Mike Tindall gushes as candid picture of his daughter Mia and Prince Philip emerges

Mike Tindall shared immoderate royal household insights successful his publication called The Good, The Bad and The Rugby - Unleashed, successful which Zara Phillips's hubby spoke astir the precocious Queen

Mike Tindall has gushed implicit a poignant photograph of his girl Mia with the precocious Prince Philip - which helium says shows however "normal" his family is.

The erstwhile rugby ace, who joined into the royal family aft wedding Zara Phillips successful 2011, opened up astir his beingness with the Firm successful a caller publication released connected Thursday. In The Good, The Bad and The Rugby - Unleashed, the 45-year-old antheral attempts to acceptable the grounds consecutive astir what beingness being portion of the Firm is like - and what helium experienced spending clip with the precocious Queen.

Although helium concedes determination is "a batch of play surrounding the royal family", Mike insists Zara's relations are "normal". He alludes to a photograph he's since resurfaced connected his Instagram of his girl Mia and the precocious Prince Philip, her great-grandfather, successful the plot of a royal property. The drawback is believed to person been taken during a household vacation successful Scotland successful the years earlier Philip's decease successful April 2021.

Writing successful his book, Mike says: "There's a large representation of my girl Mia sitting with the Duke of Edinburgh that captures precisely what those afternoons were like: members of a precise adjacent household who loved each different dearly spending precious clip together. Yes, there's a batch of play surrounding the royal family, but they aren't overmuch antithetic to anyone other underneath it all."

The poignant drawback shows Philip and Mia, present aged 10, eating connected a terrace of a woody compartment property, said to beryllium successful Scotland. Two drinks are pictured connected the array beside the family's plates.

Mike, who has 3 children with Zara, said meals, successful particular, amusement conscionable however mundane the royal household is. He adds: "Lunches were besides relaxed, particularly up successful Scotland, wherever luncheon would often beryllium heading retired into the unfastened abstraction of the Scottish Highlands for a picnic.

"I'm sometimes asked if the Queen did informality similar 'normal' people, and the reply to that is yes. Her beingness wasn't similar an occurrence of Downton Abbey, with meals connected agelong tables and everyone dressed successful their finery each night, and Zara and I would often ticker the racing with her connected TV, arsenic I'm definite tons of radical speechmaking this person done with their gran."

A full section of The Good, The Bad and The Rugby - Unleashed is dedicated to royalty. The remainder of the publication concerns the athletics Mike played professionally for astir 20 years. He played 75 times for England betwixt 2000 and 2011, during which clip helium met Anne, Princess Royal's girl Zara successful Australia. They confirmed their engagement successful 2010, wed the pursuing twelvemonth and since welcomed Mia, Lena, six, and three-year-old Lucas.