Mike Tindall admits wife Zara broke strict ‘rule’ he’d set before I’m A Celeb stint

MIKE Tindall says he told his wife Zara not to write to him on I'm A Celeb - but she broke his strict "rule".

The ex-rugby player - who is married to the King's niece Zara Phillips - called his wife "sneaky" for defying him.

Speaking on Good morning Britain today, dad-of-three Mike said: "The hardest thing about the whole show, especially when you've got three little ones as well, is being away for that period of time..

"Originally she [Zara] wasn't going to write me the note. I carry them [the family] quite close to the surface anyway.

"In that situation I tried to put emotions quite far down below, so wanted my brother to write the letter and he would take the mickey out of me a bit more so it would be a grounding one rather than bringing it all back to the surface.

"She was sneaky on me. She was a sneaky little one she was there so it got me a little bit that."

Added how he got through his toughest moments, Mike added: "We had a great camp that got everyone through whatever the wobbly moment was.

"Coming from a team background, my biggest worry was that if the dynamic wasn't right, it was going to make for a bad time,

"But I had 11 great friends in there and it made for a wicked camp."

I’m A Celebrity fans were gobsmacked when Zara met Mike on the famous bridge.

The 41-year-old, who is the late Queen’s granddaughter, is the first royal to ever appear on I'm a Celebrity.

Hugging Zara, Mike said: “I have missed you so much.”