   zara anne elizabeth phillips  (born 15 may 1981) is a british equestrian and the second-eldest grandchild of queen elizabeth ii and prince philip, duke of edinburgh. zara phillips is the second child and only daughter from the marriage of anne, princess royal and her first husband, captain mark phillips. she is 15th in the line of succession. she is married to ex-england rugby union player mike tindall, and whilst she continues to use her maiden name professionally, socially she is formally styled mrs michael tindall mbe. phillips won the eventing world championship in aachen in 2006. the same year she was voted 2006 bbc sports personality of the year by the british viewing public (an award her mother won in 1971). she was appointed member of the order of the british empire (mbe) in the 2007 new year's honours list (on the advice of hm government) for her services to equestrianism. in 2012, she carried an olympic flame at cheltenham racecourse on her horse toytown. as a member of the great britain eventing team, she won a silver medal at the london 2012 olympics and was presented with her medal by her mother. ==early life and education== zara phillips was born on 15 may 1981 at st mary's hospital, paddington in west london. she was b
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