Rugby royal Mike Tindall saw his wealth rocket to almost £1 million following his appearance on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here.

Figures for his company Kimble Trading Limited show reserves held by the firm more than doubled from £440,000 to £930,000 in the time covered by the show.

The return is the best performance for the company in years and follows his successful stint on the ITV celebrity show in which he finished fourth, impressing fans with his down to earth character and hilarious royal anecdotes.

Kimble Trading had assets of £1.3 million, but owed creditors £439,000 including £101,000 to HMRC, but was still left with the very healthy balance.

The figures are for the 12 months to the end of March this year, covering the time of his appearance in the ITV show last year.

Rugby royal Mike Tindall saw his wealth rocket to almost £1 million following his appearance on I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here

Mike, 45, married to Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Phillips, won praise for his down to earth nature and calmness as well as his tales of the royal family.

In one he recalled ripping his trousers while performing a ‘slut drop’ dance move in front of the Queen to reveal his underpants said ‘nibble my nuts’.

He said the Queen took one look and said ‘I’d rather not.’.

In another he revealed that he and Zara bonded over an alcohol fuelled lunch on their first real date.

He said: “Ended up being quite a boozy one. Then we figured out that we both quite like getting smashed. It was a good start.”

The company faced criticism two years ago when it emerged it had claimed furlough during the lockdown.

Mike recently opened up about his life after rugby and his relationship with his royal wife in the new ITV reality show Grand Slammers.

The husband of King Charles’ niece Zara and former rugby international, 44, appears on tonight’s two-part programme alongside his former teammates, including Jonny Wilkinson, Lawrence Dallaglio and Phil Vickery.

The return is the best performance for the company in years and follows his successful stint on the ITV celebrity show

Mike Tindall has opened up about his life after rugby and his relationship with his wife Zara (pictured together in June 2023) in the new ITV reality show Grand Slammers

Alongside other players from the England Rugby team that won the 2003 World Cup, Mike enters HMP The Mount prison and attempts to build and train a team of inmates strong enough to compete against a formidable rival, the Australians.

In a clip from the programme, the former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here contestant discusses how he was left trying to find his place after retiring from rugby in 2014.

He says: ‘Everyone thinks that just by marrying Zara that means it’s all fine and dandy… But that doesn’t stop the fact that you need a job.

‘And it’s not that easy, you know – you get quite institutionalised into rugby, it’s a way of life and you leave the game and that’s not there.

‘I don’t think you can ever sort of describe when you’re so used to being around that many people, and understanding, because of it being ingrained in you, where you fit in to then not being that person.

‘Zara would say if she was honest it was probably a year it took me to figure out what I was, who I was going to be. You’ve got to then go carve where the next path is – you can never replace going to work with 35 of your best friends every day.’

Mike seems to have carved out a career for himself on the small screen, alongside a successful rugby-themed podcast.

He appeared on I’m A Celeb and also a number of advertising campaigns, including for Domino’s and Amazon.