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[post_page_title]Mark Phillips’ little secret[/post_page_title]

When Princess Anne first married Mark Phillips, they seemed made for each other. But as the years went on, it began to seem that a shared love of horses isn’t enough to keep a marriage going. The press noticed them growing apart. In 1983, Phillips allegedly had a one night stand with Heather Tonkin, an art teacher from New Zealand. We say ‘allegedly’…Heather had a child called Felicity nine months later and took Phillips to court to force him to legally recognise her as his child.

Mark Phillips’ little secret

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