This month marks two decades since Mike Tindall first laid eyes on his wife, Zara, leading to one of the British royal family’s most successful pairings, with the couple becoming well-known for their fun-loving, supportive and thoroughly modern relationship. But theirs is a right royal love story that started about as far away from Buckingham Palace as you can get.
Mike met the niece of King Charles III during a night out at a Sydney pub in November 2003 while he was in Australia playing for England in the Rugby World Cup. He had headed out on the town after being given some bad news while Zara, a keen sports fan, was in Australia to watch the