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Zara Tindall broke royal protocol by sharing her thoughts on Brexit. Tindall, who previously competed in the Olympics as an equestrian, discussed how the vote impacted horse imports.
"If we're talking about legislation and how we have gone back in time, sort of post-Brexit, our travel time for horses and their welfare has definitely gone downhill," Tindall said while attending the World Horse Welfare Annual Conference at the Royal Geographical Society with Princess Anne, who is also an equestrian.
"I know people are doing it less and less now because it's such hard work. It's more stressful on the horses than it used to be," Tindall continued, per Tatler. "It's got[ten] worse."
The Olympian isn't a working royal, but she is still expected to "support" King Charles III and avoid discussing taboo topics. However, Alastair Bruce revealed that royals can participate in elections without formally endorsing a candidate. "All members of the royal family, other than the sovereign, may vote. Traditionally, they do not," Bruce told The Mirror.
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Historically, members of the royal family have avoided discussing their views because the monarchy is a nonpartisan institution.
"This is principally to protect the apolitical nature of their support to the monarch but also because, in the past, as royal dukes, many male members of the family were prevented by law from voting because they could sit as peers in the House of Lords," Bruce shared.
"When the Royal Family agreed to withdraw from exercising their rights to sit and speak in the House of Lords in 1999, it technically lifted the bar to vote in elections," he continued.
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Zara typically avoids discussing politics, while her husband, Mike Tindall, is known for criticizing figureheads. During the rugby star's stint on I'm A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here, Mike called politicians "f*****s" once former Health Secretary Matt Hancock joined the cast.