Britain's Zara Phillips will take on her father in the World Equestrian Games later this month.

Zara Phillips will go up against a Belgian side trained by her father at the World Equestrian Games later this month

The 33-year-old royal - who has eight-month-old daughter Mia with rugby player husband Mike Tindall - is part of the British team which will take on a Belgian side trained by her dad Captain Mark Phillips at the sporting event.

Zara - whose mother is Princess Anne - will go up against the Belgians at the two-week event, which runs from August 23 to September 7 in Normandy, France.

The blonde royal has been training hard for the competition after taking a break from her schedule to have daughter Mia.

Zara was named as part of the Great Britain squad in July and is expected to ride her horse High Kingdom at the upcoming event.

She recently said: "High Kingdom has improved each year and every time I've taken him to a big competition he's got better and better.

"He's felt good this year and hopefully will peak at the right time."

Zara won a silver medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games as part of the five-strong British eventing team which rode to runners-up spot in the competition, and she has now set her sights on the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.


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