Mike Tindall allegedly made his feelings about Prince Harry following the late Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum party
Mike Tindall once made his feelings clear about Prince Harry with a brutal one-word remark. The ex-England rugby union star and husband of the King Charles’s niece, Zara, is believed to have made the comment following Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum party at Buckingham Palace in June 2022.
The Duke of Sussex had returned to London to be part of the landmark occasion, which came three months before Queen Elizabeth II’s death at the age of 96, although he did not attend the Palace concert.
Tindall found himself sitting behind Harry’s brother, Prince William, now the Prince of Wales. Following the concert, Tindall spoke to another guest, allegedly describing Prince Harry’s behaviour as that of a “b******.”
During the celebrations, Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, made just one official appearance with the rest of the family, at a service at St Paul’s Cathedral. While Zara was spotted speaking to Meghan, her husband did not engage in conversation with Harry, opting instead to sit silently or speak with the Earl of Snowdon.
Following the service, Zara could be seen beside her husband, who was at the exit, ready to greet people as they left the building. Footage showed them being approached by the Duke and Duchess before Zara and Meghan were seen chatting amiably.
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The Duke and Duchess once enjoyed a special bond with the Tindalls but are said to have drifted apart after the Sussexes began rubbing shoulders with Hollywood A-listers.
Jane Owen, celebrity PR expert and founder of Jane Owen PR, previously told The Mirror that “Hollywood loves Royalty,” saying that both Zara and Mike “can take advantage of that interest and attention.”
Meanwhile, Harry was reportedly “furious” at the prospect of Tindall being given a high-profile role at the Invictus Games, the Paralympics-style event founded by the Duke in 2014 for wounded military veterans.
In the end, Tindall did not take up the role, citing his focus on other interests, which included TV work and his podcast, The Good, The Bad & The Rugby. One of his projects that has been making waves is the proposed breakaway R360 league.
Tindall has been fronting plans for a revolutionary franchise competition, which had hoped to attract the sport’s biggest stars. However, the controversial plan received a big setback earlier this month when most of the major rugby-playing nations clubbed together to warn that any players involved in R360 would be barred from playing in Test matches.
Coming after the International Rugby Players Association advised its members to seek legal advice before agreeing to a R360 contract, it was a major setback for a league planning to launch in October next year. If it is to go ahead, then it must do so without the game’s biggest stars, which would be a big blow to Tindall’s plans.
The Welsh Rugby Union, which is in the midst of restructuring its domestic game, has expressed support for the statement and reserves the right not to select players for international duty if they are involved in R360.
Plans for the rebel league involve 12 franchised teams – eight men’s and four women’s – taking part in a global grand prix-type competition that will see matches take place in cities such as London, Miami, Tokyo and Lisbon.
