Queen Elizabeth’s son-in-lawMike Tindallis sharing details about his son’s unique royal celebration on Sunday.
“I took him swimming in the morning, so I think I readied him for it,” added Tindall. “He was quite looking forward to it when the water was coming out.”
The Queen attends the Royal Christening at the Royal Chapel of All Saints, Windsor.James Whatling/MEGA
Sunday’s family event at the Royal Chapel of All Saints in Windsor saw Zara’s grandmotherQueen Elizabethattend in a lime green outfit following her recenthealth setbacks.
“(We) Snuck off… For a couple of beers in Richmond,” Tindall revealed on the podcast. “And then we had the christening on Sunday. So, it was lovely.”
Alongside the Queen, Zara’s motherPrincess Annealso attended Sunday’s double baptism, as did Eugenie’s parents,Prince AndrewandSarah Ferguson, reported The Sun, which broke the news of the occasion.
Princess Eugenie, Jack Brooksbank and August.Princess Eugenie Instagram
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The event was tinged with sadness, however. The previous day, the Queen marked the 74th anniversary of her wedding to her late husbandPrince Philip, her first without himfollowing his death at age 99in April. Both August and Lucasare partly namedafter Philip — it is a middle name for each of the boys.
Eugenie also suffered the sad loss of her father-in-law, George Brooksbank, just days ahead of the christening.
George, 72, the father of Eugenie’s husband of three years, died last week according to the Press Association, which added that he had “been ill for some time” afterbattling the coronaviruslast year.
source: people.com
