It's hard to believe that Harriet Phillips has never taken part in a photoshoot before. The 46-year-old former NHS nurse is a natural in front of the camera, unruffled even as passing hotel guests do double-takes, and composed as she calms a nervous thoroughbred that has joined her for this exclusive HELLO! shoot.
Her elegance and poise befit the position she has held for less than five months – that of the newest member of the royal family.
On 6 June, the royals gathered to watch Gloucestershire-born Harriet marry Peter Phillips in a ceremony at the small Cotswolds church she had grown up attending. Guests included her new mother-in-law, the Princess Royal, along with the King and Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, her new brother- and sister-in-law, Mike and Zara Tindall, and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie.
The wedding to Peter, who is 20th in line to the throne, marked a new chapter for mother-of-one Harriet, instantly catapulting her to global recognition as she took her place in the most famous royal family in the world.
In a world exclusive, HELLO! sits down with Harriet in Gloucestershire for her first interview, in which she opens u...