The Tindall family has suffered a heartbreaking loss.
On the Wednesday, September 23 episode of his The Good, The Bad & The Rugby podcast, Mike Tindall, the former England rugby star and the husband of Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Tindall, announced that his father, Phil Tindall, died at the age of 80.
He shared that his dad passed away “last week” after a prolonged battle with Parkinson’s disease.
“Unfortunately, my dad passed away last week,” the 47-year-old shared.
He expressed his gratitude to Otley Rugby Club in West Yorkshire, where Phil once led the side as captain, saying, "Big shout-out to Otley Rugby Club. They played Chester on the weekend, and they did a minute's silence to my dad, who was captain in '72, '73.”
“That little moment, I got to watch it. Someone recorded it, sent it to me, and then they wrote a little thing in the program as well, which I read. But thank you very much to Otley Rugby Club for it.”
Phil Tindall had been struggling with Pakinson’s disease for decades. In a 2020 interview with the Daily Mail, Mike Tindall revealed that his father had been living with the disease for 17 years, with his condition gradually deteriorating.
“My dad has had Parkinson’s for the past 17 years. Over the last few years, I’ve really seen him deteriorate,” he shared.
In May 2026, Mike revealed, "My dad is not doing great at the moment. Parkinson's is brutal and there is no let-up from how it attacks the body and changes people."
About Mike Tindall and Zara Tindall relationship
After meeting during the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia, Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall became engaged in December 2010. The couple tied the knot on July 30, 2011, at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh.
They share three children: daughters Mia Grace and Lena Elizabeth, and son Lucas Philip.
