Zara Tindall and her Children Maya and Lena: The Reason They Don’t Have Royal Titles

Zara Tindall, the first granddaughter of the Queen, and Princess Anne and Mark Phillips' second child, is just as much a part of the royal family as her cousins.

However, neither Zara nor her brother Peter were given royal titles at birth.

This is because Anne and Mark decided that they wanted their children to have as normal lives as possible.

As Anne was the only daughter of the Queen and Prince Philip, her children weren't guaranteed a royal title, unlike the children of the monarch's Malay offspring.

Nevertheless, the Queen still offered courtesy titles to both Mark when he married Anne, and their children, which were declined.

Rather than feeling excluded without a royal title, Zara often speaks out about the benefits her parents' decision gave her.

In an interview with Hello!

magazine, the mum-of-two revealed that she was able to be more creative than her cousin Prince William, who was second in line to the British throne after Prince Charles.

“We were able to be more adventurous than say, William,” Zara explained.

Zara also told Times in 2015, “I'm very lucky that both my parents decided not to use the title, and we grew up and did all the things that gave us the opportunity to do.”

As a result, Zara and her husband Mike Tindall decided to follow suit with their own children.

Both Maya, 5, and baby Lena don't have titles, and neither do their cousins, Savannah, 8, and Isla, 6.

Both Zara and Mike are renowned for their down-to-earth approach to royalty, and they chose to hold a low-key christening nearby their home in Gloucestershire for their daughter Lena over the weekend.

Photos emerged from the private ceremony at St. Nicholas Church in Charrington, which was attended by the Queen, Princess Anne, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

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Dr. Gerald South, the priest who conducted the ceremony, told Daily Mail that the service was lovely.

Zara recently made an appearance on House of Rugby alongside her husband Mike, where she gave a rare insight into her relationship with her family.

During a discussion about their dream Royal Rugby team, presenter Alex Paine quizzed Zara and Mike about what kind of boss the monarch would be.

The couple both said that she would hold a quiet authority and give a couple of key bullet points, with a glance of an eye.

Alex was curious to know if Zara had ever been subjected to a stern look from her grandmother, to which she answered, “I always get a good look.”

The mother-of-two added that she rarely got a bad look from the Queen.

“We're OK.