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| Born | Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips (1981-05-15)15 May 1981 (age 43) St Mary's Hospital, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Mrs Michael Tindall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Exeter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Children | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Eventing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | zaratindall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall (née Phillips; born 15 May 1981) is a Britishequestrian,Olympian,socialite and member of theBritish royal family. She is the daughter ofAnne, Princess Royal, andCaptain Mark Phillips, and the eldest niece ofKing Charles III. She was born sixth in the line ofsuccession to the British throne during the reign of her maternal grandmotherElizabeth II, becoming 22nd in line as of 2025.
Tindall won theEventing World Championship inAachen in 2006. That same year, she was voted 2006BBC Sports Personality of the Year by the public. In 2012, she carried the Olympic flame atCheltenham Racecourse on her horseToytown. As a member of the Great Britain Eventing Team, she won asilver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, presented to her by her mother. She marriedrugby union playerMike Tindall in 2011 with whom she has 3 children.
Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips was born on 15 May 1981 in the Lindo Wing ofSt Mary's Hospital, London. She wasbaptised on 27 July 1981, at Windsor Castle. Her first name was suggested by her uncle,Charles, the thenPrince of Wales.[1] Her godparents are her maternal uncle, theDuke of York; theCountess of Lichfield; Helen, Lady Stewart, the wife ofSir Jackie Stewart;Andrew Parker Bowles; andHugh Thomas.[2] She has an elder brother,Peter, and two younger half-sisters, Felicity Wade (née Tonkin;[3] from her father's affair with Heather Tonkin) and Stephanie Phillips, from her father's second marriage toSandy Pflueger.[4]
Phillips attended Beaudesert Park School inStroud,Gloucestershire, andPort Regis School inShaftesbury,Dorset, before following other members of the royal family in attendingGordonstoun School inMoray, Scotland. During her schooldays, Phillips excelled at many sporting activities, representing her schools inhockey,athletics, andgymnastics. She later studied at theUniversity of Exeter and qualified as aphysiotherapist.[5][6]
After university, Phillips began to pursue an equestrian career, in the footsteps of her parents. In June 2003, she announced that she had secured a sponsorship deal withCantor Index, a leading company inspread betting, to help cover the costs of her equestrian career.[7] She finished as runner-up atBurghley Horse Trials in 2003 in her first four-star event.[8] Tindall missed the2004 Summer Olympics in Athens after her horse suffered an injury during training.[9]
Riding her horseToytown, Tindall collected individual and team gold medals at the 2005European Eventing Championship in Blenheim,[10] and individual gold and team silver medals at the2006 FEI World Equestrian Games inAachen, Germany, making her theEventing World Champion until 2010.[11][12] The same year, after her win in Germany, she was votedBBC Sports Personality of the Year by the British viewing public, an award her mother had won in 1971.[11] She was also appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the2007 New Year Honours for her services to equestrianism.[13] She won team gold at the 2007 European Eventing Championships in Italy, but did not defend her individual title in the show-jumping phase of the competition.[14]
TheBritish Olympic Association announced that Tindall would ride Toytown for the British equestrian team at the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 in Hong Kong;[15] however, Toytown was injured during training and she was forced to withdraw from the team.[16]
On 25 October 2008, Tindall fell from her horse, Tsunami II, at the 15th fence of a cross-country event atPau, France, and broke her right collarbone. The horse broke her neck after she tipped over the hedge and wasput down.[17] In July 2010 a range of equestrian clothing Tindall designed forMusto Outdoor Clothing, named ZP176 after Tindall's team number when she first represented her country, was launched.[18][19][20]
She competed in the2012 London Olympic Games on High Kingdom, and won a silver medal in the team event.[21] Tindall finished second atLuhmühlen Horse Trials 2013, on her top horse High Kingdom.[22] At the World Equestrian Games in 2014, Tindall and High Kingdom were part of the British team that won team silver.[23]Tindall stopped using her maiden name, Phillips, in March 2016. She competed for the first time as Zara Tindall during her unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the2016 Rio Olympic Games.[24] In 2017, she won the third place at theKentucky Three-Day Event on High Kingdom, before High Kingdom retired from the sport in 2018.[25][26] In January 2020 she became a non-executive director of theCheltenham Racecourse.[27] In August 2020, Tindall was selected for her first appearance on the British Team competing at theFEI Nations Cup in Le Pin au Haras, France.[28] In October 2021, Tindall competed in Maryland 5 Star atFair Hill and finished at 11th place with score 30.4, riding Gleadhill House Stud's 12-year-old horse Class Affair.[29] In May 2022, Tindall won the advanced class at the Chatsworth Horse Trials, riding Class Affair.[30]
Tindall frequently supports and attends events for various charitable causes, mainly revolving around spinal injuries, equestrianism, and children's causes. In 2005, she auctioned one of her evening gowns, worn at the London premiere of the filmSeabiscuit, to raise money for tsunami relief. She also undertook a visit to New Zealand in her role as patron of The Catwalk Trust.[31][32] From 1998 to 2005, she served as the president of Club 16–24, a group which encourages young people to take an interest in horse racing.[33] She is associated with Inspire, a Salisbury-based medical research charity which helps to improve the quality of life of people with spinal cord injuries. She is patron of Lucy Air Ambulance for Children,[34] which is the UK's first dedicated air transfer service to fly critically ill infants and children to hospitals for urgent care.
