How To Be Common With Royals: Zara Phillips
MORE efforts to show the world how common the Royal Family are.
Zara Phillips, daughter of a stable lad, tells GQ Sport magazine of life with rugby player Mike Tindall.
Michael, sorry, Mike, lives with Zara in a starter home, a “former gardener’s cottage” (Express), in the grounds of a rich person’s house, namely one Princess Anne.
“Everyone’s like ‘Wow, two World Cup winners in one house’ and that is quite funny I suppose.” And refreshingly normal.
But will Mike make a decent woman of Zara, not that living in sin is indecent, just modern and a sign that Zara has the common touch?
“I’m old-fashioned ,” says Zara, losing the plot, momentarily. “I think he should asks.”
Of course, what Zara means to say is that she doesn’t give a toss if Mike marries her or not, marriage is only a piece of paper and while in a “ideal world you’d be married first” before you have kids, that doesn’t matter.
In any case: “I’ve got children: 11 horses and Mike.”
And the commoners nod in agreement. An appearance on Mr & Mrs awaits…
April 30th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
practising her rugby tackle there then?