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Queen receives Olympic dignitaries at Windsor Castle / Princess Royal speech

Queen receives Olympic dignitaries at Windsor Castle / Princess Royal speech; Guests in room / Guests entering hall set with dining tables / Guests standing by tables then applauding as Princess Royal enters / Unidentified man announcing Princess Royal SOTPrincess Royal speech SOT- Pleasure as President of British Olympic Association to welcome everyone to help celebrate the centenary of 1908 London Olympic Games / Particular welcome to Jacques Rogge, friends from visiting national Olympic committees / Also pleased to see so many Olympians, particularly double gold medallists, Dame Kelly Holmes, Richard Meade, Matthew Pinsent / Thanks them for contribution to Olympian movement / London was only given two years' notice for 1908 Olympics which meant there was less time for everybody to whinge [audience laughter SOT] / Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906 meant Rome games couldn't take place so London hosted games / Stadium built in White City in ten months / 1908 games began in April and finished in October / King Edward VII performed opening ceremony in stadium in July
Queen receives Olympic dignitaries at Windsor Castle / Princess Royal speech; Guests in room / Guests entering hall set with dining tables / Guests standing by tables then applauding as Princess Royal enters / Unidentified man announcing Princess Royal SOTPrincess Royal speech SOT- Pleasure as President of British Olympic Association to welcome everyone to help celebrate the centenary of 1908 London Olympic Games / Particular welcome to Jacques Rogge, friends from visiting national Olympic committees / Also pleased to see so many Olympians, particularly double gold medallists, Dame Kelly Holmes, Richard Meade, Matthew Pinsent / Thanks them for contribution to Olympian movement / London was only given two years' notice for 1908 Olympics which meant there was less time for everybody to whinge [audience laughter SOT] / Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906 meant Rome games couldn't take place so London hosted games / Stadium built in White City in ten months / 1908 games began in April and finished in October / King Edward VII performed opening ceremony in stadium in July
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May 30, 2008
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