Peter Phillips makes his public debut with his girlfriend

The Queen‘s grandson Peter Phillips has made his public debut with his new girlfriend, a year after divorcing his wife Autumn. 

Peter, 44, was joined by old school friend Lindsay Wallace as he attended the Epsom Derby with his mother Princess Anne and sister and brother-in-law Zara and Mike Tindall. 

Rumours of a romance between Peter and Lindsay first emerged last year and he showed he was serious about his new love when he brought her to his nephew’s Christening in November last year. 

He then took the highly significant step of introducing Ms Wallace, the daughter of an oil tycoon, to his grandmother the Queen.

The Queen ‘s grandson Peter Phillips has made his public debut with his new girlfriend, a year after divorcing his wife Autumn

Peter, 44, was joined by old school friend Lindsay Wallace as he attended the Epsom Derby with his mother Princess Anne and sister and brother-in-law Zara and Mike Tindall

Peter Phillips arrived at Epsom with his girlfriend Lindsay Wallace, who looked stunning in a long-sleeved coral dress 

Zara put on a stunning display in a vibrant blue dress as she joined her husband at the Epsom Derby on Saturday afternoon 

Princess Anne was typically elegant in a cream coat and matching dress as she attended the event with her children

Princess Anne was joined by her husband Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence at the Epsom Derby on Saturday

A spokesman for Mr Phillips confirmed at the time that Ms Wallace, 40, had accompanied him to the joint christening of Zara and Mike Tindall’s son, Lucas, and Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s son, August, in Windsor yesterday. 

Oil tycoon’s daughter Ms Wallace, a mother of two, knows Mr Phillips and his sister, Zara Tindall, from their school days at £40,000-a-year Gordonstoun.

It is understood Ms Wallace and Mr Phillips have become close after spending time together following the breakdown of both of their marriages. Mr Phillips finalised his divorce from wife Autumn in June, 16 months after announcing their separation. 

The couple share daughters Savannah, 11, and Isla, 10, and continue to live on Princess Anne’s Gatcombe Park estate, in Gloucestershire.   

Mr Phillips made headlines in March 2021 when he was spotted visiting Ms Wallace’s home in St Cyrus, near Montrose, Aberdeenshire, sparking concerns he had breached lockdown restrictions to make the 460-mile round trip from his Gloucestershire home.

At the time the royal insisted the trip to Scotland was made as a marketing consultant for company XF Medical, set up last June to provide rapid Covid tests and antibody tests for businesses, although sources said he was ‘besotted’ by Ms Wallace.

Ms Wallace, who has also split from her husband, was in the same year as Zara at Gordonstoun, the respected Scottish school also attended by Prince Charles. She was among the guests at the royal’s 2011 wedding to rugby star Mike Tindall. 

The ‘friendship’ between Mr Phillips and Ms Wallace first came to light when furious locals called the police on seeing Peter’s car at Ms Wallace’s £475,000 home in the village of St Cyrus in March. 

Officers ‘issued advice’ but Peter said he was staying there overnight while on business, leading Police Scotland to conclude he was not breaking lockdown rules that only allowed ‘essential travel’ to the country. He had reportedly visited Ms Wallace in August 2020. 

Peter announced the end of his marriage to Canada-born Autumn, 41, in February 2020 and finalised their divorce in June 2021.