Mike Tindall, the husband of the late Queen's eldest granddaughter Zara Tindall, has peeled back the curtain on what life is like inside the Royal Family - and what it was like spending time with the late monarch
Mike Tindall has opened up on what life is really like within the Royal Family and shared anecdotes about the late Queen Elizabeth. The former rugby ace wed the Queen's granddaughter, Zara, 13 years ago and the pair now have three children. Neither Mike or Zara are working Royals, but are close with several members of the Firm such as the Prince and Princess of Wales.
He writes: "I'm sometimes asked if the Queen did informality like 'normal' people, and the answer to that is yes. Her life wasn't like an episode of Downton Abbey, with meals on long tables and everyone dressed in their finery every night, and Zara and I would often watch the racing with her on TV, as I'm sure lots of people reading this have done with their gran."
He continues: "There's a great picture of my daughter Mia sitting with the Duke of Edinburgh that captures exactly what those afternoons were like: members of a very close family who loved each other dearly spending precious time together. Yes, there's a lot of drama surrounding the royal family, but they aren't much different to anyone else underneath it all", reports the Mirror.
Mike and Zara have frequently been praised as being some of the most popular members of the Royal Family and earlier this year marked their 13th wedding anniversary. Speaking to OK! about their relationship, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond said: "They seem to just get better and better as the years go by.
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