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Peter Phillips Announces Engagement to NHS Nurse Harriet Sperling

Gerard Franklin’s statement reflects modernising royal conventions around divorce and remarriage with no wedding date set yet

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Harriet Sperling and Peter Phillips attended Royal Ascot together in June 2024.

Overview

  • Peter Phillips and NHS paediatric nurse Harriet Sperling confirmed their engagement in a statement by spokesperson Gerard Franklin on August 1, 2025.
  • King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Princess Catherine were among the senior royals notified and delighted by the news.
  • No official wedding date has been set, leaving details of the ceremony to be finalised by both families.
  • The couple first emerged publicly as partners at the 2024 Badminton Horse Trials and have since attended Wimbledon, Royal Ascot and other royal events.
  • Phillips is father to two daughters from his first marriage and holds no royal title, while Sperling brings experience as a single mother and NHS paediatric nurse.