bears a striking resemblance to both Lindsay and Peter’s ex-wife Autumn Kelly, 46.
He and Canadian-born Autumn, mum to their two girls, announced their engagement in 2007 and wed in 2008.
But in February 2020 they confirmed they had split the previous year.
Their 13-year marriage ended with divorce in June 2021.
Peter met Lindsay, an ex-classmate of Zara, at £45,000-a-year Gordonstoun School in Moray, Scotland.
They reconnected at a 2019 reunion and The Sun revealed they had started dating in March 2021.
The relationship became so serious that Lindsay was introduced to his gran, the late Queen Elizabeth II, at Windsor Castle in January 2022.
Later that year Peter and Lindsay appeared together as a couple at Royal Ascot and the Epsom Derby.
They also appeared clearly loved-up in a Vogue Australia photoshoot with the Tindalls.
Last summer Lindsay appeared in the Royal Box at Wimbledon with Peter and Queen Camilla.
But the couple called it quits earlier this year.
No one else is believed to have been involved and the end of their relationship was described as “amicable”.
Despite being the eldest grandchild of the late Queen, Peter was not given a royal title at birth as his parents wanted him and Zara to lead as normal a life as possible.
Peter kept the peace at Prince Philip’s funeral in April 2021 by standing between his cousins, warring William and Harry.
Last Christmas he did not join the other royals at Sandingham.
Away from royal life he has run several firms and last year reportedly wanted to open an ice rink at Kensington Palace.
A spokesman for Peter declined to comment last night.