The queen’s granddaughter, Zara Tindall, has a third child, at home

The queen’s granddaughter, Zara Tindall, and her husband, former rugby player Mike Tindall, are celebrating the birth of their third child, who was born at home on the bathroom floor after the couple failed to get to the hospital in time. .

Lucas Philip Tindall was born on Sunday and weighed 3742g, a representative for the couple said Wednesday. His middle name is in honor of both Mike Tindall’s father and Zara’s grandfather, Prince Felipe. He’s 22nd in line to the throne, but won’t accept a
royal title.

The 42-year-old Tindall revealed that the speed of the arrival of the latest royal baby, the Queen’s 10th great-grandson, caught the couple off guard and he had to rush to find a rug for his 39-year-old wife. who like her mother, Princess Anne, enjoyed a successful equestrian career.

“So yeah, it was running to the gym, getting a mat, going to the bathroom, putting the mat down, putting down the towels, holding, brace, brace,” he said on The Good, The Bad & The Rugby podcast.

The latest addition to the Tindall family is a 7-year-old younger brother of Mia and 2-year-old Lena, who were not home at the time of birth.

Tindall said his wife’s friend Dolly, who was also at the previous two deliveries, was present.

“She was there and she recognized that we would not have made it to the hospital in time.

“Fortunately, the midwife who was to receive us at the hospital was not that far away, so she arrived just as we had assumed the position. [position] and the second midwife arrived just after the boss arrived. “

Tindall joked that now may be the right time for you to have a vasectomy.

“I was literally like ‘Yeah, short, short, short’. I have a boy. I’m out of here. I’m leaving here,” he said. “The best thing about being at home, the best thing is that as soon as it’s wrapped, it’s skin to skin, right down there. TV room. Playing golf. This is what we’re doing.”