Mike and Zara Tindall love visiting Scotland in the summer as much as the rest of the Royal Family but the retired rugby star has been trying to organise a big trip further afield too. During an event earlier this year celebrating his brand Blackeye Gin, he revealed he's got his heart set on a family cruise holiday.
"We've been trying to plan this for ages and we're trying to get dates that we can go do it," Mike explained to The Mirror, before confirming he "would definitely" consider bringing his and Zara's three children Mia, Lena and Lucas on the trip too.
Although he acknowledged "cruising gets bracketed into an older generation", 47-year-old Mike thinks that reputation "has massively changed at the moment".
Sadly, we don't know which cruise destination he's got his eye on for the Tindalls' holiday. But since Blackeye Gin has been introduced across MSC cruises, perhaps he'd be keen to board one of their ships.
The company operates itineraries within Europe as well as to the Caribbean and the Americas, so there's plenty of choice for well-travelled couple Mike and Zara. Hopefully they'll find some dates soon! Even if it doesn't happen this summer after all the rugby star's efforts, there's so many other holidays they can book.
Plus, they'll also probably be planning to go back to one of their favourite places next January. Mike and Zara Tindall first met in Australia during the 2003 World Cup and they regularly go back at the start of the year for the Magic Millions Carnival.
A trip to sunny Down Under is a wonderful way to beat the winter blues and Zara's described it as feeling like home.
"We have always loved Australia and it is like a home from home for us," she said in the past. "We have been coming to Queensland for so long now it has become a tradition."
Zara told Hello!, "[We love] coming out of the cold winter and into the warm heat, and the incredible water temperatures. The Gold Coast is just a great place to be - it's got a bit of everything, from beaches to horses and everything else in between."
Although Mia, Lena and Lucas don't join their parents at the Magic Millions events, they've gone with them to Australia before. Mike said in 2019, "[T]he ability to get up early, go on the beach - especially for the kids, taking them in the ocean is brilliant."
All the children also came over with Zara to reunite with Mike after his stint in ITV's I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! in 2022. A cruise would be another big trip and the school summer holidays would be the perfect time.
As well as a possible holiday abroad, the Tindall family might keep up the tradition of spending some quality time with the royals at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire. Queen Elizabeth used to host her family every summer and now King Charles invites his nearest and dearest to come.
Zara Tindall went to school in Moray and she and Mike later got married in Edinburgh, so Scotland is another destination that means a lot to both of them.
