The royal couple jointly agreed to separate after informing the Queen and family members last year, their spokesman Gerard Franklin said on Tuesday.
CNN’s new Original Series goes inside the story of the world’s most famous Royal family. “The Windsors: Inside the Royal Dynasty” premieres Sunday, February 16 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Follow along with #TheWindsorsCNN. The couple said their first priority would remain “the continued well-being and upbringing of their wonderful daughters,” Savannah, nine, and Isla, seven.
“Both families were naturally sad at the announcement, but fully supportive of Peter and Autumn in the joint decision to co-parent their children,” the statement continued.
The couple will both continue to live in Gloucestershire, where they have been settled for a number of years.
The Phillipses are not senior royals but decided to release the statement after press speculation around the marriage.
Peter is the son of
Princess Anne — the Queen and Prince Philip’s daughter — and Mark Phillips. He is the older brother of Olympian Zara Phillips.