On Monday, August 13, 2012, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh visited the Isle of Wight.
The 91-year-old duke began his day with a luncheon at the County Club in Newport with members of the Chamber of Commerce. From there he visited a “… mobile health unit, run by the Isle of Wight Chamber of Commerce, Tourism and Industry at St. James’ Square.” Afterward, The Duke of Edinburgh visited the company, A.J. Wells and Sons.
Sources: Royal.gov.uk and IWCP
On August 8, 2012, Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge attended the semi-finals of Women’s Field Hockey held at the Riverbank Arena in London. The lovely duchess cheered on Team GB who were playing against Team Argentina. The final score: 2-1, Argentina.
Meanwhile, His Royal Highness Prince Harry of Wales enjoyed Beach Volleyball held at Horse Guards Parade. One of the highlights of today’s event in Beach Volleyball was the Women’s Gold Medal Final. So who played? Team USA versus Team USA. Yes, you read that right. 🙂
Two-time Olympic gold medalists Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings dominated April Ross and Jen Kessy for the gold medal. In the end, Misty and Kerri won the game. Yay! 🙂
On Tuesday, August 7, 2012, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II hosted a garden party at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Also in attendance were His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh as well as Their Royal Highnesses The Earl and Countess of Wessex.
On the afternoon of August 7, 2012, Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence along with His Royal Highness Prince Harry of Wales, Mr. Peter Phillips, Their Royal Highnesses Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice watched various Track Cycling competitions held at the Velodrome in London. Oh yeah, Sarah Ferguson was there as well.
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As always Team GB dominated many of today’s heats including the highly anticipated Men’s Keirin Final. Sir Chris Hoy won the gold medal while Maximillan Levy of Team Germany won the silver. So who won the bronze medal? It was a tie. Simon van Velthooven of Team New Zealand and Teun Mulder of Team Netherlands shared the bronze.
In the Women’s Sprint Final Anna Meares of Team Australia captured the gold whole Victoria Pendleton of Team GB won the silver. Shuang Guo of Team China gladly won the bronze.
On August 6, 2012, in Weymouth, England His Majesty King Constantine of Greece presented medals to the winners of the Men’s Laser Single Hand Race (Sailing). Tom Slingsby of Team Australia won the gold medal. Pavlos Kontides of Team Cyprus won the silver and Rasmus Myrgren won the bronze.
Prior to the medal ceremony His Majesty watched several races including the Women’s Laser Radial. Also, watching the race were Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence along with Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge. The lovely duchess also met with members of the Team GB sailing team.
On the evening of August 5, 2012, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco along with the Secretary General of the Monaco International Committee, Ms. Yvette Lambin-Berti watched various Track and Field events held at the Olympic Stadium in London.
Also in attendance were His Royal Highness Prince Michael of Kent, Their Royal Highnesses Prince Willem-Alexander of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands along with their daughters, Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and third wheel (I’m kidding) His Royal Highness Prince Harry of Wales to name a few.
So what events did they royals enjoy this evening? Well, they watched, with utter amazement I’m sure, as Mr. Usain Bolt of Team Jamaica won the gold medal in the Men’s 100m Final. His time: 9.63 seconds! Wow!!
Mr. Yohan Blake of Team Jamaica came in second place with a time of 9.75. While Mr. Justin Gatlin came in third with a time of 9.79.
Another highly anticipated event of the evening was the Women’s 400m Final. Ms. Sanya Richards-Ross of Team USA won the gold medal. Her time: 49.55. Ms. Christine Ohuruogu of Team GB won the silver medal and Ms. Dee Dee Trotter of Team USA won the bronze medal.
On August 4, 2012, Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge enjoyed day 9,000 8 of the 2012 London Olympics.
The royal couple, along with British Prime Minister David Cameron and thousands of spectators, filled the Olympic Stadium in London to watch Track and Field (or as some call it Athletics).
So what did the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge watch? Don’t know. However, they sure had a menu of options to choose from. For example, there was the Men’s Long Jump Final, Women’s Heptathlon 800m, Women’s Pole Vault Qualifications, and the Men’s 400m Hurdles Semi-finals to name a few.
The Royal Correspondent 