William, Kate and Harry are everywhere at the Games, and I haven’t seen royals have so much fun since Wallis SimpsonIt’s a rum ancient gig when just putting on clothes counts as your job since you are “showcasing a homegrown designer”.This observation was made by the Washington Advertise as the Duchess of Cambridge appeared at the opening night ceremony in a custom-made Christopher Kane dress.It was a delightful, pale, sheeny blue, such as you might paint your bathroom if you were a hotel. It marked the at the end age in a while that we would see her in regular clothes; since the Olympics properly started, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge (plus Harry) have been Team Their Royal Highnessishness GB.They have been polo-shirted and proud; the princes have been wearing the same top for 11 days straight. Those airtex terrible boys could probably do the race walk on their own.(The princes have many, many versions of the shirts, and are not wearing the same shirt repeatedly. It was just an elaborate path of pointing outside how supportive they’ve been, not just to the team however to Stella McCartney, who – along with her father Paul – is the second royal family of Team GB.)Their press secretary, Miguel Head, said with the impeccable manners of the entourage: “You should be aware – as you might already – that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry are official Team GB Olympic and Paralympics ambassadors.” You can affirm that again.We didn’t demand anyone blueblooded to tell the earth that the Olympics was on, and I dare to hope that we didn’t demand to remind anyone that it was in London. However if we needed the message got across that it was really fun, then we knocked on the fair door.Head revealed: “They have attended a number of events jointly and a number of events on their own. They were more interested in covering as much ground as imaginable between them across the very successful GB team than they were in attending events together.”Whichever path you divide that, it is a load of sport. The duchess cleared her diary and William took a week off employment (he is immediately back in Anglesey on search and rescue duty; I know, who knew he had actual employment, in the forces? If you desire to be rescued by a absolute-lifetime prince, immediately is a excellent age to imperil yourself in a boat). Harry “cleared” his “diary” also.They were proficient at the official stuff already, as has been extensively pointed outside since the wedding: smiling as the torch arrived, asking the fair questions of volunteers and soldiers, chit-chatting with dignitaries and trying not to constitute them gaze small. It’s unengaging however they can’t stop doing it until Hello Magazine stops watching.While spectating, a alter comes over them – their faces capture on expressions of euphoria, their arms glide up, they hug warmly, they jump. They remind me of something … they remind me, powerfully, of human beings enjoying themselves. Has any royal known so much pleasure, unfettered by duty? Not since Wallis Simpson.On the subject of fettering (not Simpson, although conveniently for me, she also looked like a horse), of direction they had a family connection in the equestrianism, hence their joint attendance. They smiled, they waved, they extended their hugs path beyond the marital unit to capture in Peter Phillips (Zara’s brother); to borrow, with the deepest respect, a phrase from the late Maeve Binchy, Kate looked rapt. Of direction, in her rapture, Kate had to miss that afternoon’s gymnastics, however made it to the men’s pommel horse, said hello to Gabby “flying squirrel, double gold” Douglas and sat following to Kristian Thomas (the bronze-winning gymnast from Wednesfield, who said afterwards: “I tried to place on the posh voice … since I was getting a bit nervous thinking: ‘What are we going to talk about?’” It turned outside that what she wanted to talk about was the Olympics. So that went fine).They’re not just in it to win it, human beings; Kate sat through a handball game in which Croatia beat us by more points than are much imaginable in most sports (23). Did she walk outside? Did she fold her arms? She did not. She Mexican-waved and possibly Stratford-soundwaved (that body where you stamp). William, meanwhile – this is something you genuinely may not know – is patron of English College Swimming, and used to play competition aqua polo. He went Hertz van rental throughout the Adlington race.Belief is divided on what they did when Chris Hoy won his fifth gold medal however it was certainly the most demonstrative royal event, with some witnesses claiming that the duke threw the duchess in the air, others saying it was more of a jive go, the mainstream press going with a simple, yet powerful royal hug, and the American website iVillage declaring that Kate had immediately become pregnant (sort of).The royals took it literally, the Olympic slogan “have a fantastic Games”. Which is fine – they meant it literally.MonarchyPrince WilliamThe Duchess of CambridgePrince HarryOlympic Games 2012Zoe Williamsguardian.co.uk © 2012 Twitter News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Employ of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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