Zara's wedding plans full steam ahead as mother Princess Anne visits the church

Princess Anne has secretly visited the Scottish church where her daughter Zara
will marry Mike Tindall, 32, on July 30.

Anne made the trip last weekend to Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh as Zara, 29, hired party planner Peregrine Armstrong-Jones to help organise the event.

‘Anne arranged to be in Scotland as the plans get under way,’ a source said.

But I’m told there is discord over Zara’s invitation to her godfather Andrew Parker Bowles. 

The ex-husband of Prince Charles’s wife Camilla dated Anne in 1974 and last summer reports suggested the romance had reignited. 

‘It makes it awkward for Zara’s father Mark Phillips and Anne’s husband Tim Laurence,’ says a source.

Prince Harry's African charity is putting its party plans on ice because they clash with his brother’s wedding.

Sentebale, which supports orphans in Lesotho, is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year.

Harry, who is travelling to Dubai next month for his Sentebale Polo Challenge, had planned to host a star-studded gala for the charity’s birthday on April 28.

But with the responsibilities of being best man he is having to postpone the event.

‘There are talks about toasting the success of Sentebale a little later on in the summer,’ I’m told.

‘Harry is determined to have a huge party to celebrate but it’s bad timing with the wedding.

'Right now the only party he’s planning is William’s stag, which will be a weekend away in the country.

Meet Zara and Iron Mike, a very unconventional royal couple

She is a brisk sort of girl, and a great believer in just gritting her teeth and getting on with things. But this weekend, as she prepares to compete in an eventing World Cup qualifier in France, Zara Phillips is beset by crises.

Firstly, her beloved and extraordinary horse Toytown has a bruised foot and has had to be pulled out of the competition. Given his age - he is 15 - and that the Beijing Olympics are looming, it is not at all the preparation she was hoping for.

She has trained him with infinite care, and yet she still faces her worst fear - that he will be injured, as he was before the Athens Olympics four years ago. This weekend she is competing in Fontainebleau with two of her other horses instead.

The second crisis - and although she is "deeply" in love it is only a secondary priority - is that her lover Mike Tindall faces disqualification from driving after failing a roadside breath test.

Tindall, 29, a rugby player who was one of England's World Cupwinners in 2003, was found to be over the limit a day after a champagne-soaked party at the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

He and Zara went to the private Weighing In Party for jockeys following the racing. It was evidently an extremely jolly affair - some fellow drinkers in Monty's Brasserie in Cheltenham say they saw Tindall, a 16-stone giant of a man, vomiting.

There are reports that his royal girlfriend was so giddy in the convivial atmosphere that she fell off a chair and banged her head.

At around 11am the following day Tindall was stopped in his silver Range Rover and gave a positive breath test. He was arrested and taken to Newbury police station, where he gave a blood test which has been sent for analysis. The results are due at the end of the month.

On the face of it this is a pretty dismaying way for a professional sportsman to behave. No one begrudges a rugby player a bit of a celebration, and of course there is - or was - a great drinking culture in the game, but to be found over the limit well into the following day suggests serious excess.

It's all the more disappointing as Tindall is working his way back to fitness following a horrific injury to his liver which was seriously damaged in a freak accident six weeks ago when he was playing against Wales.

So has Tindall, affectionately known as Iron Mike, been led astray by Zara, 12th in line to the throne but with "a wild streak a mile wide"? And are these two very successful sports people endangering their respective careers with an alcohol-soaked lifestyle?

If you believe family friends and professional associates,what happened at Cheltenham is not --representative of the life the couple lead together.

Although as yet unmarried, they are very much a steady couple,a "Mr and Mrs" in all but name who are deeply committed to a cosy coupledom which embraces long country walks and hearty pub suppers.

Zara Phillips and her Ex boyfriend Richard Johnson

She is adored by her whole family, men can't resist her, she is Zara Phillips. The daughter of the Princess Royal who is becoming a shining star in the house of windsor. 
In the past Zara has been linked with childhood friend Andrew Tucker who lives on the Gatcombe Park estate
Zara has also been seen with 22 year old National Hunt Jockey Richard Johnson. They were seen at the Hollow Bottom pub together several times. They met each other at David Nicholson yard, the training stable for both Anne, and Zara.
Richard when question of this rumour replyed, "I don't know where all this gossip about Zara and me is coming from, it's all news too me. I know her cause she rides out at the Duke's." (Duke is the nickname for trainer David Nicholson)." He also added that you could never guess that Zara had any connection with Royalty. " She is a happy, fun girl and a good person to get on with. I am friends with her, that's all."

Mike's consolatory kiss for Zara Phillips at horse trials

Her boyfriend Mike Tindall was on hand to lift her spirits with a consolatory kiss and hug.
The rugby player joined Zara's mum Princess Anne in supporting his girlfriend on the second day of the three-day competion.
Their relationship is clearly as strong as ever. And they're no doubt looking forward to summer trips abroad to Portugal, where Zara is building a luxury villa.