00:00So what brings you to the Val d'Azur Summer Party?
00:02Basically the plan is to try and put on a charity event in Val d'Azur, a skiing, it's called
00:08the Val d'Azur Challenge,
00:09so it's like a marathon ski event.
00:12So we are very lucky that Cecile from the Val d'Azur Tourism Board has invited us here and is
00:18fully behind it.
00:19So that is the plan, it's going to be in March next year, end of March, so that's the plan.
00:24You've involved three amazing charities, what may you choose then?
00:29Basically, you get drawn to charities because they probably have a personal connection with you in some ways,
00:36and I assume that means England's just scored, or they've just missed a goal or something.
00:43So my dad's got Parkinson's, so that one is very, very close to my heart,
00:47and then obviously playing rugby all my life, injuries happen but you don't want the catastrophic injuries to happen,
00:55and Matt Hampson, who was playing for England in the 21s at rugby and fractured dislocated his neck,
01:01and suffered the worst injury he possibly could get, and he started a foundation,
01:05and it's all about getting busy living, and skiing's about getting busy living,
01:10and I think with him, and he then works with the Wings for Life charity, which is all about repairing
01:15spinal injuries.
01:17So all of them sort of fit together quite nicely, and there are bad injuries on slopes as well,
01:23and I think it all works with skiing.
01:24So you said your dad suffers from Parkinson's, how do you process a youth like that?
01:30Yeah, if I was honest, it was a bit blasé at the start, I think, you know, it was 15,
01:3716 years ago, 2003 it was,
01:39and you know, you just don't see changes very quickly with Parkinson's, so you don't really, you go, okay, that's
01:49really bad,
01:49and at that time you would have thought sort of Muhammad Ali, and there's a few people out there who
01:54had Parkinson's,
01:56I think Michael J. Fox had quite got it yet, but, so you're like, okay, I see what happens,
02:01but it's the degenerative side of it, and how it is now, and it's only over the last four years,
02:07also since I've retired, that you sort of see how much of an effect it has changed,
02:12and the guy who used to play rugby with you in the garden when you were a kid, and teach
02:15you all your basic,
02:16your skills around rugby, and suddenly he's not that guy anymore, and he's struggling for his strength,
02:22and he's got a lot of muscle wastage, and I think it's sort of then when it really dawns on
02:28you,
02:29and unfortunately by then it's probably too late, so a lot of it is about recognising it early,
02:33and a lot of people avoid the sort of signs in the early stages, and try and sort of go
02:38into a bit of denial about it,
02:40but if you can get out there and you can just go and see someone and get diagnosed early,
02:43even if you do have it, you know, there are a lot of preventative issues, and preventative ways that you
02:49can sort of prolong the onset,
02:52but what we're interested in at the Keo Parkinson's Trust is basically stopping reversing it, and hopefully we can do
02:59that.
02:59That's wonderful. Does he know that you're involved in the charity and working towards it?
03:02Yeah, he does, so I do a golf day every year which raises money for it, and I was very
03:09fortunate to the founder of the Keo Parkinson's Trust is a guy called Tom Isaacs,
03:13and unfortunately he died last year, but he got to come to the golf day once, and he was an
03:19inspirational man,
03:20and hopefully we can keep the work he set off.
03:21Yeah, definitely. So Valdezera is an incredible resort, any family holidays planned there?
03:27No, we went there last year, we had a great time there, the YSE guys looked after us, but that
03:35was basically just to figure out whether it would work,
03:37and meet a few people, and so we had a week out there and it was great.
03:40What does a family quad a day look like for you? Because I'm sure it's changed so much since you...
03:47Yeah, well the thing was, when I was still playing rugby and Zara was riding, it didn't really look like
03:53much,
03:54because my season ran from August, well July to June, and her season runs from March till October,
04:06so fortunately she can plan her own, so we used to find a week in there,
04:10but it was only sort of a week, so since I retired it allows us to do a little bit
04:15more,
04:15but it's mainly around the Christmas time, and we do some work for the Magic Millions down in Australia,
04:21so this year we had six weeks down there as a holiday, because...
04:24That means it's summer there.
04:25Exactly, and Mia, last year before Mia goes to school, so we won't be able to do it again,
04:29so that's sort of what it looks like now, what it's going to look like now when Mia's at school,
04:33it's going to be changed probably again, so we're going to have to figure it out.
04:36I have a child too, and I can figure it out, and now it's perfect, you can go anywhere, but
04:39then you're tied.
04:41Now you've just become a dad to another baby, but you look amazing, and Zara and you were out last
04:48week,
04:49so you're obviously coping really, really well.
04:53We're doing alright at the moment, had a couple of bad nights with her,
04:57but otherwise she's started off strong, so hopefully she can go that way.
05:00How has Mia adjusted as a big sister?
05:03I'm very happy to be a big sister, I think she is happy about that, so she's getting well.
05:09Have you done the typical thing where a little sister gives a big sister a present,
05:14so they don't get jealous, and they know that little bit of a trick?
05:17I think we're lucky that people who have sent presents have also thought about Mia,
05:24so she's getting stuffed open as well, which is good.
05:27A baby name, I had a baby, it was very complicated to get one name already for first child,
05:32second, was that difficult?
05:38No, I don't think, even with Mia we didn't sort of have a name sort of ready,
05:44and we didn't say them this time, and we just put a list that we liked,
05:49and that's why I took a little bit of time to get to the one that we both agreed and
05:52liked,
05:53and then it was Lena, so.
05:55You have a good sense of humour, how did the Royal Family deal with that?
06:00I'm sure you get along with Chris Phillips.
06:04How did they deal with it?
06:06Well, they haven't said anything bad, so I'm taking that as a positive.
06:11They accept it, they accept it.
06:12Because the majority, I think, would let you know if they find it funny, so, so far so good.
06:18So far so good.
06:18I have to ask you, I know you're into football, but are you a Love Island fan?
06:23No.
06:23No? You haven't watched it at all?
06:25Not one second of a while.
06:27Gutted? Niva Zara?
06:29No.
06:29You've absolutely gutted. I thought you were going to give me a good question, though.
06:32No.
06:33A very last cheeky question.
06:35Now your mother-in-law always bugged you about the nose coming up to the wedding,
06:40and you've got an amazing new look.
06:42What has been the reaction?
06:45What has been the reaction?
06:47I know it's been, it hasn't been for our parents.
06:49Well, I would say that I did have it done six weeks before anyone actually noticed, in terms of media
06:56-wise.
06:56So, it's been fine, it's been exactly the reaction that I wanted, so it was fine.
07:02Discreet, very discreet.
07:03Yeah, you know, they've done, look, I was getting a lot of headaches and stuff, and my sinuses were fully
07:08shut, so he had to drill me some new ones.
07:11It just had to be done.
07:11It needed to be done in the end, yeah.
07:13Good. Well, you look amazing. I thank you so, so much.
07:15Oh, that's very kind. I know you had to say that, but you didn't have to.
07:17That's what you do, you do. Thank you so much.
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