Mike Tindall says it was “sad, emotional but happy” to see the royal family uniting in the wake of Queen Elizabeth’s death. The former rugby player, 43, whose equestrian champion wife is the late monarch’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, 41, told how the royals dealt with the Queen’s passing during a special episode of his ‘The Good, The Bad and The Rugby’ podcast.
He said the family “came together” as soon as the Queen died on September 8 aged 96 at her home in Balmoral. Mike added: “It’s been sad, emotional but happy, in some ways amazing, to see the family come so close together overnight. “You never predict it.
A 96-year-old lady – you know it’s going to happen but you’re never ready for when it does. “Watching what Zara had to go through, obviously she loved the Queen beyond everything else. “Their connection with horses, they had a real bond around that.
It’s like the world has lost its grandmother in some way. ” Mike and Zara attended a string of events with the Queen and were often seen laughing at horseracing meets.
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