Mike Tindall and King Charles III.
shutterstock (2)So close but so far away! Mike Tindall honored to participate King Charles III’s coronation with wife Zara Tindall — but he has one major complaint about the ceremony.
“You’re in the hottest spot, but it was all happening around the corner of the wall that you can’t see!” princess anne The son-in-law, 44, said during the May 18 episode of his “The Good, the Bad and the Rugby” podcast.
Former professional rugby player and Zara, 42 – who is the King’s niece and daughter and ex-husband of The Princess Royal mark phillips – sat a row back Prince Harry, Princess Beatrice And princess eugenie For the May 6 event. Prince William And princess kateMeanwhile, sat on the first pew with their children princess charlotte8, and prince louis5. Prince Edward and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, were also given front row seats. (Eldest son of William and Kate, prince george9, served as page of honor at the ceremony.)
athlete explained that while he was still seated quite close to the Emperor and queen camillaThe only way to actually see the coronation was to watch it unfold on screen.
“It was unbelievable to sit where we were. Quite disappointing that you couldn’t see around the corner, but you had the TV there,” he revealed, noting that “everything went back and forth” and that he was grateful to have had the privilege of seeing history. Were.
“It’s one of those moments,” he said during his podcast. “I think the best part of the day was the six and a half hour military footmen in the backyard of Buckingham Palace and they did three cheers for the king – wow, it was goosebumps.”
Mike and Zara, who tied the knot in December 2010 and share three children, were with their in-laws for much of Coronation Weekend. The couple was first spotted attending a late night dinner With other members of the royal family on 5 May.
During his May 12 appearance, Mike said, “It was great to have a date night.” good morning uk, “You know, when you have three kids, it’s not easy to go out and just have a drink together, so it was nice to have a little bit of time where we could go out and have a drink and chat.” . . it was lots of fun.
The pair’s date night lasted until the early hours of the morning, shortly before the 74-year-old monarch was set to attend the coronation ceremony at Westminster Abbey.
,Aadil [Ray]Never worry about what’s tomorrow, enjoy the moment and you can deal with it later the next day. gmb presenter, defending her choice to attend the soirée ahead of the big day.
Mike later faced another major obstacle in his weekend when he attended the coronation concert on 7 May. UK native tries her best to dance for performance Katy Perry, Lionel Richie More A-list singer, but felt he came up short.
“It’s hard when you’re on a high platform that’s under a lot of lights, I felt I didn’t really put my best foot forward [my dancing],” the former outside center quipped during Good morning Britain. “If you start doing interesting dance maneuvers on that stage next to the king, I’m not quite sure it will go down well!”
He said: “As Hitch I once said [Will Smith] The movie, ‘You have to stay in your safe zone’ and wave my flag, I tried to wave the flag the best I could out there.