How is Mike Tindall related to the Queen as he joins I’m A Celebrity 2022?-Stella Akinwumi-Entertainment – Metro

Mike Tindall is the first Royal on I’m A Celeb (Picture: ITV/Getty)

Mike Tindall has been confirmed as one of the celebrities taking on gruesome Bushtucker trials Down Under in this year’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!

And his appearance makes him the first Royal to appear in the annual hit survival series.

ITV finally announced this year’s star-studded line-up which includes singer boy George, Love Island’s Olivia Attwood and newsreader Charlene White.

The former England rugby player touched down in Brisbane last week and ahead of his jungle stint he explained that he hopes the experience will be ‘good fun.’

We hope so!

It seems as though Mike is quite the adrenaline junkie as he also appeared on The Jump and Bear Grylls: Mission Survive.

But how is he related to Queen Elizabeth II?

How is Mike Tindall related to the Queen?

Mike has been married to Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter Zara since 2011 (Picture: Getty)

The English rugby star, 44, has been married to Princess Anne’s daughter Zara – the granddaughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II – since 2011.

Mike met his wife in a bar in Sydney when he was there for England’s World Cup win in 2003.

The couple have three children, daughters Mia Grace, eight, Lena Elizabeth, four, and baby son Lucas.

Speaking to the media at the airport Mike also shared how ‘special’ the country was to him.

The lat monarch died on September 8 this year (Picture: AFP)

‘Australia is a special place yeah I met Zara in Sydney. There is no holiday planned at the moment afterwards. If there was I wouldn’t tell you either,’ he joked.

When he touched down in Australia, Mike was tight-lipped on whether the Royal Family approved of his appearance on the show.

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‘That’s not something I need to tell you,’ he said.

Mike is also rumoured to receive a whopping £150,000 pay cheque for his appearance on the show.

I’m A Celebrity 2022 begins on Sunday November 6 at 9pm on ITV.

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