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Zara Tindall could lead Royal Equestrian role amid Prince William’s discomfort with racing traditions<\/p>\n
Zara Tindall may soon take on a key role within the Royal Family-one that Prince William reportedly finds ‘uncomfortable,’ according to a royal insider.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sources suggest that Zara, 44, could be given a more visible position within the monarchy, specifically overseeing equestrian matters that Prince William is said to be less enthusiastic about.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The former Olympic equestrian, following in the footsteps of her mother, Princess Anne, is reportedly being considered to manage the royal racing duties once Prince William ascends the throne.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite turning 43 today, Prince William made only a brief appearance at Royal Ascot last week, attending just one of the high-profile event.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Insiders claim the Prince of Wales lacks the deep passion for horse racing that was evident in Queen Elizabeth II’s and King Charles’s reigns.<\/p>\n
A racing expert with knowledge of the Royal Family told The Times: ‘I never get the feeling the whole top and racing is really his thing, and he’s said as much.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
The same source added: ‘He’s never really seemed comfortable doing it.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
While those close to William acknowledge he understands the importance of events like Ascot-both for racing world and the UK economy-he is expected to adopt a far less hands-on role compared to his predecessors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The future king is also likely to reduce his involvement with Royal Ascot and the royal stud at Sandringham in Norfolk-marking a shift from the approach of previous monarchs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
This change presents the perfect opening for Zara to take charge of royal equestrian duties, given her Olympic achievements and lifelong passion for the sport.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Currently, Zara and her husband, Mike Tindall, are not working royals, but this potential new role could increase her prominence within the monarchy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zara Tindall could lead Royal Equestrian role amid Prince William’s discomfort with racing traditions Zara Tindall may soon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-203475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114723430562067726","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203475\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}