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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/tindalls-proposal-shocked-zara.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall have become engaged" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-tindalls-proposal-shocked-zara.jpg" alt="Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall have become engaged"/></a></p>
<p>The Queen&#8217;s granddaughter Zara Phillips has said she was left &#8220;shocked&#8221; but &#8220;very happy&#8221; when her long-term boyfriend and England rugby player Mike Tindall proposed.</p>
<p>Tindall popped the question to his 29-year-old partner on Monday night at their Gloucestershire home, and said he was &#8220;delighted&#8221; she had agreed to marry him.</p>
<p>The couple met in a Sydney bar during the 2003 Rugby World Cup through Zara&#8217;s cousin Prince Harry. Their friendship blossomed into a romance and Tindall, 32, has claimed that it was his &#8220;pure charm&#8221; that won the royal&#8217;s heart.</p>
<p>In a short statement issued by a sports marketing company that represents the couple, Zara said: &#8220;I was really shocked when Mike proposed but I am very happy.&#8221;</p>
<p>Tindall was also ecstatic about their news and said: &#8220;I am delighted that Zara has agreed to marry me. We are both very excited about the next stage of our lives together.&#8221;</p>
<p>A Palace spokeswoman said: &#8220;The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are delighted with the news. They got engaged&#8230; at the couple&#8217;s home in Gloucestershire and a date has yet to be set.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Queen&#8217;s granddaughter is one of Britain&#8217;s top equestrians and a former world three-day eventing champion. Her husband-to-be, who plays for club side Gloucester, has been capped 66 times by his country and was part of the England team that won the 2003 Rugby World Cup.</p>
<p>The news that Zara is to wed her boyfriend comes soon after the engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton last month. Zara and Tindall have not yet set a date but it seems likely they will tie the knot in 2011 &#8211; setting up the prospect of two royal weddings next year. </p>
<p>The couple could opt for St George&#8217;s Chapel at Windsor Castle for their wedding &#8211; the venue chosen by Zara&#8217;s brother Peter when he married his wife Autumn in 2008.</p>
<p>A Buckingham Palace statement said: &#8220;The Princess Royal and Captain Mark Phillips are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter Zara Phillips to Mr Mike Tindall, son of Mr Phillip and Mrs Linda Tindall.&#8221;</p>
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