‘Mum guilt is just an aspect of my life now’: Zara Tindall gives candid interview with Mike
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Zara Tindall has opened up about feeling “mother’s guilt” and the fight to get her body back after welcoming three children in a candid interview with her husband Mike.
The 44-year-old former rugby ace sat down with his wife, 40, for a new YouTube series called ‘Mike Drop’ in collaboration with the Magic Millions horse racing event in Australia.
In an interview shared last night, the Olympic equestrian was emotional as she opened up about her sports career, her relationship with horses and her struggles with motherhood, as well as her miscarriage experience.
She explained that she found it difficult to get back into riding after having her children, Mia, eight, Lena, five, and Lucas, 18 months, saying: “It was difficult for me to do it again.” Mentally, you feel guilty like a mother leaving her child to go do something else.’
Zara Tindall, 40, has opened up about feeling “mother’s guilt” and the fight to get her body back after welcoming three children in a candid interview with her husband Mike, 44.
In the wide-ranging interview, she revealed how, after having her eldest daughter, Mia, in 2014, she was determined to get back into riding.
She told Mike, “After I had Mia, I felt like my goal was to get back into horseback riding, I want to go back.”
‘He had a good horse to come back to because of his trust and trying to… he wanted to come back for him too. Trying to have a goal is probably something I always need.
“I always need goals in my life and I set a lot of goals in my life all the time.”
In an interview shared last night, the Olympic equestrian was emotional as she opened up about her sports career, her relationship with horses and her struggles with motherhood, as well as her miscarriage experience.
However, he said he had struggled, saying “It was hard to get your body back when you’ve been riding for 25 years, and then your body just isn’t doing that.”
‘your muscles [are] do nothing and stretch and create something amazing, but it’s completely different.
‘Trying to get your body back to where it was, I found, was hard work.’
Meanwhile, she acknowledged how the couple had balanced Zara’s career with life as new parents, adding: “Mia came along for the ride with us, too.”
“I was very interested in shows, it was easier when we had one.”
She explained that she found it difficult to get back into riding after having her children, Mia, eight, Lena, five, and Lucas, 18 months.
However, Zara also spoke about “mother’s fault”, telling Mike, “I had to call you every day to make sure you were doing the right thing.”
You feel guilty. I felt guilty all the time. He’s even just going to go riding. I just thought, that’s one aspect of my life now.
Mike touched on the couple’s miscarriage experience, which Zara has discussed on several occasions.
He said: ‘Seven year period with children, his riding has been intermittent, we lost a baby on the way, he had to stop riding before then and missed another part of the time.
During the interview, Zara said that she hoped her equestrian career had helped her become a better mother.
Meanwhile, Mike briefly touched on the couple’s experience of losing a baby, asking if he felt like he had given his sports career “everything I wanted to give it” during the period.
‘Did you feel that during that time you gave him everything you wanted to give him?’
Zara responded: “There are probably times where I would look back and shouldn’t have gone to certain places, but I think I got lucky, I had tournaments, I was at an Olympics, I was at the World Championships and I won.”
‘The things I missed were another great chapter of my life and I’m very lucky to be able to run them side by side.
‘I’m lucky that our sport can do both and still ride at the top. It has been a huge boost for me and I hope that I will become a better mother.”
Zara and Mike have three children, Mia, Lena and Lucas, who regularly attend horse shows where they watch their mother compete (pictured last year).
“They can experience it with us and with me and all those features about life and competitive life, they’ll enjoy it too.”
Elsewhere in the 30-minute interview, Zara talks about growing up with horses, her parents’ love of riding, as well as how emotional she gets when talking about her relationship with animals.
Zara said she felt “very lucky” to have been introduced to the sport because Princess Anne and Mark Philips were riding, saying: “If we weren’t in the house, we were in the yard.”
Meanwhile, she and Mike also debated who was the more successful athlete, before Zara revealed that she still hopes to win Olympic gold in the future.
Zara said she hopes her three children will “experience” the world of competitive sports with her and Mike and that “they will enjoy it too” (pictured April 2022)
The interview also saw the couple talk about the Magic Millions horse race, which they attend every year in Australia.
Zara was announced as the first Magic Millions Racing Women Ambassador in 2012, and now travels to Surfers Paradise in Queensland every year for the Gold Coast Yearling Sale, seven days of auctions culminating in this weekend’s main racing meeting. week where all the contenders are horses purchased in previous Magic Millions auctions.
“This is an ongoing partnership that sees Zara attend events every year to present gifts to the winners,” Mischa Jolin, CEO of Influencer, PR and Branding agency, Edencancan, previously told Femail.
“She is an integral part of the brand that empowers women within the equestrian field. I would anticipate this partnership to be worth around £125k per year.
Meanwhile, Mike’s latest YouTube series comes on the heels of his appearance on I’m a Celebrity.
Meanwhile, she and Mike also debated who was the more successful athlete, before Zara revealed that she still hopes to win Olympic gold in the future (pictured, winning Olympic silver in 2012).
Popular culture and branding expert Nick Ede previously told FEMAIL that the royal would likely earn up to £150,000 for her role in the controversial series.
The brand expert added that appearing on the show could be a great move for the “Tindall brand,” noting that while it could earn significant pay, “the true value of the show is what you do afterward.”
He told FEMAIL: “Whether he lands a leading role as a sports pundit, panelist or show host, who knows, but for the ‘Tindall brand’ this is a big step and will increase his celebrity value tenfold.” . All eyes will be on Mike this year.
Earlier this month, the couple put on a display of love at the racing event in Queensland, Australia.
After a turbulent week for the Royal Family in the wake of Prince Harry’s memoir, Princess Anne’s daughter, 41, and her husband, 44, couldn’t have been more carefree as they kissed for the cameras.
The parents of three are currently vacationing on the Gold Coast, and I’m a Celebrity star Mike shares plenty of photos from the trip on Instagram.
While Mike and Zara do not have official duties, they are regulars at royal family events such as church services and important events like the Jubilee.
Her supportive husband Mike, who has often eulogized the late Queen, also attended Her Late Majesty’s funeral in September.
Mike is believed to be a much-loved addition to the royal family, and the rugby ace is always enthusiastically greeting members of Zara’s family when they attend events together.