Zara Tindall reveals secret competition between her children and Prince George and Princess Charlotte

With an Olympic equestrian as their mom and a World Cup-winning rugby participant as their father, it is maybe unsurprising that the children of Zara and Mike Tindall have inherited their dad and mom’ love of sport and, with it, a wholesome dedication to win.  

And plainly their eldest two children, Mia, aged 9, and Lena, 5, get pleasure from taking part in video games with their cousins, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, the children of the Prince and Princess of Wales, with Zara admitting that the children can get aggressive when taking part in collectively.

In an interview with Australian Woman’s Weekly, Zara and Mike, who’re additionally dad and mom to two-year-old son Lucas, revealed that they usually hang around with Prince William and Princess Kate’s brood: “Our kids play with their kids in this competition we have,” defined Mike.

The former rugby participant added: “Competition done the right way is so healthy, I think. It drives people to get better; for sports people it drives you to train, it drives you to push as hard as you can. You need that.” Equestrian Zara, who received a silver medal on the 2012 London Olympics, echoed this: “I think our families are fairly competitive.”

But it appears their two daughters can get upset when video games do not go of their favour. Mike joked with the publication: “Mia doesn’t like losing at the moment. [And] now Lena is getting old enough to start pushing Mia because there’s a bit of a gap. Then Lucas is going to be even worse because he’s going to be trying to catch them up all the time. It’s definitely in there.”

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The former I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! contestant, added: “The biggest learning is to be competitive but not throw your toys out of the pram when you lose. It’s about going away and thinking, ‘Why did I lose?’ That’s where the growth comes from.”

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It’s clear that cousins Zara and Prince William have a powerful bond that has been expanded to their respective households, too. Zara’s husband even welcomed his mother-in-law, the Princess Royal, Prince William and Princess Kate on his podcast collection, The Good, The Bad & The Rugby, again in September, when the household’s shut connection was evident by banter and fascinating household anecdotes.

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In one hilarious second, Mike was requested concerning the Princess of Wales – a self-confessed sport lover and fierce competitor herself – and her rugby abilities. “I text Ellis [Genge] and said, ‘Mate, please tell me anything she messed up on’ so I could sort of… family WhatsApp group, get to her, and he said, ‘No she was actually pretty good, and she was really good at kicking,’ and I was like [sighs]. But she has this competitive nature,” Mike mentioned.

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Kate, in one other second, shared: “I love all sport, I generally love all sport. I love swimming, personally I love swimming wherever. The colder, the better. When it’s dark and it’s raining, I will go out and seek cold water.”