"Sarah Anne Staples, who died at Swindon, 3 December 2014, aged 63, was the sister of Capt Mark Phillips, first husband of the Princess Royal, and a descendant of the Tiarks landed family, formerly of Foxbury.
"She was born Sarah Anne Phillips, 25 March 1951, only daughter of Maj Peter William Garside Phillips, MC (1920-98), by his wife the former Anne Patricia Tiarks (1926-88).
"She married 9 May 1981, Francis A (Frank) Staples, son of Maj A J Staples, without issue.
"Her funeral was held at the Church of St Peter & St Paul, Great Somerford, Wiltshire, on Friday 19 December 2014."
Peerage News (11 Dec 2014).[1]
Tiarks of Foxbury.[2]
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