Where do Mike and Zara Tindall live? Inside their countryside home in Gloucestershire
Zara and Mike Tindall have had their fair share of moments in the spotlight over the past year.
Quite aside from such royal celebrations as King Charles’ Coronation, Mike won himself plenty of new fans when he appeared on I’m A Celebrity in 2022, while the pair recently were seena getting into the spirit of Barbie mania with their own tribute to Greta Gerwig’s box office titan.
The 42-year-old niece of King Charles III and the former professional rugby player have been going strong ever since they tied the knot in 2010 and they now share three children; Mia, 9, Lena, 5, and Lucas, 2.
While the 44-year-old former England sports star boasts an impressive career, as does his wife Zara, who is a top professional eventer and Olympian in her own right.
But away from the spotlight, where do the couple and their family live?
Where do Mike and Zara Tindall live?
Like many members of the royal family, Mike and Zara Tindall live in one of the royal residences – but theirs is one of the less familiar houses within the family.
The couple live on Gatcombe Park Estate in Gloucestershire with their children, having moved there from their previous home in Cheltenham in 2013 in order to be closer to Zara’s mother, the Princess Royal.
Gatcombe Park has been the private residence of Princess Anne since the 1970s and Zara, along with her brother Peter, grew up on the 700-acre estate – with both children later having their own cottages there.
Although the couple tend to keep their own home private, a video they appeared in for William Hill earlier this year offered a rare peek at their abode, with wooden beams and an exposed brick wall glimpsed in the kitchen and living area, as well as pine wood flooring and a white marble table in the centre of the kitchen.
The Princess Royal previously described Gatcombe as ‘the perfect place to be yourself’, telling Countryfile: “It’s really nice to come back and just be yourself in an area like this.
While she also keeps her home under wraps, royal fans were treated to a look inside during the Covid lockdown, which was posted on the Royal Family’s social channels – which showed classical furnishings and floral prints adorning the main living room.
Where did Mike and Zara Tindall first meet?
Mike and Zara first met at the England team’s Rugby World Cup winning campaign in Australia in 2003.
Mike told his I’m A Celebrity campmates: ‘I was at the World Cup, she was out watching. I got dropped from the semi-final…so I went for a beer with another guy who got dropped and a guy who was over [in Sydney].
‘They’d met her before and they introduced us and then got chatting from there.’
The former Rugby union player discussed his first date with Zara, he said: ‘First actual date, just went out for lunch locally. And ended up being quite a boozy one.
‘Then we figured out that we both quite like getting smashed. It was a good start.’
Later, the Royal couple announced their engagement on December 21, 2010, and got married on May 10, 2011, at the Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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