Mike Tindall says daughter Mia has been ‘so happy’ since returning to school and reveals he had a ‘great’ reunion with his parents as the family ‘slowly but surely’ get back to normal after lockdown
- Mike Tindall, 41, revealed he and Zara, 39, are adapting to life after lockdown
- Said reuniting with his parents was ‘great’ but the reunion was ‘still not normal’
- He explained how daughter Mia, six, has been ‘so happy’ to be back at school
- Rugby ace joked family have been on ‘training programme’ during the pandemic
Mike Tindall has revealed how his family are ‘slowly but surely’ getting back to normal after the coronavirus lockdown.
The former England rugby star, 41, and his wife Zara, 39, spent the past few months at their home of Gatcombe Park in Gloucestershire with their children Mia, six, and Lena, two.
He has now revealed how reuniting with his parents Zara and Phillip, who are isolating in West Yorkshire and are in the high risk category – with his father suffering from Parkinson’s and his mother battling with asthma, was ‘great’ but ‘not normal’.
The rugby ace also told Hello magazine: ‘Mia has been back at school for a bit now, and she’s been so happy, it’s great to see.’
Mike Tindall, 41, has revealed he enjoyed a happy reunion with his parents Zara and Phillip following the coronavirus lockdown. His parents were in the high risk category with his father suffering from Parkinson’s and his mother having asthma (pictured, at an event together in May 2019)
Mike recently helped to raise £250,000 for The Cure Parkinson’s Trust by cycling 137km (85miles) through the Gloucestershire countryside close to his home.
The rugby ace revealed how there had been ‘a bit of a family training programme’ for the charity effort.
He explained: ‘I did a lot of riding with Lena on my back, which helps with the resistance part.
‘Mia and I also did lots of cycling together, and Zara trained with me, so it has been a bit of a family training programme.’
Meanwhile the rugby ace also revealed how his eldest daughter Mia has been ‘so happy’ since returning to school after the coronavirus crisis
Mike also revealed how his wife Zara helped him train for his recent charity challenge to cycle 85miles and raise money for The Cure’s Parkinson’s Trust
His comments come a week after he told Lorraine it was a ‘no-brainer’ to send his eldest daughter Mia back to school – despite many of the nation’s pupils still being at home.
WHAT IS PARKINSON’S? THE INCURABLE DISEASE THAT STRUCK BOXER MUHAMMAD ALI
Parkinson’s disease affects one in 500 people, including about one million Americans.
It causes muscle stiffness, slowness of movement, tremors, sleep disturbance, chronic fatigue, an impaired quality of life and can lead to severe disability.
It is a progressive neurological condition that destroys cells in the part of the brain that controls movement.
Sufferers are known to have diminished supplies of dopamine because nerve cells that make it have died.
There is currently no cure and no way of stopping the progression of the disease, but hundreds of scientific trials are underway to try and change that.
The disease claimed the life of boxing legend Muhammad Ali in 2016.
Mia has happily returned to school after the government gave the green light for Year One pupils to go back last month.
He said that his daughter, elder sister to Lena, two, had ‘had a blast’ returning to the classroom – and it had helped the entire’s family’s ‘well-being’ during lockdown.
The 41-year-old was appearing on the ITV morning show to talk about raising money for The Cure Parkinson’s Trust and his father Philip’s battle with the illness.
Speaking about homeschooling and the difficult decision to send Mia Grace back into full-time education, he said: ‘You weigh it up, the school she’s at have done a fantastic job in how they’ve prepared. She was ready to go back, she was missing her friends and missing that interaction.’
He said on her first day back, Mia Grace was delighted to see her classmates again:
‘I’ll always remember her face coming out the first day, she’d had a blast catching up with and seeing everyone.
‘It was a bit of a no-brainer for us, in terms of not just her wellbeing and mental wellbeing, but for us, home-schooling… I think it was definitely needed.’
He also revealed that the couple are hopeful of going out to dinner next month when they celebrate their ninth wedding anniversary on July 30th.
‘Hopefully we’ll be able to do something, we’ll have to wait and see what we can do and what we’re allowed to do. It’s quite good with the restaurants opening, we might be able to get a date night in, so that will be nice.
‘You don’t normally ever plan a date night… you just can do it instantaneously. Now you have to plan, you’re planning a week in advance. It’s the biggest thing in the last three months of your life. I’m looking forward to it.’
The ex England rugby star revealed that his eldest daughter with wife Zara had loved being back at school (Pictured: father and daughter at Celtic Manor in July 2019)
Speaking about his father’s two-decade battle with Parkinson’s, he said: ‘My dad’s had Parkinson’s for nearly 20 years now.
‘To watch how it’s affected his life and how it’s changed him… if we can find a cure we can stop another son or daughter having to watch what I’ve had to watch with my dad, the guy who taught me everything I know about sport, competition.
‘If we can make it so that no one has to watch their parent, their person they look up to go through it, it’s always worth getting on a bike and just [putting your] head down and pedalling.’
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