Another royal baby on its way for Britain!
9 July 2013 10:44 PM GMT
Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest granddaughter and an Olympic silver medallist, Zara Phillips, is next in line to deliver a royal baby after Prince William and Kate Middleton’s baby is born in a few days’ time.
Olympic silver medal winning equestrian Phillips, 32, and her rugby player husband Mike Tindall, 35, are expecting their first child in the New Year, Buckingham Palace announced Monday.
Phillips, whose mother is Princess Anne, the Queen’s second child after Prince Charles, is understood to be just over three months’ pregnant.
‘Mr and Mrs Mike Tindall are very pleased to announce that Zara Tindall is expecting a baby in the New Year... members of both families are delighted with the news.
‘This baby will be the first child for Mike and Zara and the third grandchild for The Princess Royal (Princess Anne),’ the palace said in a statement.
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s spokesperson said it was ‘terrific news’ that the couple were expecting a baby.
‘The Prime Minister will send his very, very best wishes to the happy couple,’ he added. The newest royal baby will become 16th in line to the throne and the fourth great-grandchild to the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. The others include Savannah and Isla Phillips, daughters of Zara’s brother Peter, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton’s expected baby.
Zara Phillips is currently 14th in line to the throne, but does not hold a royal title and is not addressed as Her Royal Highness (HRH).
Her children will be titled Miss or Master Tindall.
She met her husband during England’s Rugby World Cup-winning campaign in Australia in 2003 and they married at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh in July 2011.
Phillips is a well-known competitive horse-rider and has won individual gold in three-day eventing at the World Equestrian Games in Germany in 2006. The title helped her become BBC Sports Personality of the Year later that year.
Olympic silver medal winning equestrian Phillips, 32, and her rugby player husband Mike Tindall, 35, are expecting their first child in the New Year, Buckingham Palace announced Monday.
Phillips, whose mother is Princess Anne, the Queen’s second child after Prince Charles, is understood to be just over three months’ pregnant.
‘Mr and Mrs Mike Tindall are very pleased to announce that Zara Tindall is expecting a baby in the New Year... members of both families are delighted with the news.
‘This baby will be the first child for Mike and Zara and the third grandchild for The Princess Royal (Princess Anne),’ the palace said in a statement.
British Prime Minister David Cameron’s spokesperson said it was ‘terrific news’ that the couple were expecting a baby.
‘The Prime Minister will send his very, very best wishes to the happy couple,’ he added. The newest royal baby will become 16th in line to the throne and the fourth great-grandchild to the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. The others include Savannah and Isla Phillips, daughters of Zara’s brother Peter, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton’s expected baby.
Zara Phillips is currently 14th in line to the throne, but does not hold a royal title and is not addressed as Her Royal Highness (HRH).
Her children will be titled Miss or Master Tindall.
She met her husband during England’s Rugby World Cup-winning campaign in Australia in 2003 and they married at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh in July 2011.
Phillips is a well-known competitive horse-rider and has won individual gold in three-day eventing at the World Equestrian Games in Germany in 2006. The title helped her become BBC Sports Personality of the Year later that year.
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