New nose for English legend

Former England rugby captain Mike Tindall has finally caved after years of having one of rugby’s most crooked noses.

Tindall – who broke his nose at least eight times during his career – fended off the requests from the royal family to get his nose fixed after he married the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Phillips in 2011.

It was reported that Zara’s mother Princess Anne had even offered to pay for the surgery for the sake of the wedding photos.

Three months before marrying into royalty, Tindall appeared on British TV show A League Of Their Own and told the panel that “Princess Anne asked me if I’d have the surgery.”

Tindall’s new and improved nose can be seen in a recent photo posted to Twitter.

https://twitter.com/miketindall13/status/990287950188605440

Three years ago Tindall told the Daily Mirror that he may eventually require the surgery for medical reasons.

“I guess it’s something similar to a pug,” he said.

“The problem is that if I get it done, will people say I’ve had it just because I’m doing TV stuff now? Because it’s definitely not.”

Tindall appeared for England 75 times during his eleven-year international career, and made 281 appearances in the English Premiership, splitting time with Bath and Gloucester.

Tindall’s international career ended in 2011 after he was slapped with a £25,000 fine and removed from the England squad after he ended up in a dwarf-throwing competition in Queenstown, New Zealand.

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