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What royals attended the Sydney 2000 Olympic games?
 
King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.

I attach some pictures with the King and Queen during the Olympic Games in Sydney, here with Olympic wrestling champion Mikael Ljungberg (may he rest in peace) and Olympic tabletennis/ping-ping Silver Medalist Jan Ove Waldner:
 

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Continued from my previous post...

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.

Some more pictures with the King and Queen during the Olympic Games in Sydney, here with Olympic wrestling champion Mikael Ljungberg (may he rest in peace) and Olympic tabletennis/ping-ping Silver Medalist Jan Ove Waldner:
 

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Thanks GrandDuchess for the above pictures of the Swedish royals in Sydney. Funny picture to see Queen Silvia doing the wave! :p

Inaki Urdangarin, husband of Infanta Cristina participated in the games, winning a bronze (I think) medal for handball. Cristina was heavily pregnant at the time with their second son Pablo.

There are many pictures of Infanta Cristina with her son Juanito, Queen Sofia, Prince Felipe, Princess Alexia and Queen Anne Marie watching Inaki's games.
 
Wasnt two of the british royals there too???
i think sophie of wessex was there too with edward
 
As Alexandria mentioned....

SYDNEY OLYMPICS: SPANISH ROYAL FAMILY.
Original caption: The Infanta Cristina (aka Cristina Urdangarin) watching her husband Inaki playing handball for Spain. Also present: Queen Sofia, Prince Felipe and Inaki's mum Claire Liebaert.

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Date Photographed: September 22, 2000
 

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SYDNEY 2000: HANDBALL SPAIN/YUG WITH ROYAL FAMILY
Original caption: The Spanish team won the bronze medal.
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Date Photographed: September 30, 2000
 

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Anna_R said:
SYDNEY OLYMPICS: SPANISH ROYAL FAMILY.
Original caption: The Infanta Cristina (aka Cristina Urdangarin) watching her husband Inaki playing handball for Spain. Also present: Queen Sofia, Prince Felipe and Inaki's mum Claire Liebaert.

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Date Photographed: September 22, 2000
Was Christina in her pregnancy at that time? she looked like she have it but I am not sure.
 
Josefine said:
wow this was 5 years ago

Yes i know, i started this thread last year when i first joined the forums and actually got into royalty so i didnt pay attention to any royals during these games as i wasnt interested back then.
 


one more photo from when Mikael Ljungberg won, wonderful photo imo. It shows alot of emotions

photo from aftonbladet
 
Anna_R said:
SYDNEY OLYMPICS: SPANISH ROYAL FAMILY.
Original caption: The Infanta Cristina (aka Cristina Urdangarin) watching her husband Inaki playing handball for Spain. Also present: Queen Sofia, Prince Felipe and Inaki's mum Claire Liebaert.

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Date Photographed: September 22, 2000
Some photos are soooo cute, specially the third one!! :)
 
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Didn't Princess Martha Louise compete in horse trials or something?

This may be going a bit off topic but I read in a magazine (so it may not be true) that when Frederick and Mary met at the Slip Inn, Martha Louise and Prince Nikolaos of Greece were there.
 
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Pink Tulip said:
This may be going a bit off topic but I read in a magazine (so it may not be true) that when Frederick and Mary met at the Slip Inn, Martha Louise and Prince Nikolaos of Greece were there.
Yes, that is true. And I belive there was another crown prince there aswell. I think I read that prince Frederik said "I wasn´t the only crownprince there that night"... who might that be? prince Pavlos? Or Felipe?
 
It was Crown Prince Filipe. Im sure it was, i remember that he was with Frederik in Sydney.
 
I'm trying to recollect :confused: but wasn't Princess Anne and the Duke of Kent there as well? Usually there are British royals present since several of them have connections to sports and/or athletic associations, but for the life of me I can't remember exactly who the UK reprentatives were.:eek:
 
i think the British representatives was Prince Edward and maybe Sophie, but i am positive that Edward was there. Im not sure if Sophie accompanied him though
 
galuhcandrakirana said:
Was Christina in her pregnancy at that time? she looked like she have it but I am not sure.
She was pregnant of her second child, Pablo :)

In the pics posted by Anna we also can see the greec royals ;)
 
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More photos of Iñaki Urdangarín in Sidney 2000. From Cover:

 
Still from Sidney 2000. By Cover:

 
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Incredible to think how life has changed for so many in the photographs. Felipe and Phillipe have ascended to the throne. Felipe, Frederik, Martha Louise would all marry in the following years with Joachim divorcing/remarrying. Inaki and Cristina's role in the Spanish royal family now diminished.
 
Didn't Princess Martha Louise compete in horse trials or something?

This may be going a bit off topic but I read in a magazine (so it may not be true) that when Frederick and Mary met at the Slip Inn, Martha Louise and Prince Nikolaos of Greece were there.

The Spanish State Visit to Denmark has made me interested with how Mary and Frederick met.

So Felipe was really there at the pub? With Frederick? How about Pavlos?
 
The Spanish State Visit to Denmark has made me interested with how Mary and Frederick met.

So Felipe was really there at the pub? With Frederick? How about Pavlos?

The Greek brothers (Pavlos and Nikolaos) were going out with their cousins Frederik and Felipe, I think Märtha-Louise was also there. Pavlos asked an Australian friend -who happened to be friends with Mary- to bring more people along, Mary was amongst them...and the rest is history.
 
The Greek brothers (Pavlos and Nikolaos) were going out with their cousins Frederik and Felipe, I think Märtha-Louise was also there. Pavlos asked an Australian friend -who happened to be friends with Mary- to bring more people along, Mary was amongst them...and the rest is history.

It was not Pavlos, it was Bruno Gómez Acebo who was at the Olympic Games with his mother, Infanta Pilar, who was a member of the IOC. Beatrice Tarnawski was Bruno's friend and she took Mary.
 
The Spanish State Visit to Denmark has made me interested with how Mary and Frederick met.

So Felipe was really there at the pub? With Frederick? How about Pavlos?


I’ve posted a link to an extensive extract from the “There’s Something About Mary” book thread theroyalfly, which covers this night in some detail.

There used to be several photos on the internet from the group of twelve at the “Starr Bar” … which they went on to from the “Slipp Inn” and “The Establishment” that same night … which I came across last year.
 
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