Zara Tindall

Birth Day May 15th, 1981
Birth Place Paddington, West London
Age 42 Years Old

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About Zara Tindall

Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips shortly named Zara Tindall is an Equestrian and Olympian. She is a member of the British royal family as she is the second child and only daughter of Anne, Princess Royal, and Captain Mark Phillips. She is the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At her birth, she was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne; she is currently 18th in line. She has also won the Eventing World Championship in Aachen in the year 2006 and she was voted 2006 BBC Sports Personality of the Year by the British television viewing public (an award her mother won in 1971) in the same year. She was also appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours for her services to equestrianism. In the year 2012, she carried an Olympic flame at Cheltenham Racecourse on her horse Toytown. In January 2020, Tindall was banned from driving for six months after accumulating 12 points on her license. In August 2020, she was selected for her first appearance on the British Team competing at the prestigious FEI Nations Cup in Le Pin au Haras, France.

Zara Tindall is famous for being an Equestrian and Olympian. She is best known for being appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours for her services to equestrianism. She is well recognized for being the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

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Zara Tindall was born on 15th May 1981. Her born name/full name is Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips. She stopped using her maiden name, Phillips, in March 2016. She was christened on 27th July 1981, at Windsor Castle; her first name was suggested by her uncle, the Prince of Wales. Her place of birth is in St. Mary's Hospital in Paddington, West London. As of 2020, she celebrated her 39th birthday. She was born to her parents; Princess Anne (mother) and her first husband Mark Phillips (father). She is the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh. Her godparents are her maternal uncle, the Duke of York; the Countess of Lichfield; Helen, Lady Stewart, the wife of Sir Jackie Stewart; Andrew Parker Bowles; and Hugh Thomas. She also has siblings; an older brother, Peter Phillips, and two half-sisters, Felicity Tonkins and Stephanie Phillips. She is British by nationality and she belongs to British-White ethnicity. Her religion is Christian and Leo is her Zodiac sign. Concerning her education, she attended Beaudesert Park School in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and Port Regis School in Shaftesbury, Dorset, before following other members of the royal family in attending Gordonstoun School in Moray, Scotland. During her schooldays, Phillips excelled at many sporting activities, representing her schools in hockey, athletics, and gymnastics. She later studied at the University of Exeter and qualified as a physiotherapist. She has shown her passion for horse-riding from an early age. She is an accomplished equestrian. 

Zara Tindall is a beautiful woman with a height of 5 ft 6 in and her bodyweight consist of 64 Kg. She has a blonde hair color with a pair of blue eyes. She has a well-maintained slim body build with a glowing smile attracting a lot of people's attention towards her. Whereas the exact details about her body measurements are still to get revealed yet. 

Zara Tindall's Career

  • Firstly, Zara started pursuing her career in equestrian following the footsteps of her parents. 
  • In June 2003, Zara announced that she had secured a sponsorship deal with Cantor Index.
  • She then finished runner up at Burghley Horse Trials in the year 2003 in her first four-star event. 
  • Due to injury, she missed the 2004 Summer Olympics. 
  • She then collected individual and team gold medals at the 2005 European Eventing Championship in Blenheim, and individual gold and team silver medals at the 2006 FEI World Equestrian Games in Aachen, Germany, riding her horse 'Toytown' and making her the reigning Eventing World Champion until 2010. 
  • In the same year, she was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the year. 
  • She was also appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2007 New Year Honours for her services to equestrianism. 
  • She later won team gold at the 2007 European Eventing Championships in Italy. However, she failed to defend her individual title after a problem in the show-jumping phase.
  • She then fell from Tsunami II, at the 15th fence of a cross-country event at Pau, France on 25th October 2008 which broke her right collarbone.
  • In the year 2009, she announced she was designing her own range of equestrian clothing for Musto Outdoor Clothing.
  • She was announced as a member of the British Equestrian team for the 2012 London Olympic Games on 11th June 2012. 
  • She then competed in the Olympics in the High Kingdom and won a silver medal in the team event. 
  • She finished second at Luhmuhlen Horse Trials 2013, on her top horse High Kingdom.
  • At the World Equestrian Games in the year 2014, Tindall and High Kingdom were part of the British team that won team silver.
  • She competed for the first time as Zara Tindall during her unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. 
  • She was selected for her first appearance on the British Team competing at the prestigious FEI Nations Cup in Le Pin au Haras, France in August 2020. 

Zara Tindall's Husband, Mike Tindell

Reflecting the marital status of Zara Tindall, she is a married woman. She married her handsome boyfriend whose name goes by Mike Tindall. Their wedding took place on 30th July 2011. By profession, Zara's spouse, Mike Tindall is a former captain of the English rugby team at the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh. The duo met each other during England's Rugby World Cup-winning campaign in Australia in 2003. What's more, the married couple is also blessed with a daughter named Mia Grace Tindall (born 17th January 2014 at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital). She expected her second child in late spring 2017 but she miscarried the baby a few days before Christmas 2016. Their next two pregnancies ended in miscarriage before their second daughter, Lena Elizabeth Tindall who was born on 18 June 2018 at the Stroud Maternity Hospital. 

Zara Tindall with her husband, Mike Tindall

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At present, Zara Tindall is pregnant with their child. Her husband announced the news during an episode of his podcast "The Good, the Bad and the Rugby" published Wednesday. "It's been a good week for me, had a little scan last week third Tindall on its way," he said. "We're not sure what to do Covi or Covina - I don't know where to go with names." Mike Tindall was also asked whether he had a preference on the sex of the child. "I'd like a boy this time, I've got two girls, I would like a boy," he said. "I'll love it whatever whether a boy or a girl - but please be a boy." She is godmother to Prince George of Cambridge, the son of her cousin, the Duke of Cambridge. Her sexual orientation is straight and the couple is living a pleasant life without any problems and issues of divorce. 

Zara supports and attends events for various charitable causes, mainly revolving around spinal injuries, equestrianism, and children's causes. From 1998 to 2005, she served as the president of Club 16-24, a group that encourages young people to take an interest in racing. She is the patron of Lucy Air Ambulance for Children, which is the UK's first dedicated air transfer service to fly critically ill infants and children to hospitals for urgent care. She has appeared at events for The Caudwell Charitable Trust, which targets children with special needs, disabilities, and serious illnesses. In 2007, she became the patron of the Mark Davies Injured Riders Fund. In 2014, she lent her support to the #bringbackourgirls campaign. Recently, in April 2020, Tindall participated an Equestrian Relief initiative that would provide increased personal protective equipment for NHS workers.

Zara Tindall's child, Mia

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Zara Tindall's Net Worth 2020

Zara Tindall is a famous equestrian and Olympian who was born to the Royal family will certainly have a net worth of millions. As of 2020, the net worth of Zara is estimated to have $20 Million whereas her exact salary figure is still to get unfold yet but there is no doubt in the mind of her followers that she is making a good amount of money throughout her career. Her major source of wealth comes from her horseriding career and she is living a luxurious lifestyle from her earnings. 

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