Zara and Mike Tindall’s incredible love story from meeting at a pub to lavish private wedding
15.09.2022 - 11:33
/ ok.co.uk
Zara Tindall and her husband Mike Tindall paid their respects to Her Majesty the Queen yesterday during a service at the Palace of Westminster. 41 year old Zara, who is the daughter of Princess Anne, was pictured looking emotional as she joined other members of her family at the emotional service where she could be seen being supported by her loving husband.
After first meeting nearly 20 years ago, the couple have one of the most enduring marriages within the royal family and are often pictured looking loved-up at sporting events and country fairs. The pair first met during the Australian Rugby World Cup in 2003 when 43 year old Mike was playing for his country and when Zara was on a gap year.
For all of the latest updates, sign up for OK!'s Royal newsletter. After rugby player Mike was dropped from the squad shortly before the semi-final, he ventured out to a local pub with two of his mates, Martin Corry and Austin Healy, and quickly bumped into his wife-to-be.
Speaking to the Daily Mail in 2011 about their first meeting, he explained: “Austin gave me her number and said, 'She wants you to text her, to say where you're all going out after the final so she can come along.” Following their initial encounter, the pair began talking and their relationship went from strength to strength. Despite their different backgrounds, Zara and Mike hit it off and became an official item in April 2004, with Zara even introducing the sportsman to her mother, the Princess Royal.
“Zara’s mum is a legend and her father is lovely too,” Mike once said in an interview. “My mates in Wakefield are forever asking how I fit in among the Royal Family but they are really down to earth.” With Mike’s former career as a rugby player and with Zara’s
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