Zara Tindall and Mike Tindall attended a glitzy Champions Ball at the Dorchester Hotel over the weekend.

The daughter of Princess Anne looked stylish in a Rebecca Vallance “Antoinette” puff-sleeve woven maxi dress.


Meanwhile, her husband Mike, 46, sported a classic black tuxedo-style suit and bow tie.

The relaxed couple enjoyed each other’s company at the prestigious London event.

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Zara Tindall and Mike attend glitzy Champions Ball at the Dorchester Hotel (stock picture)

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Held annually at the Dorchester Hotel, the Champions Ball is a charity event, which supports Rainbows Children’s Hospice, a hospice charity based in Loughborough.

Typically, guests are treated to a champagne reception, dinner, entertainment, and a charity auction.

It came just days after the former England rugby player praised the Royal Family, saying the British people would be “blown away” if they could see what the Prince and Princess of Wales are like behind closed doors.

Mike discussed Prince William and his wife, Princess Kate, in his new book The Good, the Bad & the Rugby – Unleashed.

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Zara Tindall wore her Rebecca Vallance ‘Antoinette’ Puff-Sleeve Woven Maxi Dress (pictured)

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The Prince and Princess of Wales, both 42, appeared with Princess Anne (Mike’s mother-in-law) on his rugby podcast in September 2023.

The father-of-three also praised the Princess Royal for knowing “more about sport than almost anyone I’ve met”.

Speaking about Kate and William, Mike said: “I think the podcast humanised them a little bit, and I kind of wish they’d let us put the uncut version out, because it would have blown the public away.”

He continued: “They came across as down-to-earth, fully engaged, funny and knowledgeable… it was a far more enlightening chat than I expected, not because I thought they’d be dull (I already knew that they weren’t), but because I know how everything to do with the Royal Family is so carefully controlled.”

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The event took place at The Dorchester Hotel in London

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Mike Tindall and Zara TindallMike Tindall and Zara Tindall are very down-to-earth members of the Royal FamilyPA

The surprise appearance by the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Princess Royal, on The Good, the Bad and The Rugby, delighted royal fans.

The episode, which was recorded during the Rugby World Cup, invited the royals onto the podcast as patrons of the WRU, RFU & SRU.

Mike and Zara tied the knot at Canongate Kirk on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile on July 30, 2011.

Zara is the daughter of Princess Anne and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips, making her 21st in line to the British throne.