Zara Tindall accidentally revealed her bizarre one-word nickname for husband Mike

Couples often have silly made-up nicknames for each other and are no exception. Daughter of Princess Anne, Zara – who does not have a royal title – first met Mike during her travels in 2003.

The couple hit it off and began dating before they wed in 2011, since which they’ve had three children. In their years together, the husband and wife have formed plenty of monikers for one another.

Former rugby player Mike shared on the Total Sport Podcast some of the names they share, including “my love”. But alongside the sweet term of endearment, there were other bizarre names.

“We basically call each other munchkins a lot,” Mike said.

“I don’t know why that started but it has stuck,” he said, before adding that there was another more risque pet name that Zara could share herself.

Royals are certainly a fan of abbreviating names to just initials – often refers to as H, and the Tindalls are also a fan.

During Mike’s stint on reality TV show Get Me Out of Here, a letter from home was read out, written by Zara.

She wrote: “Hi my love, we are missing you so much and really needing some papa hugs, but glad you’re sharing them with your campmates.

“The girls are enjoying sports and throwing themselves into everything at the moment and the little man is loving life, smashing it up, learning some new words. Z, M, L and L. x.”

On the podcast, Mike alluded to another nickname, saying:”I will let Zara decide whether she wants to give away what I am down in her phone as…”

He then turned to Zara, a professional equestrian, who replied: “When he’s not listening to munchkin or Mikey, it becomes Michael Tindall when there’s no response.”

She added: “He is in my phone as something else and it ends with kitten,” and Mike quipped: “You can fill the first word in!”