Peter Phillips’ divorced wife Autumn looks smitten by super-rich homes tycoon

She swapped Royalty for riches but Autumn Phillips has, until now, kept her romance with a wealthy property tycoon out of the spotlight.

Our exclusive pictures are the first to show the former wife of Peter Phillips, the Queen‘s eldest grandchild, with her new love Donal Mulryan, an Irish construction company boss who boasts that he has been behind more than £5 billion of property schemes.

The couple, who have been dating since last year, were photographed with Savannah, 11, and Isla, 10, her two daughters with Peter, on a Mother’s Day outing to the Cirencester horse trials.

Autumn appeared elegant yet casual in a smart green jacket, black skinny jeans and brown checked flat cap for the outing, while Donal wrapped up in a brown puffer jacket. 

Beneath the jacket he appeared to be smartly dressed in a blue shirt with chino trousers. 

Autumn’s eldest daughter Savannah was comfortable in a black puffer jacket, leggings and a cool red cap, while Isla opted for ripped jeans, a silver cap and a fluorescent pink hoodie.  

Our exclusive pictures are the first to show Autumn, the former wife of Peter Phillips (the Queen’s eldest grandchild), with her new love Donal Mulryan, an Irish construction company boss. The couple, who have been dating since last year, were photographed with Isla and Savannah, her two daughters with Peter, on a Mother’s Day outing to the Cirencester horse trials. Also pictured, right, is Mia, one of  Zara Tindall’s children

During the event, the foursome watched the girls’ aunt, Zara Tindall, compete on her gelding Class Affair. 

They were joined by Zara’s husband Mike and his three children, Mia, Lena and Lucas, who played happily while their mother competed.

‘It looked like a happy family day out,’ said an onlooker. 

‘Autumn and Donal were very relaxed about being seen together and totally focused on enjoying a couple of hours watching the horses and letting the children enjoy themselves.’ 

The couple watched the girls’ aunt, Zara, compete on her gelding Class Affair. In his 30-year career, 52-year-old London-based property magnate Donal (above with Autumn) has built 6 million sq ft of hotel, residential and commercial property in the UK

Autumn (above with Donal) continues to live on Princess Anne’s Gatcombe Park estate in Gloucestershire – five minutes from Cirencester Park which hosted the horse trials – so she can co-parent 11-year-old Savannah and ten-year-old Isla with Peter

Autumn appeared in high spirits during the outing with Donal, and could be seen sharing a laugh with her boyfriend and daughters while watching Zara compete. 

Meanwhile she playfully tugged on Donal’s hair, while he appeared to be enjoying a bottle of beer. 

Autumn and Philip’s children also appeared relaxed and familial with Donal – with Isla riding his shoulders during the event and resting her phone atop his head. 

Body language expert Judi James gave insight, saying: ‘Donal’s relationship intentions look clear from his body language here. As he pays Autumn flattering and rather intense eye-attention to illustrate what looks like his attraction and affection for her he also suggest he’s more than filling the role of relaxed step-dad to her daughters, wearing one on his shoulders while the other smiles happily beside him.

‘The trio look so comfortable and bonded here that it almost looks as though it is Donal who is the dad introducing his girls to their future step-mum. The way Autumn’s younger daughter sits resting her phone on Donal’s head as her legs dangle over his torso suggests this kind of fun behaviour is the norm between them and the way Donal wraps his arms around her feet and clasps his hands comfortably across his belly while gazing at Autumn shows he is more than used to playing with Autumn’s daughters while still showing Autumn some warm attention. In step-parent terms it looks like a perfect display, with Donal actually taking care of the children here while still only having eyes for their mother.

‘With her hat brim pulled over her eyes and her rather tight hand clasp in front of her own torso, Autumn looks a little less relaxed about the PDA with Donal. She does of course look smitten, smiling happily and bending her knees to lean back in a way of reacting that presumably flatters his as he speaks to her, but her response to his intense gaze is to look away as she laughs. 

‘There is a very active signal of her affection later though, when we can see her reaching up to playfully and tenderly touch his hair in a more intimate tie-sign gesture.

‘The key message from these poses though is that Donal, Autumn and her girls look like a relaxed and happily bonded family unit. Autumn’s body language with Peter Philips has looked totally amicable in public too, suggesting that, along with both Autumn and Peter’s low-drama and discreet displays, this might be an as amicable-looking divorce and re-partnering as Peter’s mother Anne managed with her ex…