Princess anne ‘tactically interrupted rugby game by letting dog loose'

Princess anne ‘tactically interrupted rugby game by letting dog loose'


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In an interview with the pair of them, uploaded to YouTube in August 2010, Zara asked Peter about the incident. She said: “Isn’t there a story about you playing rugby?” He responded: “There


are many stories!” before launching into the hilarious anecdote. Peter, now 41 and a successful marketing executive, was a keen sportsman when he was young. He even played for the national


Scottish schools side aged 18, while attending Gordonstoun School in Moray. Later, when studying Sports Science at Exeter University, he played for the university’s Rugby Union Team.


Princess Anne used to attend rugby matches her son was in, along with her dogs. READ MORE: PRINCESS ANNE SNUB: QUEEN'S DAUGHTER ACCUSED OF 'NOT LIKING PEOPLE' Peter said: “She


always used to bring the dogs as well, and there was one occasion when one ‘accidentally’ ran loose onto the pitch and interrupted the game. “Whether that was on purpose or not, I don’t


know.” Zara laughed and said: “Tactical!" Peter then elaborated about his mother’s pitch-side etiquette. She also represented Great Britain in the 1976 Olympics. Zara won the 2006 World


Eventing Championships and also won BBC Sports Personality of the Year the same year. She then won a silver medal in the 2012 London Olympics. In the interview, Peter commented on the


similarities between his mother and sister. He said: “They’re both very independent. And there are a number of other words that you could fall out of that independence.” When asked what


these other words are, he said: “Headstrong, single-minded, focused, pick whichever one you want.” He added that Zara would not have got to where she is in her eventing career if not for


these personality traits. Both Peter and Zara said they think the fact their their mother was allowed to be “free spirit” meant she passed on the same attitude to them. Peter said: “I think


it all goes back to her having the choice about whether to give us titles or not. “And she quite rightly said no, and that goes back to her parents giving her the freedom to choose.”