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WEDDING JOY! Prince William's cousin Zara Phillips gets engaged too

Rugby player Mike Tindall proposes to royal Zara Phillips

Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall met during the Rugby World Cup in Australia in 2003

Prince Harry's cousin Zara Phillips has announced her engagement to long-term boyfriend Mike Tindall.

Princess Anne's daughter accepted the England rugby star's proposal on Monday at their Gloucestershire home. 

'I was really shocked when Mike proposed but I am very happy,' she says. 

Zara, 29, and Mike, 32, have not set a date for their wedding yet. 

'I am delighted that Zara has agreed to marry me,' he says in a statement.

'We are both very excited about the next stage of our lives together.'

Prince William, 28, is getting married to Kate Middleton, 28, on 29 April 2011.  

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