1. Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall is a British equestrian, Olympian, socialite and member of the British royal family.
31 Facts About Zara Tindall
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Zara Tindall is the daughter of Anne, Princess Royal, and Captain Mark Phillips, and the eldest niece of King Charles III.
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Zara Tindall was born sixth in the line of succession to the British throne during the reign of her maternal grandmother Elizabeth II, becoming 22nd in line as of 2025.
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Zara Tindall married rugby union player Mike Tindall in 2011 with whom she has 3 children.
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Zara Tindall Anne Elizabeth Phillips was born on 15 May 1981 in the Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital, London.
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Zara Tindall was baptised on 27 July 1981, at Windsor Castle.
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Zara Tindall's godparents are her maternal uncle, the Duke of York; the Countess of Lichfield; Helen, Lady Stewart, the wife of Sir Jackie Stewart; Andrew Parker Bowles; and Hugh Thomas.
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Zara Tindall has an elder brother, Peter, and two younger half-sisters, Felicity Wade and Stephanie Phillips, from her father's second marriage to Sandy Pflueger.
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Zara Tindall later studied at the University of Exeter and qualified as a physiotherapist.
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Zara Tindall finished as runner-up at Burghley Horse Trials in 2003 in her first four-star event.
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Zara Tindall missed the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens after her horse suffered an injury during training.
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Zara Tindall was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2007 New Year Honours for her services to equestrianism.
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Zara Tindall won team gold at the 2007 European Eventing Championships in Italy, but did not defend her individual title in the show-jumping phase of the competition.
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The British Olympic Association announced that Zara Tindall would ride Toytown for the British equestrian team at the Beijing Olympic Games 2008 in Hong Kong; however, Toytown was injured during training and she was forced to withdraw from the team.
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On 25 October 2008, Zara Tindall fell from her horse, Tsunami II, at the 15th fence of a cross-country event at Pau, France, and broke her right collarbone.
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In July 2010 a range of equestrian clothing Zara Tindall designed for Musto Outdoor Clothing, named ZP176 after Zara Tindall's team number when she first represented her country, was launched.
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Zara Tindall competed in the 2012 London Olympic Games on High Kingdom, and won a silver medal in the team event.
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Zara Tindall finished second at Luhmuhlen Horse Trials 2013, on her top horse High Kingdom.
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Zara Tindall stopped using her maiden name, Phillips, in March 2016.
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Zara Tindall competed for the first time as Zara Tindall during her unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
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In October 2021, Zara Tindall competed in Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill and finished at 11th place with score 30.4, riding Gleadhill House Stud's 12-year-old horse Class Affair.
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In May 2022, Zara Tindall won the advanced class at the Chatsworth Horse Trials, riding Class Affair.
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Zara Tindall undertook a visit to New Zealand in her role as patron of The Catwalk Trust.
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Zara Tindall is associated with Inspire, a Salisbury-based medical research charity which helps to improve the quality of life of people with spinal cord injuries.
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Zara Tindall is patron of Lucy Air Ambulance for Children, which is the UK's first dedicated air transfer service to fly critically ill infants and children to hospitals for urgent care.
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Zara Tindall has appeared at events for The Caudwell Charitable Trust, which targets children with special needs, disabilities and serious illnesses.
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In June 2015, Tindall launched an equestrian-themed jewellery collection, named "Zara Phillips Collection", in collaboration with Australian designer John Calleija.
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On 17 September 2022, during the period of official mourning for Queen Elizabeth II, Zara Tindall joined her brother and six cousins to mount a 15-minute vigil around the coffin of the Queen, as it lay in state at Westminster Hall.
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Zara Tindall gave birth to a daughter, Mia Grace on 17 January 2014 at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, who was born 16th, later 23rd in the line of succession.
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Zara Tindall is godmother to Prince George of Wales, the son of her cousin William, Prince of Wales.
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In December 2000, Zara Tindall was involved in a serious car crash near Bourton-on-the-Water, escaping serious injury after overturning her Land Rover.