Tindall has appeared at events forThe Caudwell Charitable Trust, which targets children with special needs, disabilities and serious illnesses.[35] In 2006, she took part in a special charity day forCantor Index, 658 of whose staff were killed in the11 September 2001 attacks. In 2007, she became patron of the Mark Davies Injured Riders Fund.[36] To help withSport Relief 2008 she posed for a portrait by artistJack Vettriano.[37] In 2009, she attended a celebrity poker tournament inMonaco in aid ofDarfur, Sudan.[38] In October 2010, she attended a celebrity poker tournament in London, in aid ofCancer Research UK, of which she is patron. In 2011, she auctioned another evening gown in aide of theChristchurch earthquake appeal, raising £22,000. In 2013, she visited the Stroud Maternity Ward to celebrate their 60th anniversary. In 2014, Tindall lent her support to the #bringbackourgirls campaign.[39] In April 2020, Tindall participated in an Equestrian Relief initiative to provide increasedpersonal protective equipment forNational Health Service workers.[40]
In June 2015, Tindall launched an equestrian-themed jewellery collection, named "Zara Phillips Collection", in collaboration with Australian designer John Calleija.[41]On 17 September 2022, during the period ofofficial mourning for Queen Elizabeth II, Tindall joined her brother and six cousins to mounta 15-minute vigil around the coffin of the Queen, as itlay in state atWestminster Hall.[42] On 19 September, with her husband Mike and daughter Mia, she joined other family members at the state funeral.[43]
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Zara Phillips metrugby union playerMike Tindall, who was playing for theEngland national team, during their Rugby World Cup-winning campaign in Australia in 2003. They became engaged in 2010.[44] As was at that time required by theRoyal Marriages Act 1772, the Queen gave her consent to the marriage in a meeting of thePrivy Council on 10 May 2011.[45] The couple held a celebration on the royal yachtBritannia prior to the wedding.[46]
They married on 30 July 2011 at theCanongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland, with 400 guests in attendance.[46][47] Heroff-the-rack ivory silk dress designed byStewart Parvin featured "a chevron-pleated bodice, a dropped waist, and a 'cathedral-length' train".[48][49] TheMeander Tiara was lent to her and secured the veil.[50] A reception was held atHolyrood Palace following the service.[46][51]
The Tindalls lived inCheltenham, Gloucestershire, before moving to Aston Farm, a seven-bedroom farmhouse next to the Princess Royal'sGatcombe Park estate.[52][53] Tindall gave birth to a daughter, Mia Grace on 17 January 2014 atGloucestershire Royal Hospital, who was born 16th, later 23rd in the line of succession.[54] Tindall's next two pregnancies ended inmiscarriage.[55] Their second daughter, Lena Elizabeth was born on 18 June 2018 at the Stroud Maternity Hospital, and was born 19th, later 24th in the line of succession.[56][57] Their third child, son Lucas Philip, was born on 21 March 2021 at the family home in Gatcombe Park, and was born 22nd, later 25th in the line of succession.[58] Tindall is godmother toPrince George of Wales, the son of her cousinWilliam, Prince of Wales.[59]
In December 2000, Tindall was involved in a serious car crash nearBourton-on-the-Water, escaping serious injury after overturning herLand Rover.[7] In January 2020, she was banned from driving for six months after accumulating 12 points on her driving licence. It was also announced that the court was fining her "£666 plus costs and avictim surcharge of £151".[60]
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30 December 2006: Member of theMost Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE)[13]Wade, former Tonkin, is the daughter of Mark Phillips - also father to Queen Elizabeth's grandchildren Zara Tindall and her brother Peter Phillips.
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| Preceded by Isla Phillips | Line of succession to the British throne 22nd in line | Succeeded by Mia Tindall |
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| Preceded by | Ladies Zara Tindall | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2006 | Succeeded by |
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