Zara and Mike
Tindall were pictured with their eldest daughter Mia, eight, on
Tuesday morning for a heartfelt family appearance.
They attended the service of
thanksgiving for the late Duke of Edinburgh at Westminster Abbey, but
it’s understood that their younger daughter Lena, three, and son Lucas,
who recently turned one, are too young to join them at the
event. This was a similar case for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s
children – George, eight, and Charlotte, six, were not previously announced on
the royal guest list, but they also made a surprise appearance at the memorial
amid their Easter break from school. Meanwhile, their little brother Prince
Louis, three, wasn’t present.
Mia looked cute in a
black coat with a red butterfly detail on the collar and
a striped headband similar to her cousin Savannah Phillips,
Peter and Autumn Phillips’ daughter. Meanwhile, her mother Zara looked
elegant in a blue jacket with her blonde hair fastened in a smart updo, and
Mike wore a grey suit.
Prince Philip sadly passed
away aged 99 on 9 April and his funeral was held just over one week later. None
of the young royals were present at the Duke’s moving service last April, with
the youngest attendee being Prince Edward and the Countess of Wessex’s son
James, Viscount Severn, who was 13 at the time.
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Mike and Zara Tindall’s daughter Mia joined them for the Duke of Edinburgh’s service of thanksgiving
Shortly after the funeral at
St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, former rugby star Mike said the day was
how Philip “would have liked it…no fuss, get on with it”.
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Their children did not join them for Prince Philip’s funeral in 2021
Mike also spoke about his love
for his grandmother-in-law, the Queen, and added: “She was sat there
completely on her own, separated herself in terms of this is what the world is
right now and ‘I’m going to lead by example’. She’s amazing, literally
amazing.”
Her Majesty has been heavily
involved in the plans for the service, which incorporated elements that were planned
for Prince Philip’s funeral but were unable to take place due to the COVID-19
restrictions at the time.
