Harold Pedro Joseph Phillips, FRGS (6 November 1909 – 27 October 1980) was a British lieutenant colonel in the Coldstream Guards.
During World War II, he was assigned to the British Security Co-ordination in New York City, under William Stephenson, and the Allied Mission in Washington, D.C.[1] Sometime in the 1930s, Phillips became involved with Edwina, Lady Louis Mountbatten.
[2] Bunnie spent a great deal of time with Edwina and befriended her two daughters, Patricia and Pamela.
Lord Louis considered divorcing Edwina, but due to his personal admiration for Phillips and his own affair with Yola Letellier, did not proceed.
Bunnie and Gina eventually became engaged on the train to Lynden Manor, the Milford Haven's home in Holyport, Berkshire.