Following Queen Elizabeth II’s death, the royal family had to adjust to properly greeting the new monarch, King Charles III.“You know when you’re following a routine?
So, I almost curtsied to the king the other day,” Mike Tindall — who is married to the king’s niece Zara Tindall (née Phillips) — admitted during the Tuesday, September 27, episode of his “The Good, The Bad & The Rugby” podcast. “Without thinking about it.
I was just following behind my wife, saw her curtsy, sort of — and then, fortunately, didn’t.”While the 43-year-old former rugby player — who married Zara in July 2011 — managed to “style out” his almost-bow, it may have looked odd to onlookers. “I might have looked like I stubbed my toe or something on the floor,” he quipped.Charles, 73, ascended the British throne following the death of the late sovereign, who died on September 8 at the age of 96.
Mike and Zara, 41, joined members of the royal family and visiting dignitaries at the queen’s state funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 20.
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