This time last year, Harriet Sperling and Peter Phillips revealed their plans to marry amid a bevvy of high society engagements – could a new couple follow in their footsteps this summer? As the summer sun beat down at the start of August, not one but three bastions of the social scene announced their engagements. Peter Phillips, son of Princess Anne, dubbed the most eligible man in the royal family, revealed that he was to be married to Harriet Sperling. So too, Lady Eliza Spencer, niece of Princess Diana, shared the news that she was tying the knot with Channing Millerd. Peter and Harriet revealed their news in the time-honoured tradition of the royal family: with an official engagement portrait and an announcement in the press.