Zara Tindall opens up about ‘struggles' in Royal Family and reveals how they cope
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ZARA Tindall has spoken of the 'struggles' in the Royal Family — and says they cope with problems like everyone else.
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.
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Zara Tindall says members of the Royal Family face personal challenges just like everybody else
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'Whether they are relationships, obviously it is very easy to see every day. We're still very supportive of each other.'
Addressing the London Sporting Club lunch, Zara also spoke about her late grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, who died in 2022.
She said: 'We had a very incredible person to look up to who is sadly not here any more.
"She was amazing and an inspiration to all of us.'
The ex-Olympic horse rider also told of getting together with husband Mike, 46 — after insisting that he stripped naked.
Recalling a 'lunch or dinner' date in 2003, she said the England rugby star asked her for a kiss.
She said: '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.'
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