Now known as Felicity Wade, Phillips' daughter is an equine vet and welcomed a son with her husband in 2017.
But instead of returning home to his farm in Cherington, near Tetbury, Glos., he is understood to be planning to set up home in Florida with Miss Hough. Felicity grew up locally in Whitford, where her riding developed into an interest in horses leading to vet school in Palmerston North. Winning the confidence of a power producer or influential showrunner in Tinseltown can be a foot in the door. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. “Like a lot of men who fall to temptation and have a one-night stand resulting in a pregnancy, Mark blamed the woman concerned,”, Felicity’s grandmother, Dr Shirley Tonkin, also confirmed that Mark, along, “Zara has never been in touch with her -– nobody has,” she told, “This is all the excuse she needed to get Mark out of Gatcombe,” a source told, magazine at the time. It said: "Captain and Mrs Mark Phillips are separating and divorce proceedings have commenced. Captain Mark Phillips is to divorce for a second time after falling for a woman almost 30 years his junior. But I have never been able to tell her. “The story heaped shame on the royal family,” says a palace source, adding that none of the royal family have had anything to do with Felicity. The Princess Royal rode for Britain in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, four years after Capt Phillips won his gold medal at the 1972 Munich Olympics. In 2017 the couple had their first child, James. Felicity has forged a career with a south Auckland veterinary practice where clients speak highly of her skills and dedication but, despite owning a beautiful property, the couple lead a life with few frills, pouring many of their resources into the horses. I hope and pray Mark will do the right thing and make a proper and legally binding settlement on her. Heather Tonkin, after taking advice from her lawyers, taped five phone calls with Phillips’s business agent, during which he dismissed her concerns and threatened to sue her if she tried to put his name on the birth certificate. “Like a lot of men who fall to temptation and have a one-night stand resulting in a pregnancy, Mark blamed the woman concerned,” a source told New Idea. The champion and the horse vet: Zara, left, after winning another trophy and Felicity, right, in New Zealand, Soon-to-be wed: Mike Tindall and Zara Phillips will tie the knot in less than two weeks. “She’d have liked a card or something, some sort of recognition,” says Heather’s former boyfriend Jason Fowell. In 1997 Mark married dressage rider Sandy Pflueger, and their daughter Stephanie was born later the same year. As a youngster, Felicity ached for some gesture from the Phillips clan – even keeping a book about her father on her bedside table and following her half-sister’s exploits closely via newspapers. A DNA test in 1991 confirmed Phillips as her father, paving the way for a reported £350,000 settlement from Phillips, money which helped pay for fees at one of Auckland’s finest private schools and some profitable property investments to secure Felicity’s future. In one, the agent tells her: ‘If you want to cause a flap, everyone’s just going to deny it.’, He warned her that the ‘clout’ lay with Phillips and added: ‘When this thing hits the fan, your daughter’s life will be ruined.’, James's grandfather Captain Mark Phillips. A paternity suit followed, and Phillips was confirmed as Felicity's father in 1991 after DNA testing. When the payments trailed off, Heather sought to secure a better deal for Felicity, however Mark refused to be named on her birth certificate. Michael Clifford (right) was taken to hospital when he wandered too close to a burst of pyrotechnics onstage at their Wembley concert, causing his hair and shirt to briefly catch fire, the New York Post reported. Yet, in 1991, a royal revelation changed that promise. Miss Hough was part of the US team at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, and will also be helping coach the US team alongside Capt Phillips at the London 2012 Games. According to The Daily Express, the now equine vet kept a book about Mark by her bed and spent hours devouring articles about her British ‘family’. By Amy Oliver and Stephen D'antal In New Zealand For The Mail On Sunday, Published: 22:06 GMT, 19 August 2017 | Updated: 23:07 GMT, 19 August 2017. She is a vet in NZ. His polo handicap of three is two above William and Harry, though two behind his elder brother Adrian, a professional player and coach who has represented England many times. Not that the truth did much to comfort Felicity, who had learned that her father wanted nothing to do with her and would never send her a birthday card or enquire about her health. In 2015, Felicity married polo player Tristan Wade.
