Royals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

[sneeuwklokje]

Many, many congrats to Dutch dressagestar Anky van Grunsven, who became an Olympic champion for the third time in a row!!!

 

[Sue-]

One question: Why doesn't the King of Spain come to Beijing to see the games? Is there any reason for this?

 

[Odette]

Sweden was competing in mens high jump but didn't get any medals..

Thanks Lilla
I thought perhaps Sweden and Spain were competing and K Constantine was teasing Q Sofia. They all seemed in a good mood.

 

[lula]

Queen Sofia of Spain and Infanta Cristina meet the spanish players after their 2008 Beijing Olympic Games men's warter polo quarterfinal match against Serbia

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/07YRdNi6Wv1sn/610x.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00eR7V7axH6DN/610x.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/00mVe7tcPCc36/610x.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/03Cif6d5OC5ov/610x.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08sT3MK3hE4MS/610x.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01Ex9yO0Mq8GY/610x.jpg

Queen Sofia of Spain, Spain's Infanta Cristina, Prince Albert of Monaco and his friend Charlene Wittstock attend the synchronised swimming duet free routine final

http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/08lJg2b4cg3qB/610x.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01cX4374dx9Ig/610x.jpg
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0cZSc8G5flduA/610x.jpg

 

[RubyPrincess168]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g9kbAlfUWyxb6Y1vucS7TF8krrtgD92LP94G0

I sincerely hope that IOC Prseident does not declare this the best Olympics every, as he usually does at the closing ceremony. I'm starting to see why it maybe wasn't such a good idea to give China the Olympic Games.

 

[tan_berry]

¡Silver in taekwando! In the 58kgs. category. That is one of the martial arts. He gets 3.5 millions from the State (33 pesos for 1 dollar). And maybe more from private sources.

There are hopes of gold or silver in boxing next friday. He already has bronze.

Our main star is injured and did not classify for the final. Félix Sánchez, who won gold in Athens 2004 in 400m.hurdles, track and field. Such a pity.

 

[LadyFinn]

Queen Sofia meets spanish athletes
El Mundo
Queen Sofia and Infanta Cristina at synchronised swimming duet free routine final
Marca
Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock
Daylife
Daylife
Queen Sofia, Infanta Cristina, Prince Albert and Charlene Wittstock attend the synchronised swimming duet free routine final
MCT International
Princess Royal talking to the British Athletes at the Women s 10km Swimming Marathon
MediumPhoto

 

[julliette]

Princess Nathalie competting on 16.08.08
http://www.iblbildarkiv.net/FotoWeb...20F49939373E3B8C5E70E53170B3B2D9E3439FBBF4699
http://www.iblbildarkiv.net/FotoWeb...20F49939373E3B8C5E70E53170B3B2D9E3439FBBF4699
Princess Benedict watches her daughter PrincessNathalie
http://www.iblbildarkiv.net/FotoWeb...20F49939373E3B8C5E70E53170B3B2D9E3439FBBF4699

Prince Albert II of Monaco and his girlfriend Charlene Wittstock are welcomed by Queen Sofia of Spain during the Synchronised Swimming Duet Free Routine Final event of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games at the National Stadium in Beijing, China on August 20, 2008
http://www.abacausa.com/ximagi/search.php?u=&assignment_id=45442

 

[Lilla]

Thanks Julliette.

Lovely photoes.

Unfortunatly Princess Nathalie didn't achieve her goal of ending up among the top 12. She became no. 15.

But she got bronze at the team dressage - and not only was she the one who did the best preformance on her team, it was the first medal for Denmark. We have got others after that but hers was the first.

 

[BELTRANEJA]

OOOOHHHH!!! Argentina beats Greece in basketball, I think that King Constantine and Ann Marie have been in the game but I have not found the images
ARGENTINA 80 GREEK 75.

 

[LadyFinn]

Queen Sofia returns this morning to Madrid because of the plane crash, assumable Infanta Cristina with her husband too.

 

[randomlyKeira]

wow. thanks for all the pics everyone!

 

[Silvia❦CarlGustaf]

No pictures of Queen Silvia, King Carl Gustaf and Prince Carl Phillip from yesterday??

 

[marian]

And haakon?

 

[lucien]

Alexander returned to Beijing from Stockholm yesterday,and supported the dutch field hockey women against Argentina.........

We won,5 - 2!

http://www.royalimages.nl/search.pp?page=1&ShowPicture=8075175&pos=1

Courtesy Robert Vos!

 

[lucien]

No pictures of Queen Silvia, King Carl Gustaf and Prince Carl Phillip from yesterday??

