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Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall pregnant with third child
The Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall and her husband, Mike Tindall, have announced they are expecting their third child, in news that was welcomed by the royal family after a difficult 2020.
Mike Tindall, a former England rugby star, shared the happy news of the impending arrival of the “third Tindall” in his weekly podcast.
“It’s been a good week for me, had a little scan last week – third Tindall on its way,” Mike revealed.
In the chat on The Good, The Bad & The Rugby podcast he also admitted he would love a boy this time, with the couple already having two children - Mia, six, and Lena, two.
“I’d like a boy this time, I’ve got two girls, I would like a boy,” he said. “I’ll love it whether a boy or a girl – but please be a boy.”
The dad even joked about having a baby amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, telling his co-hosts: “We’re not sure what to do Covi or Covina – I don’t know where to go with names.”
Zara is the daughter of Princess Anne, the Queen’s only daughter. She does not have a royal title, as Anne decided to decline the offer of one from the Queen at Zara’s birth.
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But she is still a big part of the royal family, and is seen on the Buckingham Palace balcony with her husband, and children, alongside cousins Prince William and Harry, at key events like Trooping the Colour.
Soon after the announcement, a Buckingham Palace spokesman confirmed the Queen and Prince Philip are “delighted”.
“Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh are aware and delighted,” the spokesman said.
The news means another great-grandchild for the Queen, who has eight. Princess Eugenie, Zara’s cousin, is also expecting a child in early 2021, taking the Queen into double figures.
Zara’s pregnancy comes after the couple suffered two miscarriages, something Mike also touched on during his announcement.
“Z is very good, always careful because of things that have happened in the past, and really looking forward to it,” he said.
Zara has spoken about suffering miscarriages in the past, after she revealed she was pregnant in 2016, but then had to confirm she had lost the baby.
In 2018, she revealed she had suffered another one before she had Lena.
“I had a miscarriage in 2016 and afterwards loads of people wrote to me and Mike to say they’d been through the same thing,” she told the Sunday Times in 2018.
“In our case, it was something that was really rare; it was nature saying, ‘This one’s not right.’ For me, the worst bit was that we had to tell everyone — everyone knew.”
The Tindalls live in Gloucestershire, on the Gatcombe Park estate which Princess Anne owns.
The estate was a present from the Queen for Princess Anne’s first marriage.
It is now home to Anne and her second husband, Vice Admiral Timothy Laurence. Her son Peter Phillips also has a home on the estate, as does his former wife Autumn Phillips.
Reporting by Rebecca Taylor.
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