Mike Tindall and Zara Tindall are set for celebrations today to mark a major milestone.
Zara’s husband of 13 years, who is also a former England player, celebrated his 46th birthday today.
Princess Anne’s daughter and her husband live on the Gatcombe Park estate in Gloucestershire with their three children, Mia Grace, 10, Lena Elizabeth, six, and Lucas Philip, three.
It is likely that the royal couple, who do not undertake official duties, will be celebrating Mike’s birthday at home with the children today.
Zara Tindall (right) is 21st in line to the throne, but the pair are not working royals.
X / Mike Tindall
Mike, who married into the Royal Family in 2011, recently recalled marrying into the Firm as “easy”.
He wrote in his new book: “Believe it or not, marrying into the Royal Family was pretty easy for me. They were always nice to me, and I was always nice to them. Simple really.”
His wife, Zara, is 21st in line to the throne, but the pair are not working royals.
The royal couple met in 2003, the same year he experienced rugby success, winning the Rugby World Cup, through Prince Harry’s introduction at a bar in Sydney.
Mike and his wife, Zara Tindall, are believed to have fallen out with Harry and Meghan after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex left the Royal Family and publicly criticised them.
Instagram / Mike Tindall
He proposed in 2010, presenting Zara with a diamond ring estimated to be worth £140,000.
Mike is set to release his new book In the Good, the Bad & the Rugby—Unleashed on October 24.
He co-wrote the book with former England rugby teammate James Haskell.
Born in the market town of Otley in Leeds, in 1978, Mike started playing rugby at age seven in school.
The now 46-year-old royal made his England debut against Ireland at Twickenham in 2000 and continued his professional career for 17 more years. Mike won 75 international caps and scored 14 tries.
The retired rugby star also featured on series 22 of ITV’s I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here which aired in November 2022.
The couple’s three children, like their parents, do not have royal titles and are not expected to undertake official duties as adults.
Mike worked part-time at the fish and chip van while studying, and during an interview in 2006, he described it as the worst job he had ever had.
