Royals Who Are Attending 2012 London Olympics


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EIIR said:
In fact, it's you who has just dubbed the other family members there "lesser mortals", not me. I simply stated that they're probably the most recognisable faces that the officials and volunteers (mostly British) will see in the Park. The Queen and DoE didn't wear credentials at any stage while in the Park, is that an insult to competitors and other royals too?

The badges are first and foremost for identification, which is unnecessary for senior British royals who are in their own country.
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Yes, I think the argument that the security rules don't apply to William and Kate when they apply to more senior British Royals (the Duchess of Cornwall), more senior foreign Royals (Albert, Charlene and all of the Crown Princely couples) and other country's VIPs (Mrs Obama), is insulting. David Beckham is probably as recognisable, if not more so, that William and Kate - do you think he doesn't need credentials either?

My reference to "lesser mortals" was tongue in cheek. I don't consider anybody to be a lesser mortal, royal or non-royal.

As for the the credentials being unnecessary for senior Royals, all of the British Royal Family, with the exception of the Queen and (I think) the Duke of Edinburgh, have been wearing them, so clearly they are necessary.
 
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Lumutqueen said:
Prince Philip is going to watch sailing and Princess Anne is at the Olympic Park.

EDIT: Prince William and Harry watching Helen Glover and Heather Standing get Team GBs first gold, and first ever gold for GB women's rowing.
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Thanks for the updates. I didn't know about the event for Princess Anne and Prince Philip. And oh really they saw the gold medal win? Omg I'd kill for pics of their reaction
Found some from today
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ETA: found some pics from what appears to be waterpolo yesterday:
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What happen with Prince Charles? Because I have not seen him in the competions
 
Martha said:
What happen with Prince Charles? Because I have not seen him in the competions
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The Prince, along with theDuchess of Cornwall attended the start of the men's road race at the weekend. Otherwise he has been carrying out "normal" royal duties that have not involved the Olympics.
 
Martha said:
What happen with Prince Charles? Because I have not seen him in the competions
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Not sure where he is today but earlier in the week he was up in Scotland carrying out regular engagements. Life must go on even with the Olympics happening in London.
 
VictoriaB said:
Yes, I think the argument that the security rules don't apply to William and Kate when they apply to more senior British Royals (the Duchess of Cornwall), more senior foreign Royals (Albert, Charlene and all of the Crown Princely couples) and other country's VIPs (Mrs Obama), is insulting. David Beckham is probably as recognisable, if not more so, that William and Kate - do you think he doesn't need credentials either?

My reference to "lesser mortals" was tongue in cheek. I don't consider anybody to be a lesser mortal, royal or non-royal.

As for the the credentials being unnecessary for senior Royals, all of the British Royal Family, with the exception of the Queen and (I think) the Duke of Edinburgh, have been wearing them, so clearly they are necessary.
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It's clear that the security rules don't, in practice, apply equally to everyone, and were never likely to. The Queen was accompanied by most of Locog, and the Olympic hierarchy on her visit to the park and at no stage was she asked to wear visible credentials. David Cameron didn't wear visible credentials, on occasions Boris Johnson hasn't either.

I have no doubt that members of the public will be required to wear their ID at all times. But who's going to go up to the Queen or the PM and tell them to wear those ugly lanyards or risk expulsion from the Park? Some VIPs obviously are happy to wear them, while others prefer not to. Chances are, if they're easily recognised, they're probably not going to be taken to task for it. Not really fair, but it's just the way things work.
 
SLV said:
Well, there is a world outside the Olympics and that world needs attention as well. I haven't seen any posts about the Queen attending anything either, except for the opening ceremony.
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It's also worth remembering that the earl of Wessex is patron of British Paralympics so the earl and countess will be attending many more events during the Paralympics. And I can bet that wills, Kate and co won't attend the Paralympics! Not nearly glamorous enough for them ;-)
 
tommy100 said:
It's also worth remembering that the earl of Wessex is patron of British Paralympics so the earl and countess will be attending many more events during the Paralympics. And I can bet that wills, Kate and co won't attend the Paralympics! Not nearly glamorous enough for them ;-)
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ouch! :confused:
Will, Kate and Harry are the amassadors for the Paralympics as well as the Olympics. The original announcement stated they would be attending events of both games.
 
MichelleQ2 said:
ouch! :confused:
Will, Kate and Harry are the amassadors for the Paralympics as well as the Olympics. The original announcement stated they would be attending events of both games.
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Lol my comment was very tongue in cheek! But I stand by my point- I think we will see more of the Wessexs during the Paralympics
 
tommy100 said:
Lol my comment was very tongue in cheek! But I stand by my point- I think we will see more of the Wessexs during the Paralympics
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so far i think, they only confirmed attending the opening ceremony. but hopefully more yes :flowers:
 
tommy100 said:
It's also worth remembering that the earl of Wessex is patron of British Paralympics so the earl and countess will be attending many more events during the Paralympics. And I can bet that wills, Kate and co won't attend the Paralympics! Not nearly glamorous enough for them ;-)
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I suspect they will attend if only because the Paralympics generally receive very little media attention. Royal attendance may be the only thing that draws public attention to these games.
 
