Team GB will going for gold at the Paris Olympics - and some of their biggest support with come from the Royal Family , including one member of the Firm who once competed at the Games. Princess Anne made history when she became the first British royal to compete at an Olympic Games when she was part of the equestrian three-day eventing team in Montreal in 1976. And her personal experience of competing at the Olympics meant she was an integral part of the team that brought the Games to London in 2012 - and she's said to have done everything in her power to help the winning bid.
But King Charles' sister did make one serious error in the lead up to London 2012 - and it could have got her into serious trouble. That's because she made a brutal comment about one of her fellow committee members - but forgot her microphone was still switched on. The story was revealed by the chairman of the London 2012 organising committee, Lord Sebastian Coe, during the ITV documentary Anne: The Princess Royal at 70.
He said: "She was always to the point, she doesn't always suffer fools gladly, she doesn't speak for the sake of speaking. I do remember, after a rather long-winded interjection by one of the committee members, she had actually forgotten to turn her microphone off. She managed to mutter the immortal words: 'I think this person is probably the most stupid person in world sport.
'" However, despite the blunder, Anne managed to style it out in the most professional manner. Lord Coe added: ".