Zara Tindall

Zara Tindall

Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall MBE is a member of the British royal family. She is an equestrian, an Olympian, and the second child and only daughter of Anne, Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips. At birth, she was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne; she is currently 18th in line.

About Zara Tindall in brief

Summary Zara TindallZara Anne Elizabeth Tindall MBE is a member of the British royal family. She is an equestrian, an Olympian, and the second child and only daughter of Anne, Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips. At birth, she was sixth in the line of succession to the British throne; she is currently 18th in line. She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, presented to her by her mother. In 2009, she announced she was designing her own range of equestrians clothing for Musto Outdoor Clothing. The range is named ZP176 after the team number she was given when she first represented her country at the London 2012 Olympic Games. On July 2010, she launched her own clothing range, which is named after her first horse, High Kingdom. In March 2016, she competed for the first time as Zara Phillips, using her maiden name, for her first time during the World Equestrian Games in Luhmühlen, Germany.

She finished second on her top horse High Kingdom, with her mother presenting her with the silver medal. She has two half-sisters, Felicity Wade and Stephanie Phillips, from her father’s second marriage to Sandy Pflueger. Her 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. She married rugby union player Mike Tind all in 2011. The couple have two children. She was appointed Member of the Order of theBritish Empire in the 2007 New Year Honours for her services to Equestrianism. In 2012, she carried an Olympic flame at Cheltenham Racecourse on her horse Toytown. The same year after her win in Germany, she was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year by the public.