In light of recent months of talk of a serious marriage prince crisis and Charlene’s psychological problems, one can only speculate whether the fateful meeting at the time was ultimately a win for her. However, since the married couple appears in public together more and more often, it is possible that the former athletes “struggled” and their crisis will end on the imaginary marital podium.
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Like his wife, Prince Albert was also a great athlete. As an Olympian, he competed for Monaco in bobsleigh at five consecutive Winter Olympics. From 1988 to 2002, he participated in both two-man and four-man competitions. It was never for a medal position, moreover, his last “station” during the race in Salt Lake City ended ingloriously. The four-bob, which Albert was driving, flipped over on its side and was just sliding to the finish line. However, the athletes certainly had nothing to be ashamed of and the fans saw them off the ice trough with applause.
In Monaco, however, the then prince was not the first participant in the Olympic Games. The prince’s uncle Jack once took home a medal from the rowing competitions at the Olympics.
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The first member of the British royal family to compete in the Olympics was Princess Anne. In 1976 in Montreal, she saddled her mother, Queen Elizabeth’s horse, Goodwill, and stole the spotlight in a three-day equestrian event. It was also thanks to the fact that those closest to her in the audience watched her intently and kept their fingers crossed. Both Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and father Prince Philip and all three brothers Charles, Edward and Andrew.
During the race, however, the horse did not manage to overcome the obstacle, and Anna fell with it, who managed to knock herself off, get on the horse and finish the race. However, she suffered a concussion and had no recollection of how she managed to complete her entire ascent. Since the princess was a very successful rider at the time and had medal success on the international stage, she was a big contender for the podium. But she never looked at you at the Olympics.
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However, he is still active on the Olympic field. She was appointed a member of the International Olympic Committee in 1988 and, as director of the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, was involved in London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
When Princess Anna hung the medal around her daughter’s neck at the Olympics, almost everyone was moved by that moment
Four years before Montreal, where Anna tried unsuccessfully for a medal, captain Mark Phillips showed great form. At the Olympics in Munich he won gold with the British equestrian team and a year later he married Anna. However, Princess Anne’s daughter Zara Phillips won the most valuable metal for the royal palace. She followed in her parents’ footsteps and, like her mother, she also competed in a three-day equestrian competition at the Olympic Games in London in 2012. She won silver on home soil and Princess Anna herself hung the medal around her neck.
Danish bronze
Princess Nathalie is the niece of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. The friendly athlete has been a member of the dressage team for many years, with which she won bronze at the Olympic Games in 2008. She went to this international sports event four years later, but she did not win a medal. She no longer has the horse on which she rode for bronze. Her Digby was sick, so she had to say goodbye to him two years ago after a difficult decision.
Norwegian flag bearer
In 1964, passionate sailor and then Crown Prince Harald carried the Norwegian flag at the opening parade of the Summer Olympics, where he represented his country in sailing. However, he did not achieve the desired medal in Tokyo and placed eighth. He was not so lucky even four years later in Mexico City, where he was eleventh. He finally said goodbye to an Olympic career where it “didn’t jingle” in tenth place in Munich.
A Spanish court full of Olympians
The former King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, placed fifteenth in sailing at the 1972 Munich Olympics as a prince. In 1975, he then took over the royal office and, with a crown on his head, officially opened the Barcelona Games in 1992, which many consider to be some of the best games ever.
Athletes seem to attract each other, which is why he has a woman who, like him, has sailing in her blood. Queen Sofia represented Greece at the 1960 Rome Olympics in the same event as her husband. At that time, the national team won the gold, which Sofia was also happy about, even though she was a substitute who in the end had no impact on the race itself.
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Genes cannot be denied, that is why the love of sailing did not escape even the children of Juan Carlos I and the former Queen Sofia. King Philip was a member of the Spanish Olympic sailing team in 1988 and 1992 as a prince, and was even the flag bearer of the national team in Barcelona. Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca, is also a descendant of the former King of Spain and his wife Sofia. She participated in the 1988 Seoul Games with the national sailing team, as did her brother King Philip.
Infanta Cristina is married to Iñaki Urdangarin, Duke of Palma de Mallorca, who became a royal Olympian by marrying her. Iñaki was an elite handball player. He competed at the Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000. He captained the team at the last of these events, which was his first Royal Olympics. He won two Olympic bronze medals from the games in 1996 and 2000.
