Slow down, Zara! Royal banned from driving for six months
The last few months has been a whirlwind for the royal family, with scandal after scandal plaguing every step they take.
This time, just days after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announcing they would be officially “stepping back” from their roles as senior members of The Firm, one of the royal family’s most popular and under the radar members has been banned from driving for six months.
Zara Tindall, who is currently in Australia with her husband Mike and their children, Mia, five, and Lena, one, for the Magic Millions polo event, has been banned from driving after being caught going a whopping 36 km/h over the speed limit near her home in Cotswald.
The Queen’s eldest granddaughter was caught driving at 91 mph (146 kmh)in England - a speed well above the maximum speed limit of 70 mph (112kmh).
Zara, 38, was driving her Land Rover at Daglingworth, near Cirencester, in November when she was caught speeding.
After failing to show for court, she was fined £666 (AU$1250), plus ordered to pay legal costs and a victim surcharge of of £151 (AU$275).
The offence means Zara has lost four demerit points. However, since she has already lost nine points on her license from various other offences, she has been stripped of her license.
The court prosecutor Farley Turner told reporters: "Because Mrs Tindall already has nine points on her licence she was unable to accept a fixed penalty for this offence."
Just like her mother, Princess Anne has been caught cheekily going over the speed limit a few times throughout her years of driving.
She's been caught speeding four times during her life - once at age 22 and again at 26, then later at age 40 in 1990 and age 50 in 2000.
The former Olympian and her husband Mike Tindall are currently holidaying on the Gold Coast, as they attend the Magic Millions polo tournament.