Zara Anne Eliazbeth Phillips was born in Paddington, London, England UK on May 15, 1981
to Princess Anne and Mark Phillips. She is 11th in the British Order of Succession. At present, Zara only undertakes royal duties associated with her equestrian career. She's the eldest granddaughter of
HM Queen Elizabeth II and
HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, she is 12 in the
British Order of Succession.
Education:
Zara was educated at Port Regis Prep School in Dorset , England and at British Salem School in Gordonstoun, Scotland.
Siblings:
Zara has an older brother Peter Phillips was born in November 1977, and two half-sisters, Felicity Tonkin was born in 1985 to her father and his former mistress and Stephanie was born in 1997 from her father's second marriage.
Career:
Following in both her parents' footsteps, Zara is an accomplished
equestrian sportswoman. In June 2003, Zara announced that she had secured a sponsorship deal with
Cantor Index, a leading company in
spread betting to help cover the costs of her equestrian career.
Together with her horse
Toytown, she collected individual and team gold medals at the 2005
European Eventing Championship in Blenheim and individual gold and team silver medals at the
2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in
Aachen,
Germany, making her the reigning
Eventing World Champion.
However, despite winning team gold at the 2007 European Eventing Championships in Italy, she failed to defend her own individual title after a problem in the show jumping phase of the competition.
Royal Engagement:
As the eldest granddaughter of
Queen Elizabeth II, Zara carries out duties on behalf of
The Royal Family. In 2003, Zara and
HRH The Princess Royal took part in the first UK double ship-naming ceremony in Southampton.
HRH The Princess Royal named the
P&O Cruises liner Oceana and Zara named its sister ship Adonia.
Zara frequently attends various events for charity and has taken to supporting certain causes herself, mainly for spinal injuries, equestrian charities and children's causes.
In 2005 she auctioned off one of her evening gowns (worn at the London premiere of the film Seabiscuit) to help with
tsunami relief. She also undertook a royal visit to
New Zealand in her role as patron of The Catwalk Trust.
From 1998 to 2005 she served as the president of Club 16-24, a group which encourages young people to take an interest in racing.
Zara is also linked to INSPIRE, the Salisbury based medical research charity that helps to improve the quality of life of people with spinal cord injuries, and Sargent Cancer Care for Children, the UK's leading children's cancer charity.
Zara also appears at events for The Cauldwell Charitable Trust, which is targeted at children with special needs, disabilities and serious illnesses.
Zara has continued her family's long patronage of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and has visited on many occasions.
In 2006, Zara took part in a special charity day for Cantor Index, whose staff were killed in the attacks on
September 11, 2001.
In 2007, Zara became patron of the Mark Davies Injured Riders Fund
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