As one of the longest-standing and most influential royal families in the world, Britain's Queen and her descendent royal members are always in the spotlight. The British royal family has been fully engaged in the London 2012 Olympic Games as bidders, planners, spectators and even the players.
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Queen Elizabeth II inspects the construction of the London Bowl, the main London Olympics Stadium, in London, on Nov 3, 2009. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II visits the Olympic Aquatic Center during a visit arranged for the Diamond Jubilee in East Midlands, Britain, on June 13, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Britain's Princess Anne, right, raises a torch with the Olympic Flame next to Spyros Kapralos, head of the Greek Olympic Committee, during an Olympic flame handover ceremony at the Panathenaic stadium in Athens, May 17, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Jacques Rogge, center, president of the International Olympic Committee, makes a speech at the one-year countdown ceremony for the London Olympic Games in Ldondon, on July 27, 2011. Princess Anne, second from the right, and British Prime Minister Camero, right, attended this event. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Britain's Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, arrive for a memorial ceremony for the Team GB of Olympics and Paralympics at the Royal Albert Hall, in central London, May 11, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Jiang Xiaoyu, vice-executive president of the Olympic Committee for the Beijing Olympic Games, gives the "Propitious Clouds" torch to Princess Anne as a present during the Beijing Olympic torch relay in London, on April 6, 2008. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, plays hockey with the Team GB hockey teams at the Riverside Arena in the Olympic Park in London, March 15, 2012. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Prince Harry visits Brazil alone for the first time to promote the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games and the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II ascending the throne in March, 2012. Prince Harry, second from the right, races for charity at Flamengo Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 10, 2012.[Photo/Xinhua] |
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Zara Phillips, the grand-daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, holds the Olympic torch while riding through Cheltenham race course in Cheltenham Racecourse, May 23, 2012. She will participate in equestrian events at the Games. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Some 260 royal cavalry guardsmen mark 100 days to go to the 2012 Olympic Games, at the Horse Guards Parade, in central Londonon April 16, 2012.[Photo/Xinhua] |