Mike receives a Royal pardon and gets to spend Christmas with the Queen

Disgraced England rugby player Mike Tindall will spend his first Christmas with the Queen at Sandringham.

The former England captain has apparently been forgiven by his wife Zara, 30, for his drunken antics in New Zealand during the Rugby World Cup, and he has been allowed back into the Royal fold.

While he won’t be present at the traditional Boxing Day pheasant shoot, Tindall, 33, will spend Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at the Queen’s Norfolk retreat.

Forgiven: Zara and Mike will spend Christmas at Sandringham

Baffling: Nancy Dell 'Olio