Royal couple Zara and Mike Tindall share rare look into Australian holiday

Mike and Zara Tindall are back in their home away from home, Australia.

The royals are visiting Queensland for the annual Magic Millions Raceday, of which Zara, 44, is a long-time ambassador.

The horse rider and her husband, 47, posed alongside some of the biggest names in Australian racing at the event.

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Zara showed her loyalty to her favourite designer, wearing a pink lace dress by Aussie Rebecca Vallance. She paired it with a cream hat, beige sunglasses and metallic shoes.

Mike wore a suit and tie, matching his wife with a pink lace handkerchief in his breast pocket.

They posed alongside former rugby league footballer Billy Slater and his wife Nicole Slater, an equine artist.

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Billy, 42, wore a dark blue suit while Nicole wore a light green floral dress, and appeared laughing with the royals in the picture.

Mike and Zara also spent some time in NSW, enjoying a stay at Halcyon House hotel at Cabarita Beach.

Mike shared a video of memories from their stay, including shots of them catching up with friends, in a spa, and holding hands on a romantic beach walk.

The couple are very fond of Australia, visiting every year for the Magic Millions race and many other engagements.

They met in Sydney in 2003, with Mike describing the moment as a "sliding doors" situation.

The former rugby union player recently played a round with Australian golfer, Wayne 'Radar' Riley in his series A Round With Radar, telling him how much he loves Australia.

"I like Australia full stop really and it's got so many good memories for me," he said, "Met Zara there. We won the World Cup there."

Radar was shocked Mike happened to meet the royal, 44, in Sydney 23 years ago.

"There's always the sliding doors moment in the fact that I got dropped for the semi-final. I met her that night when I got dropped," he explained.

"I went out for a beer cuz I was p----- off... sliding doors," he said.

He added the couple had met at Manly Wharf Bar and said "if we go to Sydney, we'll always head back there cuz it's where we met. Maybe a bit of lunch at Hugo's or whatever," he said of the couple's tradition.

Mike has spoken about meeting his wife previously, sharing it was Zara who made the first move.

While Mike was in town for the Rugby World Cup, Zara, a Olympic eventing rider happened to be passing through while travelling the country on a gap year, reportedly with her cousin Prince Harry.

"Later on, Austin (his teammate) gave me her number and said, 'She wants you to text her, to say where you're all going out after the final so she can come along," he told a newspaper in 2011, reported Hello!

"First actual date, just went out for lunch locally, and ended up being quite a boozy one. Then we figured out that we both quite like getting smashed. It was a good start," he shared.

The two became more acquainted, making the relationship official in 2004 and marrying in 2011 Canongate Kirk on Edinburgh's Royal Mile.

After marriage, they settled into their home located in Zara's mother Princess Anne's Gatcombe Park estate in Gloucestershire, and welcomed their three children – Mia, 10, Lena, five, and Lucas, three.

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