Who is Mike Tindall?
Michael James Mike Tindall is a former rugby union player who has won 75 caps for England between 2000 and 2011, while playing in outside center position for Bath and Gloucester. A member of the 2003 World Cup winning English squad, he played in eleven Six Nations Championship and won the 2003 Championship for England.
Born on October 18, 1978, in Otley, West Yorkshire, Mike Tindall is the son of a banker and a social worker. His ancestors had been bootmakers, stonemasons, weavers and blacksmiths. He attended the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Wakefield where his father used to captain the Rugby Union Football Club.
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A picture of the Queen, Prince Philip and their great-grandchildren has been shared to social media for the first time in the wake of the Duke of Edinburgh s death
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Mike Tindall has paid tribute to Prince Philip by sharing a photograph of the Duke eating with his great-granddaughter Mia Grace.
The former England rugby pro, 42, who married Philip s granddaughter Zara Tindall, 39, in 2011, uploaded the snapshot to Instagram earlier today.
He shared the photo, which he credited as being taken by the Duchess of Cambridge, alongside a caption that read: It s been a very sad week but it has given us time to reflect on great memories and stories both personal and shared. A devoted family man who we will forever miss but always love.
The post comes on the eve of the Duke of Edinburgh s funeral which will see him laid to rest at St George s Chapel, London, tomorrow.