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Courtney Pochin

Mike Tindall shares why royals wanted to leave Jubilee Pageant 'as quickly as possible'

Over the weekend, all eyes were on the royal family as they came together to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, marking her 70 years on the throne.

And while they had the best seats in the house inside the royal box for events like the Platinum Pageant on Sunday, it turns out they were pretty eager to leave by the end.

This is according to Mike Tindall, who sat behind the Cambridge Family on the day.

The former England rugby player, 43, is married to Princess Anne's daughter Zara, and attended all the major royal events over the past few days.

He recently opened up about the incredible weekend on his podcast The Good, The Bad and The Rugby with James Haskell, Alex Payne and special guest Zinzan Brooke.

In the episode, released on Thursday, July 8, Tindall was asked about what happened after the Pageant and he claimed the royals wanted to "get out as quickly as possible".

Mike said the kids were the stars of the show on Sunday (Anthony Harvey/REX/Shutterstock)

A fellow presenter inquired as to whether the royals all enjoyed a cup of tea together at the end of the long weekend for a "debrief" on how it all went.

But Tindall says they did not, instead they were in a rush to leave - and given how many people flocked to London for the occasion, we can't say we blame them if they were hoping to beat the traffic on the way home.

Mike Tindall has spoken about the Platinum Jubilee on his podcast (PA)

"No there wasn't really," he said. "After the Pageant, it was basically try and get out as quickly as you can.

"There was more... after the concert, we all chatted together because we went in and had a drink after, but not really after the Pageant."

He continued: "I think everyone was pretty happy and I think the committee that put it together did an incredible job."

Tindall went on to discuss sitting near Boris Johnson and Kier Starmer in the royal box and what he spoke with them about.

"I was talking about the ability to firefight with Boris Johnson, but he sounds like he's going to have another one by the end of the day," he explained.

"There's so many questions you want to ask, but it's not really the right time to do it, so it was just basic pleasantries.

"He asked a bit about rugby, he thought we won in 99, but there you go. He was alright.

"The kids were the stars of the show."

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