The Queen and Prince Philip’s
eldest granddaughter Zara Tindall married her husband Mike back
in 2011 and looked stunning. Her outfit was all the more meaningful, though,
because one aspect of it included a sweet tribute to her grandfather.
The beautiful tiara Zara wore
used to belong to the late Prince Philip’s mother, Princess Alice of
Greece and Denmark, and was lent to her by her mother, Princess Anne.
Called the Meander Tiara, it
also belonged to the Queen, who gifted it to the Princess Royal in 1972, prior
to her engagement to her first husband, Mark Phillips.
Worn regularly by Anne, the
stunning piece is thought to be worth at least £1million, and is no doubt of
great sentimental value to Zara, her mother and grandmother.
The Olympic equestrian
also paid tribute to the Queen in her bridal outfit, with her ivory
silk dress being designed by Stewart Parvin, one of her grandmother’s favourite couturiers.
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| Zara and Mike tied the knot in July 2011 |
The ceremony took place just
three months after Zara’s cousin Prince William’s wedding to Kate
Middleton and the happy couple were in attendance alongside Prince Harry.
Zara’s maid of honour was her close
friend, horse trainer Dolly Maude, whose six-year-old son Ted, acted as
pageboy. The flower girls were Zara’s half-sister Stephanie Phillips, Nell
Maude, Jaz Jocelyn and Hope Balshaw.
Dolly, a trained maternity
nurse, later went on to help Zara give birth to her third child, son
Lucas, now one, as Mike revealed on his podcast, The Good, The Bad and the
Rugby.
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The couple are now parents-of-three
Speaking to co-hosts James
Haskell and Alex Payne, the retired rugby player said: “She was there
and recognized that we wouldn’t have got to the hospital in time, so it was run
into the gym, get a mat, get into the bathroom, towels down, brace, brace,
brace!”
