They are a no-nonsense couple thousands can relate to, and their relationship has withstood the test of time.
Something Zara and Mike could definitely bond over when they first started dating was their mutual love for sports.
Zara has had an amazing equestrian career and even made it to the 2012 Olympics, according toExpress.
Mike, on the other hand, has had a successful career as a rugby player (viaHello!
Both Mike and Zara inherited their love for sports from their families.
While sports definitely run in their blood, Mike and Zara also have other interests.
Zara is a qualified physiotherapist, and Mike is a successful podcast host.
He also recently launched his own gin brand (viaHello!
Zara and Mike are definitely one of the most interesting royal couples out there.
Join us as we take a closer look at the relationship betweenQueen Elizabeth’s oldest granddaughterand her husband.
In fact, this couple first met in the most unlikely of places: a pub.
in 2022 (viaPeople).
They’d met her before and they introduced us and then got chatting."
The rest, as they say, is history.
The couple hit it off right away, and their romance blossomed soon after.
Mike seized the opportunity, and they continued spending time together and eventually made things official.
He can still recall their first date in vivid detail.
During an episode of “I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!”
(viaPeople), Mike revealed that the two of them went out to lunch for their first date.
It was a good start."
According toBrides, Mike revealed that he gets along very well with Zara’s family during a 2008 interview.
He did, however, get used to it after a while, and now he fits right in.
From how they first met to the way Mike asked Zara to marry him, we can absolutely relate.
There were no fancy dinners, music, or rose petals.
Mike told theDaily Mailthat he was going for the element of surprise.
This is one of the reasons he didn’t plan a big proposal.
“I walked in there and got down on one knee, with the ring.
She was on the sofa, so that made it easier.
I said, ‘Will you marry me?'”
Mike revealed, adding that Zara was so shocked by his sudden proposal that she started laughing.
Her answer was, of course, yes.
If that’s not the definition of a real-life fairytale, we don’t know what is.
The couple got married on July 30, 2011, at the 17th-century Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland.
It was a pretty intimate event, with only 300 guests in attendance (viaPeople).
Magazine (viaPeople) that she didn’t plan on having an extravagant wedding.
“It will be a lot smaller, just close family and friends,” she said.
“Thanks so much for all your kind messages.
Definitely the best day of my life today, so happy!
The girls are both doing great!”
The couple had two midwives, and one of them was able to get there quickly.
The other arrived just in time to deliver Lucas.
Her second miscarriage happened very early in the pregnancy.
Once again, her husband and family rallied around her.
“It makes it uneasy, going through the pregnancy.
You are always wondering what could be round the corner,” Mike toldThe Telegraph.
Mike was also incredibly supportive of Zara shortly after he met her, The Telegraph reports.
“[H]e understands the pressures, and vice versa, which obviously helps.”
When they’re not busy conquering the world in their respective fields, they like spending time at home.
“Saturday night, on the sofa with the dogs, watching ‘X-Men.’
That’s pretty much what our life is like.
We enjoy being on the quiet side now.”
he did so with his wife’s approval.
“She is fine, otherwise I wouldn’t have done it, would I?”
he toldThe Sunwhen asked how Zara felt about the whole affair.
Mike told his campmates that Zara told him to make the most of the time he had there.
Regardless of her worries about his loud breathing, Zara made it clear that she fully supports Mike.
