Australia holds a special in Zara and Mike Tindall’s hearts. The reason? It’s where the two members of the British royal family first met. So, it may come as no surprise that whenever the couple’s in Australia, they have a seriously sweet—and downright romantic—must-do, going back to where it all started .
Mike and Zara try to visit the bar where they met whenever they’re in Australia Leave it to Zara and Mike, who have previously been dubbed the British royal family’s sexiest couple , to return to where they met on an annual basis. “We go to Australia every year for the Magic Millions racing event,” Mike told Hell o in a June 2024 interview. “And we try to get back to have lunch at the place where we met whenever we can.
” The former England rugby player met Princess Anne ’s daughter when he was still active in the sport. (Mike retired in 2014.) Zara and Mike found themselves in Sydney, Australia, at the Manly Wharf Bar in 2003, during the Rugby World Cup.
“We love Sydney and have loads of friends there, so it’s been an important city in our lives,” Mike said. Zara and Mike became engaged in 2010 and got married a year later in 2011. The couple went on to welcome their daughter, Mia, 10, in 2014.
Their second daughter, Lena, 6, followed in 2018, and their now-3-year-old son, Lucas, in 2021. (Royal watchers might remember catching a glimpse of Mia holding hands with Prince Louis , the youngest of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s three kids, o.
