Royal sparring! Mia Tindall, 8, and Princess Charlotte, 7, are spotted playfighting ahead of the flypast – as the Duchess of Cambridge tries to keep the lively cousins in line
- Cousins Mia Tindall and Princess Charlotte were spotted giggling through the window at Buckingham palace as they prepared to watch the gun salute and flypast this afternoon
- The duo, aged eight and seven respectively, looked to be enjoying some gentle playfighting as they waited
- In the background, the Duchess of Cambridge is seen trying to calm her seven-year-old daughter as the family prepared to join the Queen on the balcony on the first day of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations
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Cousins Mia Tindall and Princess Charlotte were seen playing together ahead of the Buckingham Palace flypast today – with the Duchess of Cambridge appearing to try and keep the lively duo in line.
Spotted through the window as the royals prepared to step out onto the balcony ahead of the gun salute and flypast of aircraft from the Royal Navy, the Army and Royal Air Force, the two cousins looked to be enjoying each others’ company.
Mia, eight, the eldest daughter of the Queen’s granddaughter, Zara Tindall and husband Mike, appeared to be leading some gentle sparring.
Cousins Mia Tindall and Princess Charlotte spotted giggling through the window at Buckingham palace as they prepared to watch the gun salute and flypast
In the background, the Duchess of Cambridge is seen trying to calm her seven-year-old as the family prepared to join the Queen on the balcony
Dressed in a cream dress with a floral design, and matched with a red headband, Mia giggled with her younger cousin as they awaited their moment in the spotlight.
Following the Queen’s Birthday Parade at Horse Guards in London this morning, the first official Platinum Jubilee event of the bank holiday weekend, senior royals gathered on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the flypast at 1pm.
Lady Louise, the daughter of Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex is also spotted in the background as the royals await the 1pm flypast
Mia’s mother, Zara Tindall, looked stunning in scarlet today as she arrived for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
The Queen’s granddaughter donned a £450 silk Beulah London Darsha dress teamed with a Juliette Botterill ‘Floral Blossom Percher’ hat and her Rolex watch as she got ready to watch Trooping The Colour with her husband Mike.
In an Instagram post this morning, he said they were looking forward to the next few days ‘celebrating one of the greatest woman on this planet’.
The Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall donned a Beulah London Darsha dress teamed with a Juliette Botterill ‘Floral Blossom Percher’ hat and her Rolex watch as she got ready to watch Trooping The Colour with her husband Mike.
Zara and Mike Tindall stopped off at The Stafford, London, to support Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity GOSH, of which the Queen is patron, and artist Carne Griffiths on the release of his portrait ‘The Platinum Queen’ before heading to Buckingham Palace for the Trooping The Colour ceremony
The couple stopped off at The Stafford, London, to support Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity GOSH, of which the Queen is patron, and artist Carne Griffiths on the release of his portrait ‘The Platinum Queen’ before heading to Buckingham Palace for the Trooping The Colour ceremony.
His portrait depicts the young Queen Elizabeth shortly before her coronation almost seven decades ago.
Griffiths, known for using tea, ink and alcohol in his work, is releasing 70 limited edition prints – as well as artist proofs – to mark the monarch’s Platinum Jubilee, one for each year of her historic reign.
The couple are not part of the parade, but will watch the action with other members of the royal family from the Major General’s Office.
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