Mike Tindall shares poignant tribute to the Queen online

Mike Tindall has paid a touching tribute to the Queen, sharing an illustration of a corgi weeping next to a crown last night. 

Throughout her historic reign that spanned decades, one constant in the Queen’s life was always her unwavering love for her Corgis, so much so the pets have become a symbol of British royalty around the world.

And the husband of Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Tindall, 43, posted the picture yesterday depicting the Queen’s beloved dog breed as the UK, Australia and the world mourns the monarch’s passing.

The picture was drawn by artist Danielle Davis, who shared the illustration on her Instagram page @danielled.art, days ago. 

The former England Rugby pro, who met the Queen’s granddaughter in a Sydney bar in 2003, previously said he thought the monarch was ‘unbelievable’ and people believed she was ‘invincible.’ 

His post came after his wife Zara was seen joining her mother Anne to look at floral tributes in Balmoral following the Queen’s death at the estate on Thursday. It is not known if Mike joined the family at the estate. 

Speaking in May, he said: ‘I think the Queen is an unbelievable lady…I think people think she’s invincible sometimes, but you have to remember she’s a 96-year-old at the end of the day.

‘She’s incredible at what she’s done over her lifetime and I can’t wait to celebrate that.’

The same month, he paid tribute to the monarch as she celebrated her 70th anniversary on the throne. 

He posted a picture illustrating the Queen in each decade of her reign, from 1952 to 2022, with the caption: ‘What a lady’.

The husband of Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Tindall, 43, posted the picture yesterday depicting the Queen’s beloved dog breed as the UK, Australia and the world mourns the monarch’s passing

And he previously admitted that he continued to get ‘nervous’ in front of the Queen, though he said he had become ‘more comfortable’ over the years. 

‘I did get sweaty palms when I first met the Queen,’ he said on his rugby podcast The Good, the Bad, and the Rugby, which he presents alongside former teammate James Haskell and TV presenter Alex Payne.

‘I think anyone would. She’s such a legend of a lady that I still get nervous now, when I see her.. I’m way more comfortable now, but, it’s been a journey,’ he added.

Mike and Zara wed in 2011, three months after Zara’s cousin Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot at Westminster Abbey.

Throughout her historic reign that spanned decades, one constant in the Queen’s life was always her unwavering love for her Corgis, so much so the pets have become a symbol of British royalty around the world 

The former England Rugby pro, who met the Queen’s granddaughter in a Sydney bar in 2003, previously said he thought the monarch was ‘unbelievable’ and people believed she was ‘invincible’

The couple, who aren’t working royals and don’t hold titles, keep a relatively low profile despite their status as professional sports people at the top of their relative fields.

The 20th-in-line to the throne met Mike in 2003 in a bar in Sydney, Mike was in Australia for the Rugby World Cup while Zara was taking a gap year.

The fly-half was ‘drowning his sorrows’ after being dropped from the England squad in the Manly Wharf bar when the pair were introduced to one another by Prince Harry.

In the near two-decades since, the couple have got married and welcomed three children, all while building up their success as a brand.

The couple, who live together on Princess Anne’s Gatecombe Estate in Gloucestershire, welcomed their third child, Lucas Philip Tindall, in March 2021. He is brother to Mia, eight, and Lena, four.    

His post came after his wife Zara was seen joining her mother Anne to look at floral tributes in Balmoral following the Queen’s death at the estate on Thursday. It is not known if Mike joined the family at the estate