Zara's royal fans

Mar 27, 2007, 12:10 GMT

Britain's Princess Anne watched her daughter Zara Phillips take part in her latest horsing event at the weekend.

Zara, 25, was cheered on by her mother, her brother Peter and her rugby star boyfriend Mike Tindall as she competed in the Gatcombe Park Horse Trials in Gloucestershire.

Anne, 56, was even happy to muck-in and rushed to help fix a fence which came down during the course of the day.

Also present was 29-year-old Peter's Canadian-born girlfriend Autumn Kelly, 31.

According to reports, Peter and Autumn are expected to be the next royal couple to announce an engagement - ahead of Zara and Mike and Prince William and Kate Middleton.

A source told Britain's Hello! magazine: "Peter knows Autumn is great for him. She loves him for himself and not because of his royal connections. Peter is still relatively young but he knows it is only a matter of time before he pops the question. It is certainly something he has been thinking about."

Peter and Autumn met in 2003 at the Montreal Grand Prix. Queen Elizabeth invited the pretty blonde and former management consultant on her summer tour of the Western Isles last year, marking her approval of their relationship.

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