According to BBC, Shahzada is married to his wife, Christine Dawood. The couple and their children usually reside in Surbiton, in Southwest London, but they spent a month in Canada before the expedition.

Like her business-savvy husband, Christine "grew up in a family business environment," which led her to start her own successful "organic agriculture business on a commercial scale in Punjab." Christine is of German heritage but lived in Asia for more than a decade, which allowed her to acquire "a wide understanding of the many nuances in individual's behaviors and found an appreciation and fascination for those differences."

Christine is a member of the Dawood Foundation's board of trustees and is the founder, CEO, and executive coach of Next Step Now Ltd, which helps family businesses by developing a "safe space that allows open communication and fosters growth, continuity, and a unified and cohesive family approach to your company."