Zara Phillips attends British Olympic Ball

Zara Phillips joined fellow sports stars at the British Olympic Ball in London on Wednesday (30.11.13).

Queen Elizabeth’s granddaughter may have given up horse riding as enters the later stages of pregnancy, but still showed support for her Team GB friends by attending the ball at the Dorchester hotel in London.

Zara – who won a Silver Medal in Eventing at the London 2012 Olympics – wore a floor-length black maxi dress by Issa, hiding her baby bump, which she accessorized with diamond studs and a Mulberry clutch bag.

Other Team GB members attending the event included cyclist Victoria Pendleton. The fundraising gala will help to raise money for athletes ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Earlier this week Zara’s husband, rugby player Mike Tindall said the couple haven’t found out the sex of the baby yet, and admitted they were behind in preparations for the new arrival.

He said: ”We want it to be a surprise. I’m really looking forward to it, but I’m not sure how I’ve prepared. We’ve been pretty relaxed.

”We’ve not sorted a nursery yet. We have ordered some stuff, but we haven’t gone further than that.

”I think we’re both quite well-balanced as a couple, so hopefully he or she will pick up on that. I’m a big kid, so I naturally fit right in.”