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Jennifer Newton

Mike Tindall's savage X-rated response after Matt Hancock finally joins I'm A Celeb camp

Mike Tindall has taken a brutal x-rated swipe at former health secretary Matt Hancock after he finally joined the I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here camp.

In the latest episode of the ITV show, Mr Hancock and fellow new arrival Seann Walsh completed a bushtucker trial, winning six meals for their campmates, before they went on to meet them.

Most were stunned by the MP's arrival, with Loose Women star Charlene White immediately probing him on why he was doing the show.

He said: "Because the honest truth is because there are so few ways in which politicians can show that we’re human beings.

Mike Tindall, Sue Cleaver and Boy George react after Matt Hancock joins the camp (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
Matt Hancock on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here (ITV)

"So I just thought it would be good to do that. I’ve got a sense of adventure."

However, later in the show, Mike, who is married to King Charles' niece Zara, took a savage swipe at Mr Hancock while chatting to Coronation Street star Sue Cleaver and singer Boy George.

Sue said: "He sticks out like a sore thumb" before George added: "I think he must be nervous though. You can hear it in his voice."

Mike is married to King Charles' niece Zara Tindall (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

And Mike replied while laughing: "When I heard why did you come here, all I heard was bulls***, bulls***, bulls***."

Mike is married to a member of the royal family, which usually doesn't comment or get involved in politics. However, neither he nor wife Zara carry out any royal duties and do not hold royal titles.

But it is not the first time that Mike has appeared to take a dig at politicians.

Mike has made a dig at politician before on his podcast (ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Last year, he said politicians who broke Covid rules by holding Christmas parties could learn from the late Queen who followed the regulations - even at her beloved husband's funeral.

In April 2021, the monarch was forced to sit by herself at the funeral of Prince Philip due to Covid restrictions at the time and the world was moved by poignant images of her alone during the service at St George's Chapel.

It later emerged that Boris Johnson and several other high-profile political figures had been caught up in a scandal over Christmas parties held in 2020 when restrictions on household mixing in some parts of the country were at their tightest.

And speaking on his podcast The Good, The Bad and The Rugby, which was recorded before Christmas last year, former rugby player Mike said: "I mean, you look at what she did in terms of setting examples at the Duke's funeral; sat on her own, did everything by the book and exposed herself like that.

"That is what needed to be done in the country at that time.

"Who knew that whilst she was doing that, politicians were doing everything that they were doing?

"They should maybe learn from her."

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