All the Kings, Queens, Princes, and Princesses at the 2024 Paris Olympics

The Paris Olympics are here!

Through August 11, athletes from around the world will compete in gymnastics, swimming, fencing, track and field, basketball, equestrian events, and so many more sports—and cheering them on will be world leaders and royalty. Not only are numerous royals members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the organization that oversees the sporting competition, but many are presidents or patrons of their own country's Olympic team.

Princess Anne, for example, is president of the British Olympic Association, and is a regular fixture at Team Great Britain Events. At meeting with athletes at the British Embassy earlier this week, she told them, "I hope you will feel that this is the environment which encourages you to perform at your best, although you won't know that until it happens, but if it's a personal best, you can be imminently proud of what you've achieved because you will know you couldn't have done any better."

She added, "it requires such inspiration and innovation to maintain those levels of excellence for an Olympic Games that says something enormous about your achievements and your skills. Thank you for your commitment and your support and I just wish you every bit of success and that it goes as well as you hope in every way."

Before competition began, Denmark's King Frederik X and Queen Mary met with their country's athletes, as did Spain's King Felipe and Queen Letizia. Here, see all the best photos of royals from around the world attending the 2024 Paris Olympics. (We'll be updating this story throughout the Games, so be sure to check back!)

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