15 Fascinating Stories of How the Royals Have Proposed

Prince Harry actually took a leaf out of Mike Tindall's book when it came to proposing. The former rugby player asked Harry's cousin Zara to marry him in December 2010 — just two months after William and Kate got engaged — while they were at home on the sofa watching television.

Mike later spoke about the moment in an interview, recalling that he was plucking up the courage upstairs before going down on one knee in their sitting room. Zara's reaction to her boyfriend of seven years? "She started laughing," Mike revealed. "She was completely in shock. Then, when she stopped laughing, she said, 'Yes.' That was a relief."