Only one member of the royal family has ever completed the London Marathon.
Even though there are many sporting royals and the course bypasses Buckingham Palace, only one of the Windsor clan put on their running shoes and tackled the iconic marathon.
Princess Beatrice, 35, the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, competed in 2010, when she was just 21, in aid of Fergie’s Children in Crisis charity.
The royal joined 33 other people to take part in a “human caterpillar”, meaning they were tethered with bungee cords as they traveled the famous route.
Wearing a green tutu, Beatrice became the first royal to complete the race and also set the record for the largest number of runners to finish a marathon together.
Princess Beatrice is the only royal to have completed the London Marathon.
She gave Fergie an emotional hug after completing the race and took part alongside her then-boyfriend Dave Clarke and friends Sam and Holly Branson.
The Duchess of York told the BBC at the time: “I’ve been trying to get her into shape for a long time and now she shows up to me today.”
“I’ve just decided that if she’s a good role model for me, next year I’ll do it.”
Beatriz, ninth in line to the throne, is married to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, 40, and they share a daughter, Sienna, born in 2021.
Last week, Beatrice, 35, attended an industry event at Spotify’s London office, and appeared to establish a working relationship with the company, following difficulties surrounding Harry and Meghan’s podcast.
She ran the marathon in 2010 aged 21 in aid of Fergie’s Children in Crisis charity.
Wearing a green tutu, Beatrice became the first royal to complete the race.
His parents, Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, watched from the sidelines.
Beatrice also helped set a record for the most people who finished the race tied up.
The royal joined 33 other people to take part in a “human caterpillar”, meaning they were tethered with bungee cords as they traveled the famous route.
Beatrice is the only member of the royal family to have run the London Marathon.
While they never took part in the marathon, the Prince and Princess of Wales cheered on participants in 2017 from a water station for mental health charity ‘Heads Together’.
They started the event by pressing a red button and handed out bottled water to the athletes, who couldn’t help but stop to take selfies with the famous couple.
Prince Harry also joined the royal couple to cheer from the sidelines.
While they never completed the race, Kate and William joked during training day in 2017.
They were joined by Prince Harry as they cheered on the runners from the ‘Heads Together’ charity stand.
Kate and William even attended a training session the day before, where they joked around and pretended they were also running the race.
On Sunday, more than 50,000 people will take part in this year’s event across the city, starting at Blackheath Common and finishing on The Mall next to Buckingham Palace.
The women’s elite race starts at 9:25 a.m., the men’s race at 10:00 a.m. and the amateur runners start between 10:00 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.