Editing Mark Phillips (section)

==Military career==
Upon passing out from Sandhurst, Phillips was commissioned as a [[Second Lieutenant]] into the [[1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards]] in July 1969,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=44923 |date=22 August 1969 |page=8768 |supp=y }}</ref> he was promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|Lieutenant]] in January 1971.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=45287 |date=26 January 1971 |page=912 |supp=y }}</ref> By the time of his wedding to [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne]] in November 1973, Phillips was an acting [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Morgan|first1=Gwen|title=A Royal Wedding Album|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1973/11/15/page/92/article/a-royal-wedding-album|publisher=Chicago Tribune 15 November 1973|access-date=4 March 2016|quote=The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Michael Ramsey, blesses Princess Ann and Capt. Mark Phillips....|archive-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706211607/http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1973/11/15/page/92/article/a-royal-wedding-album|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 1974, he was appointed a [[Personal aide-de-camp]] to [[Queen Elizabeth II]].<ref name=ADC>{{London Gazette|issue=46174 |date=7 January 1974 |page=267 |supp=y }}</ref> Phillips was substantively promoted to captain in July 1975,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=46644 |date=28 July 1975 |page=9641 |supp=y }}</ref> and retired from the Army on 30 March 1978.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=47508 |date=10 April 1978 |page=4411 |supp=y }}</ref>

Phillips continued to style himself ''Captain'' Mark Phillips,<ref>[http://www.britroyals.com/family.asp?id=mark Mark Phillips] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230329135218/https://britroyals.com/family.asp?id=mark |date=29 March 2023 }}. Britroyals.com. Retrieved on 8 May 2014.</ref> as it is usual for retired cavalry captains to keep using their former rank if their civilian job involves working with horses, in particular in racing or equestrian sports.<ref>[http://www.debretts.com/forms-of-address/professions/armed-forces/army/retired.aspx Retired and Former Officers, The Army, Armed Forces, Professions, Forms Of Address | Debrett's] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227230614/http://www.debretts.com/forms-of-address/professions/armed-forces/army/retired.aspx |date=27 December 2009 }}. Debretts.com. Retrieved on 8 May 2014.</ref>