8 adorable baby photos of Zara Tindall with her mother Princess Anne

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The Princess Royal and her daughter share the sweetest bond

    Little is known about how Princess Anne privately raised her two children, Zara and Peter Phillips, though her children have credited their mother for her commitment to creating a 'normal' upbringing.

    "I definitely remember having a lot of fun and being able to experience a lot of things. I'm very lucky that my parents were able to do that for us or whatever they were involved in, whether it was the horses or the sailing or the travelling," Zara said in a video promoting the British clothing brand, Musto. 

    "From my point of view, I was obviously very lucky that my mother didn't give us any titles so I really commend her on that," Zara continued. "We were very lucky that we got to do it a bit our own way."

    In archival photos from Zara's baby and toddler years, it's clear to see that from a very young age, Princess Anne had an unbreakable bond with her mini-me daughter. 

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    Zara is born - 1981

    Princess Anne and Captain Mark Phillips' daughter, Zara Anne Elizabeth, was born in May 1981 at St Mary's Hospital Lindo Wing. 

    Following her daughter's birth, the Princess smiled for photographers on the steps of the Lindo Wing, cradling her baby girl as she left for home. It was the first time a royal was photographed with their baby on these now-iconic steps.

    Princess Anne teaches Zara how to ride a horse

    The Princess Royal was every inch a proud mother when her daughter Zara rode a horse for the first time. 

    A right royal piggy back

    Hands-on parenting wasn't an approach deemed the 'norm' of motherhood for the royal family, who often relied on the help of nannies to look after the children. 

    Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, for example, were often required to go on several-month-long tours as part of their working royal engagements, leaving behind their children Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward. 

    Going against the status quo, Princess Anne was one of the first royal mothers to challenge this belief; and Princess Diana, Princess Kate and even Zara herself have since followed suit. 

    Zara shares her mother's love for horses

    Princess Anne and her daughter were twinning in khaki green Wellington boots when they braced the rain at the Windsor Horse Trials in 1985. 

    Excited toddler Zara looked mesmerised by the horse in front of her - a magical foreshadowing of her future as an Olympic equestrian. 

    Royal mother-daughter style twins

    Twinning in tartan, Princess Anne proudly held onto her daughter's tiny hand as the family arrived in Scrabster, Scotland, for their summer holiday. 

    Zara's Royal Ascot debut - 1989

    Both Princess Anne and Zara have had glittering sporting careers as equestrians, and it's clear to see how the Princess Royal's passion for horses was inherited by her daughter. 

    By age eight, Zara was joining her mother at Royal Ascot, one of Britain's most well-known racecourses.

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