From today:

http://www.royalimages.nl/search.pp?page=2&ShowPicture=8083264&pos=14

http://www.royalimages.nl/search.pp?page=1&ShowPicture=8083255&pos=16

Courtesy Jack Mikrut.

 

[RubyPrincess168]

http://www.nbcolympics.com/beachvolleyball/news/newsid=242746.html#china+rain+match+may+walsh
Congratulations to Misti May-Trainerand Kerri Walshon winning their second consectutive Gold Medals! Best of luck to Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser who play for the Gold medal today.

 

[Silvia❦CarlGustaf]

thank you!

Did they not attend an sportsevent yesterday??

it is considerable that willem alexander returned to Beijing from the Stockholm Water Week. Fly hlaf around the world and back and then flying back to Amsterdam isn't normal, but it's great to see that he supports the sportsmen and sportswomen of his country like this.

 

[dbarn67]

Why is Nastia Liukin called Princess Frog? I know its supposed to be derogatory but does she look like a frog? I dont think she looks like a frog. Yes her farhead is large but she's has beautiful lines and does elegant gymnastics IMO. Glad she won the all-around and glad that Shawn Johnson won the gold on beam.

 

[RhapsodyBrat]

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g9kbAlfUWyxb6Y1vucS7TF8krrtgD92LP94G0

I sincerely hope that IOC Prseident does not declare this the best Olympics every, as he usually does at the closing ceremony. I'm starting to see why it maybe wasn't such a good idea to give China the Olympic Games.

Former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch had that habit of saying "the best ever" at every Olympic closing ceremony except during the 1996 Olympics, which was mired in over-commercialism charges. The new IOC president, Jacques Rogge, has since stopped that.

 

[salma]

King and Queen of Sweden pic

http://www.hola.com/noticias-de-actualidad/21-08-2008/58950/

 

[Odette]

Former IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch had that habit of saying "the best ever" at every Olympic closing ceremony except during the 1996 Olympics, which was mired in over-commercialism charges. The new IOC president, Jacques Rogge, has since stopped that.

I thought I heard him come close enough in Athens but did not exactly said.......best ever. We thought they were very good and a lot of athletes and dignitaries who expressed their opinions were saying that Athens 2004 were the best they have been to in recent memory.
Can't wait to hear what he says for the Beijing ones.

 

[LadyFinn]

Infanta Cristina and Inaki Urdangarin stayed in Beijing, Queen Sofia returned to Madrid.

A moment of silence, held for the victims of the Spanair MD-82 that crashed at Madrid's airport the day before, is attended by Carlos Blasco Villa (R), Spanish ambassador to China, Alesandro Blanco, president of the Spanish Olympic Committee, Mercedes Cabrera, Spain's minister of education and science, Spanish Princess Cristina, her husband Inaki Urdangarin and former president of the International Olympic Committee Juan Antonio Samaranch from Spain
Daylife
Daylife
Daylife
Infanta Cristina and Inaki Urdangarin chat with athletes from Spain's Olympic team at the Casa Espana
Daylife
Daylife

 

[Odette]

OOOOHHHH!!! Argentina beats Greece in basketball, I think that King Constantine and Ann Marie have been in the game but I have not found the images
ARGENTINA 80 GREEK 75.

Thanks for letting me know!!!!!!!!!! (80-75 is not that bad after all..........2 three pointers and we could have won..........)

 

[ursulajohanna]

You are right Silvia&CarlGustaf - I missing pictures from Wednesday, too!!!

thank you!

Did they not attend an sportsevent yesterday??

 

[ursulajohanna]

Beautiful pictures of press meeting of royal Sweden:

http://www.royalportraits.nl/categories.php?cat_id=247

 

[Silvia❦CarlGustaf]

here are some pics of King Carl Gustaf, Queen Silvia and Prince Carl Phillip visiting the Olympic Village.

http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&ShowPicture=8083298&pos=1
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=2
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=3
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=4
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=5
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=6
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=7
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=7
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=9
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=10
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=11
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=12
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=13
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=14
http://www.anp-photo.com/search.pp?page=1&pos=15

 

[Angl3]

Was Prince William and Prince Harry there or some one else from the British royal house????

 

[acdc1]

Was Prince William and Prince Harry there or some one else from the British royal house????

I think that Princess Anne, her husband, and her son and daughter-in-law, Peter and Autumn Phillips, came.

 

[lucien]

GOLD for the dutch field hockey ladies!

Alexander had the honours to hand out the Gold Medals,and kiss kiss ofcourse!!Party time in Beijing!!