Harriet Sperling joined Peter Phillips and his family at the Badminton Horse Trials on Saturday, appearing in public with the man she will marry on 6 June. The former NHS nurse went to the Gloucestershire event with Phillips and his daughters, Isla and Savannah, alongside Mike and Zara Tindall.
The outing put Sperling alongside the family she is set to join, in a scene that showed the relationship moving further into public view before the wedding. By the end of the day, the pair were described as looking deeply affectionate, holding hands, leaning into each other and smiling throughout.
Sperling’s outfit also drew attention. She wore a wax jacket by Dubarry, a brand closely associated with royal wardrobes and long favored by Princess Anne, who has worn Dubarry knee-high boots at several engagements. Anne wore them to the ISDS International Sheep Dog Trials in 2024 and again in 2020, when she marked the 50th anniversary of the Cleveland Way National Trail in Yorkshire. Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, is also often seen in Dubarry boots on farm visits, while the Princess of Wales is known to be a fan of the label.
For the Badminton visit, Sperling paired the jacket with a Wiggy Kit blouse and Me + Em jeans, and she carried an Anya Hindmarch handbag. She also wore Audley Sunglasses from Finlay and finished the look with sunglasses from Finlay The Westbourne and a pair of Adidas trainers, according to the report. Royal watchers often pay close attention to those brands because of their ties to Catherine and other senior royals.
The appearance matters because it offered a small but clear glimpse of how Sperling is already being folded into Phillips’s family life before the wedding. It also underlined how clothing choices around royal-adjacent events continue to attract scrutiny, especially when they echo labels worn by Anne, the Princess of Wales and other familiar faces in the orbit around the family.
What happens next is straightforward enough: the wedding is due on 6 June, and Sperling is likely to remain in the public eye as that date approaches. Saturday’s outing suggests the transition is already well under way.
