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Queen's granddaughter Zara Tindall is expecting 2nd child

05 of January 2018

FILE - This is a Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012 file photo showing the granddaughter of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Zara Phillips and her husband Mike Tindall as they arrive for the British royal family's traditional Christmas Day church service in Sandringham, England. Zara Phillips and her husband Mike Tindall are expecting their second child, a spokeswoman for the couple has said, Friday Jan 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File),FILE - This is a Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012 file photo showing the granddaughter of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Zara Phillips and her husband Mike Tindall as they arrive for the British royal family's traditional Christmas Day church service in Sandringham, England. Zara Phillips and her husband Mike Tindall are expecting their second child, a spokeswoman for the couple has said, Friday Jan 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Officials say Queen Elizabeth II's granddaughter Zara Tindall and her husband Mike Tindall are expecting their second child. Buckingham Palace said Friday the queen and the royal family are "very pleased' with the news. Tindall is an Olympic silver medal winner in equestrian events and the daughter of Princess Anne.

LONDON (AP) — Officials say Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter Zara Tindall and her husband Mike Tindall are expecting their second child.

Buckingham Palace said Friday the queen and the royal family are “very pleased’ with the news.

The pregnancy comes just over a year after Tindall suffered a miscarriage shortly before Christmas in 2016. She is an Olympic silver medal winner in equestrian events and the daughter of Princess Anne. Her husband is a former England rugby player.

They have a three-year-old daughter named Mia.