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:: 2003 - Leading horse rider Zara Phillips and England and Gloucester rugby player Mike Tindall meet in a Sydney bar during the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia.

:: April 2009 - The pair buy a regency townhouse together in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

:: December 20, 2010 - Buckingham Palace announces Zara and Tindall's engagement.

:: July 30, 2011 - Zara and Tindall wed at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh joined by the Queen and the rest of the royal family.

:: September 2011 - Tindall's drunken antics during the World Cup in New Zealand hit the headlines. He is fined and booted out of the England rugby squad, but is later reinstated and has his fine reduced because he could not remember the drinking session and did not intentionally mislead the RFU team management.

:: July 31, 2012 - Zara becomes the first member of the royal family to win an Olympic medal after helping the GB eventing team secure a silver at London 2012.

:: January 2013 - Zara and Tindall move back to her mother's estate Gatcombe Park.

:: June 30, 2013 - Zara falls from her horse while competing at the Barbury International Eventing and Show in Marlborough, Wiltshire.

:: July 8, 2013 - Buckingham Palace announce the couple is expecting a baby in the New Year.

:: July 12, 2013 - Zara, who is three months pregnant, competes in an Army v Navy polo match in Tidworth, Wiltshire.

:: July 16, 2013 - Zara quits competitive riding, cancelling her trials until after the baby is born.

:: August 1, 2013 - Zara, hiding her bump under a loose yellow dress, attends the 2013 Glorious Goodwood Festival at Goodwood Racecourse as a guest

:: August 29, 2013 - She misses the European Championships in Sweden because of her decision to take a break from competitive riding until after the birth.

:: October 23, 2013 - Zara is chosen as godmother to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's baby son Prince George and attends his christening at the Chapel Royal with Tindall.

:: November 1, 2013 - Seven months pregnant Zara and Tindall reunite with the England Rugby World Cup winners at a gala dinner to mark 10 years since the win in Sydney - when the couple first met.

:: December 25, 2013 - Tindall and a heavily pregnant Zara join the royal family for Christmas at Sandringham in Norfolk, attending the traditional Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church.

:: January 12, 2014 - As her due date nears, Zara - who is also a horse trainer - watches three of her entrants run in the Heythrop Hunt Point-to-Point races in Aldsworth, Gloucestershire.