Zara and Mike Tindall Have Glam Date Night at Roger Federer Doc Screening

Princess Anne’s daughter, Zara Tindall (née Phillips), found an instant connection with Mike Tindall.

Mike, a former rugby union player, ultimately proposed to Olympic silver medalist Zara — whom the Princess Royal shares with ex-husband Captain Mark Phillips, alongside son Peter Phillips — in December 2010. They wed one year later at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland.

While navigating married life, Zara and Mike have also expanded their family, welcoming daughters Mia and Lena in 2014 and 2018, respectively. The pair’s third child, son Lucas, eventually followed in June 2021.

Zara and Mike have navigated ups and downs in their marriage. “A marriage or long-term relationship can’t always be roses and rainbows,” Mike said during a November 2021 appearance on the U.K.’s Loose Women. “When you have children, that is a massive shock, change to your system that you’ve never experienced and there is going to be those rocky roads. There are things that are thrown at you that have to test both of you and that will test that relationship. The thing is no one is right, no one is wrong. You have to work through it together.”

Scroll below to revisit the royal couple’s complete relationship timeline:

Zara first met Mike during a trip to Australia when they started talking during a night out at a local pub.

“She was on her gap year and in Australia with friends. Clive [Woodward, my coach] had just told me I was dropped for the semi-final, so I went out for a beer with two others who weren’t playing, Martin Corry and Austin Healey. Zara was in the same bar; we got introduced but didn’t speak that much,” the retired rugby player told the Daily Mail in June 2011. “Later on, Austin gave me her number and said, ‘She wants you to text her, to say where you’re all going out after the final so she can come along.’ Aussie’s going to love me saying this — he’ll take credit for us meeting.”

Mike messaged the equestrian the next day — and their romance took off.

“The Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Zara Phillips to Mr. Mike Tindall, son of Mr. Phillip and Mrs. Linda Tindall,” a statement from the royal family read at the time, noting both Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip were “delighted” by the proposal news. (The Duke of Edinburgh later died in April 2021 at age 99, nearly one year before the queen passed away.)

Zara wore an ivory gown designed by Stewart Parvin, the queen’s personal couturier, and carried a bouquet of calla lilies and thistles at the pair’s intimate Scottish wedding.

The twosome welcomed their first child, daughter Mia, on January 17.

After suffering two miscarriages, Zara gave birth to daughter Lena on June 18.

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the couple supported England’s NHS and medical professionals by clapping at the end of their evening shift change.

“Not the best way to start 2021 going into competition with my better half, especially a pregnant one but sometimes it has to be done for great causes,” Mike gushed via Instagram, confirming Zara was expecting baby No. 3.

The former Gloucester Rugby athlete and Zara were pleased to finally add a son to their brood on March 21.

The twosome shared a selfie from the Royal Ascot horse race during the queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

The queen died at the age of 96 on September 8. Amid the funeral plans, Mike accompanied Zara to a memorial service at Westminster Hall in London.