By Rebecca English PUBLISHED: 22:46 EST, 3 May 2012 | UPDATED: 20:02 EST, 4 May 2012 Princess Anne’s former husband, Captain Mark Phillips, is to divorce for the second time after a year-long romance with a woman 30 years his junior. The 63-year-old – who is father to the Queen’s grandchildren Peter and Zara Phillips – has left his wife Sandy for American equestrienne Lauren Hough, it emerged last night. It is understood Captain Phillips has already left the marital home in Cherington, Gloucestershire, and plans to set up home with Miss Hough, 35, in Florida. Proud father: Capt. Phillips with Zara, left, and Olympian Lauren Hough, right
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Friend said affair had been going on for a year
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Princess Anne's ex has left home he shared with second wife Sandy, 58
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He told source: 'I might only be alive for another five or ten years so I might as well be happy'
It said: ‘Captain and Mrs @placeholder are separating and divorce proceedings have commenced.