Who is zara phillips real father

Although her tongue stud has since been removed, Tindall's father, Captain Mark Phillips, told The Times that his daughter is still wild. Tindall interjected, saying, "I don't know if I was that wild. I guess it looked like that because of my family background. I'm sure that is what it's probably compared to. Since Tindall is, and has nearly always been, involved in sports, her father attributes her wildness to the "sporting life.

When asked if she gets "slaughtered," a Britishism referring to getting sloppy drunk, she objected. Her father explained the impact drunkenness would have on his daughter's sporting career, adding, "Getting slaughtered is not an option but it doesn't mean to say you can't go and have a beer or two.

By , when she was in her 20s, she had already won eventing titles and was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year. A few years after marrying Captain Mark Phillips, she also went on to compete at the Olympic level in Montreal. Phillips, too, has an interest in horses, which is how the couple first met. In , he won gold at the summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. That same love of horses may very well be in Tindall's blood.

According to Financial Times , Tindall started riding horses as soon as "she was old enough to sit on a saddle. It's not exactly a royal title, but it is certainly a well-earned accomplishment. Like her parents, Tindall also went on to participate in the Olympic Games — London — winning a silver medal; according to Hello! Shortly after her July wedding, Zara Phillips forewent her maiden name and took the name of her husband, captain of England's rugby team, Mike Tindall.

The two were married in a beautiful summer ceremony in Scotland at a fairly small church, Canongate Kirk. According to People , the bride was dressed in a duchesse satin and ivory silk gown by designer Stewart Parvin, who is most notably known for also designing for the queen — the queen! Tindall also donned a tiara from her mother, Princess Anne, which only increased the royal flair at this wedding.

Many royals were in attendance, including the bride's then-newlywed cousin, Prince William and, of course, Kate Middleton. Although Tindall told Hello! With multiple children, busy schedules, and, you know, being royalty and all, it makes sense for them to have a live-in nanny — and that they do.

Just as Zara Tindall planned to have a vastly dissimilar wedding to that of her royal cousin, William, she also has different theories on raising children. In an interview with Financial Times , Tindall apparently showed up a little late. When she greeted the interviewer, she apologized and explained, saying, "I had to feed my daughter. We don't have a full-time nanny and Mia comes first. Even with a competitive and demanding career, Tindall took a break from riding in order to have and care for her daughter — Mia certainly does come first.

William and Kate must appreciate Zara Tindall's parenting style as they selected her to be a godparent to Prince George three months after his birth. The young prince actually has a total of seven godparents, all of whom come from a variety of backgrounds.

According to the BBC , one of the appointed godparents is an interior designer and friends with Middleton, while another is a childhood friend of William.

Then there's the prince's private secretary, the couple's mutual pal from college, a close friend of William's late mother, Princess Diana, and the son of the Duke of Westminster.

Tindall, however, was the only family member to be chosen. Although George has many godparents, their roles are more symbolic than anything else. I got sober when I was Desperate to make sense of who I was, I searched for and found my birth mother.

It was complicated at the beginning — more grief, more confusion — but puzzle pieces were finally being put together. She told me my father was Italian. For years, I searched for him, but it was impossible with just a first name which was all my birth mother could give me.

I walked around Soho in London talking to the Italian community, learning the history, and those little pieces began to fill me up. In I moved to the US to be with a caring man I had met while on holiday.

I still found myself turning whenever I heard an Italian accent. I flew back to London dutifully and regularly, my mother still dominating the conversation. Then, almost ten years ago, she died after years of illness, with my father and me holding her hands, and it connected us in a way that we never had been before.

I felt a gentleness towards him, for he was allowing me for the first time to see his vulnerability, and I showed him mine. We began to talk. Four years ago, I got divorced and was consumed by shame and grief. Dad flew to see me in the US, and I took the kids to visit him. He still had his grumpy, withdrawn days, but I began to learn that it was more about him and his upbringing than about me.

I knew his mother had not been motherly in any sense, that he had been sent to boarding school aged six. I realised that my own mother fulfilled that need for him and maybe it was too hard for him to share us with her. When my mystery match called me, I was amazed to hear an American accent.

Her name was Michelle. Michelle has the same father as me and had also been adopted. She had been able to track down our birth father as her birth mother knew his surname. When she told me she had already met Antonio, I could barely breathe — and the next part of the twist and turn was that he lived only 50 minutes away from my home in New Jersey.

Michelle broke the news to Antonio on the phone and he called me straight away. Antonio is funny, chatty and energetic; he calls me all the time and is not afraid to show emotion.

He tells me he loves me. It has been a lot to take in — and sometimes the contrast between these two men is hard to absorb. Early last month, I travelled to visit my adoptive dad in London. He had started to decline and needed full-time care, and I had flown backwards and forwards many times. Her brother, Peter Phillips, was also stripped of any title as well. While Peter is a successful marketing executive, Zara has gone on to become a champion equestrian. Her most memorable moment came during the Olympic Games , in which she competed on home soil in front of a mostly native crowd.

Despite a loving family in full support of her, Zara offered harsh words for her father on looking back at the event. In a 60 Minutes Australia interview a few months after the Olympics, she said of this: "My dad was there, but he was on the other side.

Zara won a silver medal in the team event, and received the award from her mother. In particular, rugby and anything horse-related have often taken centre-stage at charity events and pastimes. In , she won a gold medal at the European Eventing Championships, and two silver medals at the games.