Zara Phillips becomes not just the first member of a British Royal Family to receive a medal at the Olympics, but also the first medallist in 116 years to pick up the medal from one of her parents.
Zara Phillips takes control of obstacle course
Zara Phillips, a member of the British Royal Family and her team captured a silver medal in Olympic equestrian eventing at the 2012 Olympics.
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Although the Royal Family has plenty of baubles, the Queen’s granddaughter, Zara Phillips, who is 14th in line for the throne, captured a silver medal on Tuesday, as Britain took second place behind Germany in Olympic equestrian eventing. Her mother, Princess Anne, presented her with the medal in Greenwich Park, the home of kingly sports for centuries.
Princes William and Harry, and Kate Middleton, William’s wife, were there to cheer their cousin in the final stage of the three-part competition.
Phillips and her British mates might have won gold, had Phillips’ horse, High Kingdom not knocked down a fence, although Phillips said it was her fault. She incurred another penalty for not finishing the course in the allotted 83 seconds.
“We wanted gold but we made mistakes,” Phillips said. “(But) when we got this (medal) around our necks, it was all worth it.”