Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall are expecting their first baby in the new year

Child of top equestrian and former England rugby player would be Princess Royal's third grandchild

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Rake progresses to CBI president

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Zara Phillips looks as if her horse has not run well as she watches the Stan James Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. She also looked bemused when she and her husband Mike Tindall were stopped by a security guard from accessing the parade ring

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Burns fires final shot as young rivals duel in rain

Saracens 15 Gloucester 15

Gloucester’s Jonny May beats Nick Robinson to score

Trinder form is reason to leave Tindall outside

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The Duke of Edinburgh missed the Royal Family's annual Boxing Day shoot today as he remained in hospital following a heart scare.

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