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Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips (born May 15, 1981) is the daughter of Anne, the Princess Royal and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. She herself is 11th in the British Order of Succession.

Zara was educated at Port Regis Prep School and at British Salem School in Gordonstoun, Scotland. Like her mother, she is an equestrian sportswoman. Her prize horse Toytown suffered a leg injury in the winter of 2003, shattering her hopes of competing in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

Her often stormy relationship with National Hunt jockey Richard Johnson attracted the unwelcome attention of the British paparazzi, and the couple's split in November 2003 became front page news. Since then, she has been linked to rugby players Caleb Ralph of New ZealandThe New Zealand Rugby Football Union is the governing body of rugby union in New Zealand. It was founded in 1892 and is affiliated to the International Rugby Board the sport's governing body. The All Blacks is the national rugby union representative team and Mike TindallMike Tindall (born 18 October 1978) is a English rugby union footballer who plays centre for Bath and England. Tindall was part of the England team that won the 2003 World Cup. He was dropped for the semi-final in favour of Mike Catt, whose kicking was re of EnglandEngland Rugby is the name of the English national rugby union team. They are the current World champions, having won the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship and have won that championship and its predecessors.

Zara Phillips has an older brother, Peter PhillipsQueen Elizabeth II Peter Mark Andrew Phillips (born November 15, 1977) is a member of the British Royal Family, the eldest grandson of Queen Elizabeth II. Peter is the first grandson of a British monarch not to hold a title. He is tenth in the line of the, born in NovemberNovember is also the letter N in the NATO phonetic alphabet. November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. From the Latin novem for " nine". It was originally the ninth month of the year in the early Roman calendar, w 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar, and a half-sister, Stephanie, born in 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t from her father's second marriage.

At present, Zara only undertakes royal duties associated with her equestrian career.

TabloidA tabloid is a newspaper — especially in the United Kingdom — that uses the tabloid format, which is roughly 23½ by 14¾ inches per spread. This is the smaller of two standard newspaper sizes; the larger newspapers, associated with higher-quality journalis newspapers in the UK briefly dubbed her a "royal rebel"" after she had her tongue pierced.

The comic book V for Vendetta, first published in 1982 and set in a dystopian 1997, cast Zara in a throw-away line as Queen.


Preceded by:
Peter Mark Andrew Phillips
Line of Succession to the British throne Followed by:
Viscount Linley


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