The couple have been seeing each other
for
a couple of years now
Having recently graduated from Exeter University
with a degree in sports science, Peter Phillips was able to thoroughly relax
and enjoy the action at the Gatcombe Park horse trials which are held on his
home estate.
But he was particularly interested in the progress of one
of the competitors - the American rider Elizabeth Iorio, who has been the
girlfriend of the Queen's eldest grandson for two years now. Riding her horse,
Wily Wizard, she completed the cross-country course with just time faults.
The daughter of Massachusetts cod liver oil tycoon Theodore Iorio,
rumoured to be worth £100 million, Elizabeth has been a frequent visitor
to Gatcombe Park - and not only on business, but also for pleasure. Known by
her friends as Beth, the 25-year-old American is seen as one of the brightest
young talents on the US eventing scene. She met the Princess Royal's handsome
son, voted the sexiest royal alive by People magazine in 1998, when she
came to Britain with the US three day eventing team to stay with Peter's
father, Captain Mark Phillips, who is the US team coach, at his Berkshire
home
The media, it goes without saying, are more than interested in
Peter's love interest but, as befits the son of one of Britain's most
down-to-earth royals, he's keeping the details to himself. And when Elizabeth
was quizzed on her relationship with Peter, ninth in line to the throne, the
reporter was told: "I don't want to discuss it if you don't mind. I don't want
to be interviewed in any way." |
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PETER PHILLIPS
enjoys the
horse trials at Gatcombe in the company of his girlfriend Elizabeth
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Elizabeth was riding in the Gatcombe
Horse
Trials
The couple are obviously close |
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