Zara Tindall and Princess Eugenie at the Cheltenham Festival on March 13, 2024.Photo:Shutterstock
Shutterstock
Princess EugenieandZara Tindallare having a day at the races!
On Wednesday, the first cousins stepped out at the Cheltenham Festival at the Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire. The equestrian event was a royal family affair withQueen CamillaandPrincess Annealso in attendance, as was Eugenie’s husband,Jack Brooksbank, and Zara’s husband,Mike Tindall.
Cameras caught a sweet moment of Princess Eugenie, 33, and Zara, 42, walking arm in arm at the track with big grins.
The cousins were similarly all smiles at an event together just a few months ago when Zara supported Princess Eugenie at theinaugural Winter Galafor her charityThe Anti-Slavery Collectivein November 2023.
Princess Eugenie was similarly supportive of Zara on Wednesday, as Princess Anne’s daughter has a professional connection to the Cheltenham Festival. Zara, a professional equestrian,becamethe Cheltenham Racecourse director in 2020, and she and her husband are frequent fixtures at the Cheltenham Festival, which Queen Camilla also often attends.
Zara Tindall and Princess Eugenie at the Cheltenham Festival on March 13, 2024.Shutterstock
When Queen Elizabeth died in September 2022 at age 96, her eldest son and successorKing Charlesinherited her 100 thoroughbred horses,The Guardianreported, though almost a third were soon sold off. Over the summer, King Charles and Queen Camilla were in for a treat when their horse Desert Herowon on the third dayof the Royal Ascot, which they animatedly watched from the stands.
Queen Camilla hands out an award at the Cheltenham Festival on March 13, 2024.BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty
BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty
“To think how proud our grandmother the Queen would have been, but to have a winner for Charles and Camilla and keep the dream alive was incredible,'' she said at the time.
Queen Camilla arrived solo at the track on Wednesday, sporting a horseshoe brooch for the race day. Aftertaking some time off, it’s been a busy week for the royal, who led the royal family in King Charles’ stead at theCommonwealth Day Serviceat Westminster Abbey on Monday and attended aWomen of the World receptionat Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, where she received her own Barbie doll!
“Thank you very, very much indeed. It’s brilliant,” the Queen joked in signature humor. “You’ve taken about 50 years off my life.”
“We should all have a Barbie!” she added.
Queen Camilla at the Cheltenham Festival on March 13, 2024.Leon Neal/Getty
Leon Neal/Getty
Can’t get enough of PEOPLE’s Royals coverage?Sign up for our free Royals newsletterto get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!
The Queen has been a steady presence at public events as King Charles postpones public-facing duties while receivingcancer treatmentand will makeroyal historylater this month as the first consort to lead the ancient Royal Maundy Service.
‘‘She is his strength and stay like [Prince Philip] was for the late Queen,’’ a palace insidertells PEOPLEabout how Queen Camilla supports King Charles. ‘‘She will be great. She will rally him, she will buoy him. She is amazing. She equips him to do the job he has to do.’’
source: people.com
