Mike Tindall Jokes About Wife Zara Tindall’s Age While Recounting Her “Lovely” Birthday

Mike Tindall made a hole in one of a zing while discussing wife Zara Tindall’s recent 43rd birthday.

On Friday, Mike appeared on Good Morning Britain to talk about both his wife, who is the daughter of Princess Anne, and his eponymous charity golf tournament, the Mike Tindall Celebrity Golf Classic.

“She keeps telling me she was 34, so I think you got the numbers wrong,” he quipped in response to the show’s hosts asking how they’d spent the day.

Zara’s birthday was May 15, and according to Mike, the Olympic equestrian started her “lovely day” with a horseback ride.

“Then we went out for lunch and then we just hung out all day and had a few friends over in the evening for dinner. It was a very, very nice day,” Mike, himself a retired professional rugby player, said. “Probably why I had a quieter night last night because I might have had a few the night before.”

The Tindalls, who are parents to three children, have never been afraid of having a little bit of fun in their life—and their interviews. Last year, Mike admitted to having “a little date night” the night before King Charles III’s coronation, staying out until 2 a.m. the evening before the ceremonial festivities. For her part, Zara looked as if she might have been struggling to stay awake during the event.

“Never worry about what’s tomorrow,” he said then of their pre-gaming. “Enjoy the moment and then you can deal with the next day later.”

Jokes about her birthday befuddlement aside, Mike took to social media Friday and posted a photo of himself and Zara at the charity tournament, which raises funds for organizations related to Parkinson’s Disease. Mike’s father was diagnosed with the condition in 2003.

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Mike, dressed from head to toe in hot pink, has his arm around a similarly sporty-attired (though slightly less pink) Zara in the photo. They are both holding golf clubs and grinning at one another.

“I finally convinced Zara to stop practising her putting and have a photo with me!” he captioned the pic.