Sports are very important to the Windsors. Among the ranks of the royal family, there are in particular several princesses who participated in the Olympic games. Princess Anne was the first to compete in 1976 in the eventing horse riding competition. Her daughter, Zara Tindall, won this same event in London in the summer of 2012. This passion for effort, the mother of Mia, Lena and Lucas shares it with her children, but also with his husband, Mike Tindallone of the stars of the English international XV.
In an interview with the Australian magazine Woman’s Weekly, the niece of Charles III has revealed that she enjoys organizing competitions where her two eldest daughters, Mia Grace and Lena, compete against the Prince and Princess of Wales’ eldest children, George and Charlotte. “Competition, conducted in the right way, is very healthy, I thinkexplained Mike Tindall. She pushes people to improve; for athletes, it pushes you to train, it pushes you to push as hard as you can. You need it.“Words validated by his wife:”I think our families [les Tindall et les Galles, ndlr] are quite competitive.“
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Mia and Lena must learn to deal with defeat
During the same interview, Zara and Mike Tindall explained that if their daughters had indeed developed a competitive spirit, pushing them to improve for future competitions with their cousinsthe two young girls nevertheless had difficulty accepting defeat. “Mia doesn’t like losing, at the momentthe rugby player confided to our Australian colleagues. [Et] now Lena is mature enough to start encouraging Mia to excel.” Enough to liven up this winter’s reunion for end of year celebrations organized at Sandringham !
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