In a surprising twist, Wade is a regular fixture on the polo circuit, and has played at the Royal Windsor Cup in front of the Queen and Prince Philip. Felicity, herself a keen rider, is a specialist equine vet, and Tristan is an accomplished polo player, who only two years ago was playing in front of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor. I don’t want to create bother for them and I like my life quiet. Captain Mark Phillips and Princess Anne on their wedding day. His experience playing a dreamy, life-saving doctor will now stand him in good stead. Mother who broke her spine on holiday in Turkey claims she was threatened with JAIL if she couldn't pay... Family Fortunes viewers are left speechless after romantic contestant cuts off host Gino D'Acampo mid-round... Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have returned to Windsor Castle together after leaving Sandringham ahead of... Stephen D'antal In New Zealand For The Mail On Sunday. Felicity Tonkin lives the life of a private citizen. The show flopped and was cancelled after one season. Miss Tonkin says she was ‘infatuated’ with the princess’s husband and her diary entry for that night was filled with kisses formed into the shape of a horseshoe. She later admitted to having been infatuated with the dashing Army officer.
Britain's Express newspaper reported Zara, who spent part of her gap year in New Zealand, has never spoken to Felicity despite having a close relationship with her other half-sister, Stephanie, the 17-year-old daughter of Phillips and second wife Sandy. ‘I wish I could wake up one morning in the knowledge that the record had been put straight and I don’t have to worry any more.’. William has his mother Diana’s height. Felicity is Mark Phillips’ lovechild, conceived after a one-night stand. She had a lot of fun and won the odd ribbon but she doesn’t compete.’. When asked by a journalist if he would meet Felicity, he brusquely replied, “Wrong subject”. For her new son’s father is English expat Tristan ‘Tricky’ Wade, one of three polo playing brothers from Sussex who have long been fixtures on the same fields as William and Harry.
"There's nothing fancy about them at all," one New Zealand local told the Daily Mail . Infamously, he left his riding boots outside the door to help her find the right room.
No stranger to medical dramas, Henderson starred on Shortland St from 1992-1995 as teenage hunk Stuart Neilson, and won a best actor gong for the role at the New Zealand Film and Television Awards in 1993. Then Hollywood beckoned - via a few roles in Australia - and Henderson was cast in the lead of Off The Map, a short-lived 2011 ABC series about aid workers abroad. ‘There’s nothing fancy about them at all,’ says one local in New Zealand. Born in California, Miss Hough is the daughter of another Olympian, Charles “Champ” Hough, who won a bronze medal in team eventing at the Helsinki Games in 1952. While Mark and Princess Anne had already separated at the time of the bombshell confirmation that Mark had fathered a love child, the news prompted Anne to start divorce proceedings. Henderson is set to be the heartthrob replacement to Patrick "McDreamy" Dempsey in the wake of the fan favourite's shocking departure. Mike Tindall takes a much-needed break from daddy duties at... Mike and Zara Tindall's mini Mia! But her grandmother says she is now so focused on her work, and her beloved 60-year-old mother, who has never married, that she is highly unlikely even to follow TV news reports of Zara’s big day. People here are very fussy about vets and yet Felicity has a great reputation.’. Felicity is Mark Phillips’ lovechild, conceived after a one-night stand with New Zealand art teacher Heather Tonkin in an Auckland hotel room in 1984 while Phillips was still married to the Princess. Ironically, he announced two years ago that he would step down as Chef d’Equipe of the US team after the London 2012 Olympics, saying his transatlantic commuting was “not getting any easier”. Do you think Prince William was right, or wrong, not to make it public that he'd contracted Covid 19 at.
But I have never been able to tell her. Felicity, a successful equine vet in South Auckland, is married to Tristan Wade, a polo player. “Zara has never been in touch with her -– nobody has,” she told Daily Mail in 2011.