MIKE Tindall says he told his wife Zara not to write to him on I'm A Celeb - but she broke his strict "rule". The ex-rugby player - who is married to the King's niece Zara Phillips - called his wife "sneaky" for defying him.
Speaking on Good morning Britain today, dad-of-three Mike said: "The hardest thing about the whole show, especially when you've got three little ones as well, is being away for that period of time.. "Originally she [Zara] wasn't going to write me the note.
I carry them [the family] quite close to the surface anyway. "In that situation I tried to put emotions quite far down below, so wanted my brother to write the letter and he would take the mickey out of me a bit more so it would be a grounding one rather than bringing it all back to the surface. "She was sneaky on me.
She was a sneaky little one she was there so it got me a little bit that." READ MORE ON I'M A CELEBawkward! I'm A Celeb fans spot telltale sign Ant and Dec were relieved as Matt comes thirdjungle king I'm A Celeb fans 'work out' Owen Warner's next TV gig after finishing second Added how he got through his toughest moments, Mike added: "We had a great camp that got everyone through whatever the wobbly moment was. "Coming from a team background, my biggest worry was that if the dynamic wasn't right, it was going to make for a bad time, "But I had 11 great friends in there and it made for a wicked camp." I’m A Celebrity fans were gobsmacked when Zara met Mike on the famous bridge.
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