Overview

• Gerard Franklin confirmed to Hello! magazine on August 1 that Peter Phillips and nurse Harriet Sperling are officially engaged.
• King Charles, Queen Camilla, Prince William and Princess Catherine have been informed and expressed delight at the news.
• The couple made their public debut at the Badminton Horse Trials in May 2024 and have appeared together at several royal events since.
• This will be Phillips’s second marriage after his 2008–2021 union with Autumn Phillips, with whom he shares daughters Savannah and Isla.
• Sperling’s background as a Gloucestershire-based nurse and freelance writer underscores the monarchy’s evolving openness to partners from outside traditional aristocratic circles.