Back in May, Zara Tindall, a professional equestrian and granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, and her husband, former rugby player Mike Tindall, announced their desire to help get U.K. back to playing sports after the COVID-19 lockdown was lifted. Because this is the 21st century, that entailed a partnership with a tech company that planned to create a “passport” system that athletes could use to prove they were coronavirus-free. Three months later, that technology is a reality, and on Wednesday, the Tindalls released a video showing it off.
They also give the viewer an up-close view of how things are at the couple’s house in their house at Gatcombe Park, the estate where Zara’s mother, Princess Anne, also lives. The video shows them playing around with a few horses in their stable, where they have labeled “Z” and “M” trash cans, and later getting tested for coronavirus antibodies inside their house. The tests happen behind plastic barriers, but it’s easy to see the couple’s sleek electric tea-kettle and table with an Apple desktop computer.
Unlike her uncle Prince Charles, who came down with COVID-19 in March, Zara was in the clear. They both turned out to be negative for coronavirus antibodies. “It’d be really awkward if one of us had had it and the other didn’t,” Mike said while Zara laughed.
Zara and Mike have two daughters, six-year-old Mia and two-year-old Lena. Mia is a student at Thomas’s Battersea, the school that Prince George and Princess Charlotte also attend. The school starts in-person classes on September 2, but it’s not clear if the royals will be returning for in-person classes. Earlier this month, Mike appeared on a podcast where he said that the family had wanted to travel to visit the queen at Balmoral, but had decided against it due to coronavirus restrictions.
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