I'm heading out tonight so before I forget here's tomorrow's schedule for William and Kate

Duchess Izzie ‏@DuchessIzzy "@britishroyals: William & Kate expected at Wimbledon tomorrow. Watch out for Murray vs Almagro match, starting 12 London time #olympics"

In the meantime Harry will attend a reception for the School Games medal winners in the morning at CH
 
ghost_night554 said:
I'm heading out tonight so before I forget here's tomorrow's schedule for William and Kate

Duchess Izzie ‏@DuchessIzzy "@britishroyals: William & Kate expected at Wimbledon tomorrow. Watch out for Murray vs Almagro match, starting 12 London time #olympics"

In the meantime Harry will attend a reception for the School Games medal winners in the morning at CH
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wow, Quite busy schedule for the royals during this first week.... will they continue in this enormous amount of events until to the end of the Games?
BYe Bine
 
Bine221 said:
wow, Quite busy schedule for the royals during this first week.... will they continue in this enormous amount of events until to the end of the Games?
BYe Bine
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pretty much I believe they only have one day off in the second week of the Olympics
 
FYI for tomorrow's schedule, Andy Murray plays Nicolas Almagro (ESP) tomorrow at Noon/7am EDT/4am PDT. I am guessing this is where we'll see William and Kate, probably closer to 11:30-11:45am, (6:30-6:45 am EDT).Thursday 2nd August: The Duke and Duchess Of Cambridge will attend Tennis at Wimbledon.

Olympic Program:

Friday 27th July: The Duke and Duchess Of Cambridge and Prince Harry will attend the opening ceremony in Olympic Park.

Saturday 28th July: Sunday the 29th July: The Duke Of Cambridge will attend an Equestrian event on ONE of these days.

Monday 30th July: Prince Harry will attend the 10m Diving at the Olympic Park.

Thursday 2nd August: The Duke and Duchess Of Cambridge will attend Tennis at Wimbledon.

Friday 3rd August: The Duke Of Cambridge and Prince Harry will attend the Equestrian Dressage at Greenwich.

Friday 3rd August: The Duke and Duchess Of Cambridge will attend swimming at Olympic Park.

Saturday 4th August: The Duchess Of Cambridge will attend Hockey at the Olympic Park.

Sunday 5th August: The Duchess Of Cambridge will attend Gymnastics at the Olympic Park.

Sunday 5th August: The Duke and Duchess Of Cambridge and Prince Harry will attend Athletics at the Olympic Park.

Monday 6th August: The Duchess will attend the sailing at Weymouth.

Wednesday 8th August: Prince Harry will attend the Beach Volleyball at Horseguards Parade.

Thursday 9th August: The Duchess Of Cambridge will attend Synchronized Swimming at the Olympic Park.

Thursday 9th August: Prince Harry will attend the Athletics at Olympic Park.

Sunday 12th August: The Duchess Of Cambridge and Prince Harry will attend the closing ceremony at Olympic Park.

Prince Guillaume Of Luxembourg & Princess Tessy Of Luxembourg
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Crown Princess Mary & Prince Frederik of Denmark

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Prince Carl Philip Of Sweden & Prince Daniel & Crown Princess Victoria Of Sweden
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I caught a glimpse of the Duke of Kent on NBC's coverage of the Women's Gymnastics Team Final. Of course, NBC didn't know who he was, but I recognized him!
 
According to @RoyalReporter, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expected at Wimbledon today, where Andy Murray takes on Spain's Nicolas Almagro.
 
British Royals‏@britishroyals
Twitter world reporting that William & Kate have arrived in Wimbledon to cheer on Andy Murray as @TeamGB ambassadors #olympics #tennis

Camilla Tominey‏@CamillaTominey
William and Kate have just arrived at #wimbledon to watch #andymurray Kate in royal blue dress

Camilla Tominey‏@CamillaTominey
The Cambridges got an enormous cheer on their arrival at Court Number 1, where #andymurray is playing Nicholas Almagro in the QFs #olympics

W&K ate Wimbledon today
https://twitter.com/finnlar/status/230983888204361728/photo/1
https://twitter.com/finnlar/status/230984264626356224/photo/1

Richard Palmer‏@RoyalReporter
Prince Harry is meeting Canadian athletes and officials at Team Canada House.
 
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BBC 3 are showing the match at Wimbledon, we're still in the warm-up. Big cheer by the crowd just now as William and Kate take their seats. Kate's wearing a royal blue dress (I assume, I could only see them from the waist up) with a black blazer.
 
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