I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! star Mike Tindall have revealed the conversations he had with the Royal Family before signing up for the reality show.
Mike - who is a former rugby player and married to Zara Tindall, the daughter of Princess Anne - is the first royal to take part in the hit ITV programme.
The 44-year-old says he has the backing of the family, including his wife and their kids - Mia, eight, Lena, four, and Lucas, one.
In an interview with the Mirro r, and other media, he said: "In the past I've done the Bear Grylls show and I did The Jump. She (Zara) sort of knows I like throwing myself into things.
"She's been really good with it, to be fair. We've got a few things that happen in Australia, which tied in quite nicely as well. So it sort of made sense from that side of it. She's been good."
And Mike has admitted that it's not going to be easy being away from his family for so long, he added: "I think myself and Zara have been good through our past.
"She goes away for weeks at a time and I used to go on tour and stuff, so we're used to having those periods where you were away.
"Mia was born in 2014 when I sort of retired, so we haven't really gone through that experience with any of the kids but they seem to be managing very well though on the phone calls that I've had.
"It's been a conversation we've had numerous times over numerous years. Last year we got relatively close, but I think the deal breaker was being in Wales. Not quite the same. It's sort of been discussed for six to eight months this year.
"And obviously I spoke to James about it. We are doing some stuff out here anyway in Australia that we've got coming up, so it tied in quite nicely and you know, the weather's not too bad. We get to sit outside in the sun so you put it all together and it fitted in well."
I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here returns to ITV on Sunday at 9pm.
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