Upsets in a plunging outfit with Mike Tindall, her brand-new boyfriend

By editor
August 9, 2024

Although she and her father Mike are known for making shared images now, we discovered one of the first times they have previously stepped out together in matching apparel.

The newlyweds were pictured looking very in passion at the La Dolce Vita Ball at Stowe House in Buckinghamshire in July 2004 just weeks after they officially announced their marriage. Zara chose a much more brave appearance than what she would wear now when cuddling up to her partner.

Zara Tindall in a pink sheer dress with Mike Tindall© Richard Young/Shutterstock
When Zara and her new partner Mike attended a La Dolce Vita game in 2004, she looked quite in green.

Princess Anne’s girl wore a pale green dress with a strapless sinking underlying, topped with a large halterneck. On either side of the trousers, lighter salmon panel adorned the Roman dress, which was gathered at the abdomen.

A blue pinstripe suit was layered underneath a embroidered rose-hued clothing with a declaration collar to keep the green theme alive.

Mike wore a cropped haircut while Zara had tied her golden hair to an updo to expose her fall earrings.

Actually dating

Mike and Zara Tindall laughing together.© Getty
In 2003, Mike and Zara first met and fell in love.

During the 2003 Rugby World Cup, the couple met at the Sydney club Powerful Wharf, and Mike joked that Austin Healey had helped them get started.

Former England rugby player Mike told the audience in 2011 that Austin afterwards called and said, “She wants you to text her, so she can appear along.”

Before going “official” with their marriage in April 2004, they dated for five decades.

He said,” I believe it was April 27– that would be the time we agreed to leave with one another.”

He had a “relaxed” initial meeting with Princess Anne, whom she described as a “legend”, and was eventually introduced to the rest of the aristocratic family.

Marriage ask

Zara Phillips & Mike Tindall Attend Day One Of The Cheltenham Festival Race Meeting 2005© Mark Cuthbert
Before his bride, Mike joked about how his future mother-in-law had a nose job and that Mike would have to deal with.

After Mike proposed at their previous residence in Gloucestershire, the couple engaged in December 2010. Princess Anne apparently asked Mike to attend their royal marriage in Canongate Kirk.

Although Mike retired from sports in 2014, the professional had at least eight damaged noses during his playing days.

Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall smiling and linking arms on their wedding day© Alan Davidson/Shutterstock
In 2011, the couple wed in Scotland.

He admitted that his future mother-in-law had asked him to have preventative procedure on his head in 2011 on set of Sky One’s A League of Their Own, but he graciously declined because the procedure may have interfered with his education plan.

In November 2011, a few months after his marriage, Mike defended Zara’s family. He said on the Radio Times that “it was a light-hearted, jokey comment” adding: “It wasn’t a big deal, and look at my nose- can you blame her”?

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