Autumn Patricia Kelly[1] (born May 3, 1978) is the Canadian-born former wife of Peter Phillips, who is the son of Anne, Princess Royal and the eldest grandchild of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
[2] She was baptised on June 18, 1978, at Saint John Fisher Parish Church, and raised in Cedar Park, Pointe-Claire, in the English-speaking West Island region of Montreal.
[5] It was reported in 2007 that St Thomas' was where Kelly had both excelled at sports and had also studied alongside fellow student and friend, actress Casey McKinnon.
[3][6] Kelly then attended McGill University, during which time she worked as a bartender, model,[3] and actress, appearing in the 1996 film Rainbow, taking the non-speaking, though credited, role of Tigrette Number 3,[7] and later in the television series Sirens.
[11] Before meeting him, she had accepted a job with an American computer firm in England,[9] and later worked as a personal assistant to broadcaster Michael Parkinson,[9] while also attending royal events, such as the dinner party at the Ritz Hotel for the Queen's 80th birthday.
[4][16] That fact received widespread press coverage and drew attention to the Act of Settlement's bar on Catholics ascending to the throne, and prompted calls in both Canada and the United Kingdom for the respective prime ministers to consider the issue.
[19] In 2010, they returned to London after living in Hong Kong, where Peter Phillips had a job with the Royal Bank of Scotland, heading its sports sponsorship activities in the region.