Zara Tindall was back on the saddle today as she competed at The Burnham Market International Horse Trials in Norfolk.
Pairing a smart navy double-breasted jacket with white jodhpurs, the Princess Royal’s daughter, 42, looked like she meant business as she elegantly made her way along the stunning course.
The King’s niece, who shares daughters Mia, ten, and Lena, five, and son Lucas, three, with former England rugby star Mike Tindall, also donned a navy and white riding hat.
The beaming Zara appeared to be enjoying the action as she familiarized herself with the course on the first day of the event.
Her exit comes after it was revealed her brother Peter Phillips, 46, split from his “solid” girlfriend Lindsay Wallace after three years together.
Zara Tindall was back on the saddle today as she competed at The Burnham Market International Horse Trials in Norfolk.
Zara’s illustrious career as a rider includes a gold at the European Eventing Championships in 2005 and a silver at the World Equestrian Games in 2006.
Last month, the royals kicked off the Easter weekend with an equestrian competition, joining the cream of British entrants at the Thoresby Park International Spring Carnival in Newark.
The Princess Royal’s daughter appeared relaxed during the first international event of the British season, which is seen as a precursor to the Badminton Horse Trials in early May.
Wearing bright white jodhpurs and a navy jacket over a gray hoodie, with a navy and white riding hat, the royal also donned sunglasses as he put his beloved Class Affair gelding through its paces at the event.
Meanwhile, Zara’s brother Peter, who was said to be the late queen’s favorite grandson, began dating his old friend Lindsay, 43, following his divorce from Autumn Kelly, 45, in 2021.
The couple have now gone their separate ways after the relationship “ran its course”, a source said. Sun.
Peter and Lindsay, the daughter of an oil tycoon, remain friends and no one else is believed to be involved.
Lindsay has attended several royal events with Peter, who is very close to her uncle, King Charles.
Pairing a smart navy double-breasted jacket with white jodhpurs, the Princess Royal’s daughter, 42, looked like she meant business as she elegantly made her way along the stunning course.
‘They were friends before their relationship blossomed. But Peter and Lindsay went their separate ways as the relationship simply ran its course,” a source told the Sun.
A friend of the couple added Hello! that Peter’s work commitments mean he has been traveling “non-stop”.
‘Peter and Lindsay made the difficult decision to separate as they were spending less time together with work and family commitments. “Peter’s business commitments and his F1 job have meant he has been away and traveling non-stop,” the source said.
“It was obviously a shock as most people thought they were absolutely rock solid, it’s very sad.” Peter has been traveling all over the world and has been incredibly busy and Lindsay lives in Scotland so it has been difficult for them to see each other.
The late Queen’s grandson, who lives on his mother’s Gatcombe Park estate, does not receive royal grant money and works as head of partner acquisition for rights agency CSM Sport & Entertainment and as an ISPS Handa ambassador. among others. sponsorship concerts.
In June, a friend of the King’s nephew told Hello that Peter had always been “extremely close” to Charles and that it “meant a lot” that he could take Lindsay to the Coronation concert.
The source told the outlet: “He is in a great place right now and couldn’t be happier in his private life or his personal life.”
The friend added that the couple look “so natural” in each other’s company, adding that they are “incredibly happy” together.
Zara’s exit comes after it was revealed her brother Peter Phillips, 46, split from his ‘solid’ girlfriend Lindsay Wallace (pictured together in June 2022, at Royal Ascot) after three years together .
“Lindsay truly is a breath of fresh air and it’s clear that both Lindsay and Peter love life,” the friend continued.
Peter and Canadian-born Autumn announced they would separate in 2020 and the divorce would be finalized in 2021. They share two daughters, Savannah, 13, and Isla, 12.
Meanwhile, stay-at-home mom Lindsay split from businessman husband of 11 years, Andrew, around the same time Peter announced his divorce.
Mum-of-two Lindsay has known Peter and his sister, Zara, since their school days in Gordonstoun, earning £45,000 a year.
Lindsay was in the same year as Zara at school and was among the guests at the royal’s 2011 wedding to rugby star Mike.
Rumors of a romance between Peter and Lindsay first emerged when he visited her in March 2021, raising questions over whether he had breached lockdown restrictions.
Eight months later, he proved he was serious about his new relationship when he took Lindsay as his date to his nephew Lucas’s baptism. The couple was photographed together in a car before the meeting.
Peter, the eldest son of Princess Anne and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips, took the very significant step of introducing Lindsay to his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, who was said to be “delighted”.
Lindsay met Her Late Majesty at a shooting party in Windsor and a source described the meeting as “warm”.
A spokesperson for Peter confirmed at the time that Lindsay had accompanied him to the joint christening of Zara and Mike Tindall’s son, Lucas, and Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank’s son, August, in Windsor.