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“Stephanie Phillips: The Unknown Cousin of William and Harry”

Is called Stephanie Phillips and is related to the English Royal Family. She in fact she is the stepsister of Zara Tindall and so it is practically William and Harry’s cousinonly that very few know her because she lives far from Buckingham Palace even if she is very close to her older sister who was one of Queen Elizabeth’s favorite nieces.

Who is Stephanie Phillips, William and Harry’s cousin

Stephanie Phillips is the daughter of Princess Anne’s first husband, Captain Mark Phillips, and his Hawaiian-born second wife Sandy Pflueger, Olympic champion in dressage. Stephanie is very close to her stepsister Zara Tindall, daughter of Anna and Mark Phillips. In fact, she attended her wedding to Mike Tindall. However, the affection is mutual, in fact the eldest daughters of the Tindalls acted as bridesmaids to Stephanie when she married her boyfriend Will in 2022.


Stephanie was born in 1997 and grew up on Anne’s Gatcombe Park estate, where Captain Phillips, now 75, continued to live after divorcing Princess Anne in 1992. This meant that from an early age she was able to associate with her half-sister Zara and half-brother Peter .

He attended the prestigious Dean Close School in Cheltenham, a prestigious establishment whose quarterly tuition amounts to £13,900. She continued her studies in Business Management at the University of Worcester where she graduated in 2022. Despite her connection with the Royal Family, she Stephanie Phillips has always kept a low profile, away from lenses and cameras. She worked hard in her studies and did various odd jobs, she even worked as a waitress in a pub.

Stephanie Phillips champion equestrian as half-sister Zara Tindall

With the Royal Family, however, he shares a passion for horse ridingevidently also transmitted to him by his mother who, however, separated from Mark Phillips in 2012.

Stephanie like her sister Zara has competed in several prestigious equestrian competitions such as the Barbury International, Wellington International Horse Trials and West Wiltshire Trials. She is so good that she has an important sponsor in the scene, Voltaire Design which produces saddles.

But Zara Tindall’s stepsister loves sports in general. After horse riding, her other passion is skiing. It seems that her favorite tracks are in Austria, as evidenced by the photos of a trip she took with her husband Will. She has also seen half the world, she has been to Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, Croatia and Slovenia.

Stephanie Phillips and the link with the Royal Family

In 2021 she became officially engaged to William Hosier, an agricultural graduate, whom she married in 2022. Zara and Mike Tindall and Peter Phillips and his wife were present at her wedding, as well as the children of both couples. But William and Harry did not participate.

On her Instagram profile Stephanie Phillips shares many photos of her successes in the saddle but also images that portray her with Zara and Peter. Their relationship is close despite the large age difference. Plus her grandchildren adore her.

2023-05-29 16:23:00
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