Coverage of grope claims sad, says Zara

BRITISH royal Zara Phillips has described as “quite sad” coverage of alleged groping of a woman by her husband, England rugby captain Mike Tindall, at a team outing during the World Cup in New Zealand.

Tindall, who married the Queen’s grand-daughter in July, was yesterday alleged by The Sun to have been flirting with “a gorgeous blonde” in a Queenstown bar last Sunday, while the tabloid also claimed dwarf-throwing took place as the team celebrated their win over Argentina.

Phillips, who is competing at the Johnson and Perrott Land Rover International Horse Trials in Ballindenisk, Co Cork, seemed un-perturbed by the coverage yesterday.