Princess Anne’s daughter has opened up about her royal relatives

Zara Tindall on day four of the 2025 Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse. (Image: Mike Egerton/PA Wire.)

Zara Tindall has spoken of the “struggles” in the Royal Family, and singled out one key member as being a big inspiration to her.

The 43-year-old daughter of Princess Anne said: “It is very hard to see from the outside but, 100 per cent, it is a family that is still going through the same struggles other people do.

“Whether they are relationships, obviously, it is very easy to see every day. We’re still very supportive of each other.”

Zara singled out her late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, for high praise.

“We had a very incredible person to look up to who is sadly not here any more,” the mother of three said.

“She was amazing and an inspiration to all of us.”

The renowned equestrian also opened up about the early days of her relationship with former England rugby captain Mike Tindall.

She recalled a “lunch or dinner” date in 2003 with the ex I’m A Celeb finalist, when he asked her for a kiss.

She revealed: “I said, ‘If you get naked, I will give you a kiss’. So he got naked, I gave him a kiss and then… anyway.”

“He was so drunk and he passed out and I had to leave him there.

“One of my mates had to come and pick him up. I can’t move a 20-stone rugby player when he has passed out.”

The couple tied the knot on July 30 2011, in Edinburgh, and now share three children together, Mia, Lena and Lucas.