Zara Tindall's huge wardrobe blunder at Queen's funeral nearly forced Prince Harry to step in
Zara Tindall has shared the hilarious moment she suffered a wardrobe blunder at the Queen's funeral - and considered sending Prince Harry to pick up her shoe.
Even Zara Tindall, an Olympic silver medallist, Royal equestrian and mother of three, isn't immune to a wardrobe malfunction during significant moments. As the late Queen lay in state at Westminster Hall, Zara, who turned 44 on Thursday, was among the Royal grandchildren standing vigil by the coffin.
Dressed in full mourning attire, she moved with the expected Royal grace. However, as she ascended the stone steps, disaster struck - her shoe slipped off. She said to guests at a charity dinner this week: "Did you see my shoe fell off? The heels I was wearing for the vigil?
"We were walking out, up the steps and I had tights on and my shoes were a little bit big. We were all walking up the steps and my shoe came off.
"William was in front of me and my brother was beside me." Faced with the predicament of leaving it behind or causing a scene, Zara did what any quick-thinking Royal would do - she briefly contemplated asking Prince Harry to retrieve it, reports the Mirror.
"I went up the next step and I was like 'Shall I pick it up...or shall I leave Harry to pick it up?' So yeah, basically, I picked it up quick and I walked in. William came around the corner and said 'What are you doing?' I was like: 'I have lost my shoe!'"
This incident was one of several revelations from Zara, daughter of Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips, as she spoke at the £210-per-head Sporting Club dinner in London. Zara Tindall, the daughter of Princess Anne, recently spoke about King Charles's Coronation last May.
She confessed: "I did not see it actually, where I was sat. He was around the corner. I could not see."
Zara even made a humorous remark about not recalling who presented her with an MBE in 2007. "Was it Granny? I think it was. I can't remember. Please don't tell anyone I just said that... I will kill you!!"
Zara is looking forward to celebrating her 44th birthday on Thursday with her husband Mike Tindall and their three children Mia, 11, Lena, six, and Lucas, four.
Meeting former rugby player Mike in Sydney back in 2003, initially she considered him "a bit boring," but that opinion swiftly changed after a few drinks. "He messaged me the whole time like 'Come for a drink.' I was actually hanging out with the All Blacks at the time!"
The pair tied the knot in 2011, with their offspring increasingly reflecting Zara's influence.
"There is never a dull moment," she shared. "Obviously my personality is coming out in the children and there are some (characteristics) that you love and some that you don't like."
Zara and Mike now display their accolades in a home bar, arranged above the spirits. "I've got more medals than him," she beamed.
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