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Privacy NoticeMike Tindall has candidly discussed the challenges in his marriage to Zara Tindall, revealing that despite royal ties, life hasn’t been a fairy tale. The former England rugby star, 45, who recently featured on ITV’s Grand Slammers, shared an inside look at HMP The Mount and tackled a unique sports initiative there. Set within one of the few remaining men’s prison rugby grounds in England, Mike joined fellow rugby veterans to coach inmate players for a match against the Aussies. In a heartfelt moment from the series he opened up about his transition from sports to real life with Zara, King Charles III’s niece.
Mike Tindall said ‘it’s not that easy’ while reflecting on marriage and work
He confessed: “Everyone thinks that just by marrying Zara that means it’s all fine and dandy… But that doesn’t stop the fact that you need a job. And it’s not that easy, you know – you get quite institutionalised into rugby, it’s a way of life and you leave the game and that’s not there. “I don’t think you can ever sort of describe when you’re so used to being around that many people, and understanding, because of it being ingrained in you, where you fit in to then not being that person,” reports the Daily Record. Mike continued: “Zara would say if she was honest it was probably a year it took me to figure out what I was, who I was going to be. You’ve got to then go carve where the next path is – you can never replace going to work with 35 of your best friends every day.” Mike and Zara have frequently been praised as being some of the most popular members of the Royal Family and earlier this year marked their 13th wedding anniversary. Speaking to OK! about their relationship, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond said: “They seem to just get better and better as the years go by.
Mike and Zara Tindall celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary earlier this year
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Sign up to OK’s royal newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free “It’s really great to see a couple who are still clearly head over heels for one another and act like newlyweds when they’re out and about. They are the most tactile of all the younger royals, and also the most fun loving which makes them immensely likeable.” Jennie added: “I’ve never met anyone who has a bad word to say about the Tindalls. They are an incredibly charismatic couple and the fact that they have remained so down-to-earth in spite of their royal status has endeared them to the public.”Story SavedYou can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnMike TindallZara Tindall
