Zara Tindall 'shared more on birth than Palace would' says expert

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Zara Tindall and husband Mike welcomed their third child, a boy, last Sunday at their Gloucestershire home. The former English rugby union player made the announcement during the latest episode of the podcast The Good, the Bad and the Rugby, during which he also revealed baby Lucas Philip was born in the bathroom after a quick labour. HeirPod co-host Maggie Rulli noted the announcement marked a significant departure from the traditional approach the Royal Family had when it comes to information about the health of its members.

Speaking to co-host Omid Scobie, Ms Rulli said: “Eight grandkids and 10 great-grandkids, with another on the way. That’s a gang. And I love this, too.

“Last week or two weeks ago, when you mentioned how when it comes to health matters, what you always hear from the Palace is, ‘he’s in good spirits.’

“That’s what we heard about Philip after a month, he’s in good spirits.

“And I love that the Tindalls are like, ‘let me actually give you all the graphic details you need.’ So she’s on the bathroom floor and then the baby is coming.”

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She added: “That’s a lot more than just good spirits.”

The Royal Family is traditionally more private when it comes to sharing information about the state of family members.

But during the coronavirus pandemic, the Queen and several senior royals broke with the usual approach and gave more details about their health to the public.

In March 2020, Clarence House confirmed Prince Charles had contracted Covid and was isolating alongside Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.

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Her Majesty and Prince Philip earlier this year also confirmed they had received their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in an attempt to reassure Britons on the safety of the jab.

And when the Duke of Edinburgh was taken to hospital in mid-February, Buckingham Palace released at least three statements to update members of the public about his condition.

One of the statements confirmed Philip had “successfully” undergone surgery for what is believed to be a pre-existing heart condition.

He returned to Windsor Castle, where he has been isolating with the Queen since March 2020, at the beginning of March.

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Mike Tindall told his podcast co-hosts: “Sunday got even better because a little baby boy arrived at my house.

“Arrived very quickly. Didn’t make it to hospital. On the bathroom floor.

“So yeah, it was running to the gym, get a mat, get into the bathroom, get the mat on the floor, towels down, brace, brace, brace.”

Lucas Philip Tindall is Zara and Mike Tindall’s third child after daughters Mia and Lena.

He is the Queen and Prince Philip’s tenth great-grandchild and the first gran-son to their daughter, Princess Anne.

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