Zara and Mike's down-to-earth parenting – as daughter Lena celebrates milestone

ok.co.uk:

Zara and Mike Tindall are among the most popular members of the Royal Family and frequently bring a sense of fun and informality to high-profile events.The couple have three children, Mia nine, Lena, five and Lucas, two and, despite their royal profile, the family of five are frequently pictured having a brilliant time at events near their home in Gloucestershire.

As Lena celebrates her fifth birthday today (Sunday, June 18), OK! has spoken to royal expert Jennie Bond about the couple's parenting style and how they are "doing their best to give their children as normal life as possible." Speaking to OK!, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond spoke about Zara and Mike's lives at home with their three young children.

She said: "These two seem to manage the ultimate high wire act, being very much a part of the royal family and very much loved by everyone in that family, while also enjoying a fun filled social life, and being completely down to earth with everyone they meet. "They don’t complain about pictures of their young family out and about, especially at sporting events, and seem to be bringing up their children to be as normal as possible - even though their great-uncle is The King!" As for little Lena, Jennie adds: "Lena looks like a cheeky little girl - especially when we saw her with her tongue out at Platinum Jubilee and when she wouldn't share her sweets with Prince Louis. "She is obviously very close to Princess Charlotte, which we saw when they sweetly cosied up together in the stands to look at the pageant programme. "I’m sure, Mike and Zara will continue to do their best to give their children as normal life as possible, just as Zara’s mother, the Princess Royal, insisted that her children should not.