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As Director of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, The Princess was involved in London's successful bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display skip to content PRINCESS ANNE (born 15 Aug 1950), including games, medals, results, photos, videos and news. Long Live the Montreal Games'.Following that came the official speeches, first by Roger Rousseau, head of the Montreal Olympic organizing committee, and Lord Killanin. The flag was carried by eight men and hoisted by four women, representing the ten provinces and two territories (at the time) of Canada. The duo would make a lap of the stadium and then climbed a staircase on a special dais at the center of the stadium to set the Olympic flame alight in a temporary white aluminum cauldron. The flame was later transported to a more permanent cauldron just outside the running track to burn throughout the duration of the Games. She competed as a member of the UK equestrian team in 1976, at the time the only member of the British Royal Family to have competed in the Olympic Games. She did not win a medal at those Games. Anne, Princess Royal — Anne is the only daughter of Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Japanese gymnast Shun Fujimoto performed on a broken right knee, and helped the Japanese team win the gold medal for the team championship. Her Majesty was then invited to proclaim the Games open, which she did, first in French, then in English.Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of athletes from each nation that competed at the Games.Immediately following the parade, a troupe of 80 women dancers dressed in white (representing the 80th anniversary of the revival of the Olympic Games) performed a brief dance in the outline of the Olympic rings.The flag bearers of each team then circled around the speaker's dais as Pierre St-Jean recited the Athletes' Oath and Maurice Forget recited the Judges' Oath, in English and in French, with right hand over the heart and the Canadian flag clutched in the left.Then, the 'Youth of Canada' took to the track to perform a colourful choreographed segment with flags, ribbons and a variety of rhythmic gymnast performers.Three cannons were then fired, as the 80-member troupe of female dancers unfolded special crates that released doves and ribbons in the five Olympic colours.Accompanied by the Olympic Hymn, the Olympic flag was carried into the stadium and hoisted at the west end of the stadium. She formally accepted the Olympic flame in Athens on behalf of London and brought it back to Britain for its 8,000 mile relay tour of the country.The Princess Royal was the first member of the Royal Family to have competed in the Olympic Games when she rode The Queen's horse, Goodwill, in the equestrian three-day event at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games.Find out more about the life and work of The Princess Royal...The Royal Household © Crown CopyrightThe Royal Household © Crown CopyrightThe Princess also competed in multiple European Three-Day Event Championships, winning a gold medal in the 1971 individual discipline and silver in both the individual and team disciplines in 1975.The Princess's daughter Zara Phillips followed in her mother's footsteps by competing in the same equestrian three-day event at the 2012 London Olympics.Find out more about the annual 'Royal Week' in ScotlandGreat Britain won silver in the event and The Princess Royal presented the team, including her daughter, with their medals.The Princess Royal has a long association with the Olympic Games, both as a competitor in the 1976 Games, and now as President of the British Olympic Association and a Member of the International Olympic Committee.In 1988 The Princess was appointed a Member of the International Olympic Committee.