Britain's Zara Phillips loves her boyfriend's "big tackle." The 27-year-old granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth made the admission while taking part in a couples' quiz alongside her rugby-player partner Mike Tindall.
Asked what initially attracted her to Mike, Zara quipped: "His big tackle!"
The couple took part in the contest - which sees each person try to guess how their significant other has answered certain questions - at a fundraising evening at Cheltenham Racecourse, Gloucestershire, on Saturday.
During the quiz, Zara and Mike, 30 - who plays for Gloucester and has previously played for England - stunned onlookers by joking about the sportsman's three-year-driving ban for driving under the influence of alcohol.
When Zara was asked if she first considered dating Mike because of his driving license, she joked: "He had one then!"
Mike also made light of the conviction. When asked if he thought it was important for him to get on well with Zara's mother, Princess Anne, he replied: "Well, I need a lift these days!"
Mike also claimed the thing he most wanted in a prospective partner was "membership of the royal family."
A source told Britain's The Daily Mail newspaper: "It was very funny and gave a real insight into their relationship. They're obviously very at ease with each other and have a great sense of humor."
Zara and Mike only answered two of the six questions they were asked correctly. They have been dating since 2004 and now live together.
Mike was arrested in March last year after he was stopped on Britain's M4 motorway the morning after he had been drinking at the Cheltenham horse races.
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