{"id":55875,"date":"2025-04-27T22:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T22:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/55875\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T22:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T22:33:13","slug":"the-only-royal-family-member-to-have-ever-run-the-london-marathon-and-they-set-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/55875\/","title":{"rendered":"The only royal family member to have ever run the London Marathon – and they set world record"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Royal Family has several members with sporty credentials, but only one has ever actually completed the gruelling 26-mile London Marathon route – and they set a record in the process\"PrincessPrincess Beatrice takes part in the London Marathon in 2010(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The Royal Family<\/a> has its fair share of athletic members, but only one Royal can boast about completing the London Marathon – and she didn’t just finish it, she set a record too.<\/p>\n

That Royal is none other than Princess Beatrice, who took on the marathon in 2010 for her mum Sarah Ferguson’s charity, Children in Crisis.<\/p>\n

Beatrice was part of a group of 34 runners who formed a human caterpillar, tied together as they navigated the route.<\/p>\n

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Among those joining her were then-boyfriend Dave Clarke and pals Sam and Holly Branson.<\/p>\n

For the race, Beatrice sported a bright tutu and sweatbands, and was snapped celebrating with her medal after crossing the finish line.<\/p>\n

Impressively, the group smashed the record for the most people to complete a marathon while tied together.<\/p>\n

While they’ve never personally taken on the marathon, both the Prince and Princess of Wales made a special appearance at the London Marathon<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n

The couple cheered on participants from a water station, helping to rally support for the ‘Heads Together’ mental health charity, reports the Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They handed out high-fives and selfies to the crowd, having earlier kicked off the event by pressing a large red button.<\/p>\n

However, they got more than they bargained for when handing out water to thirsty athletes – as some runners playfully squirted them with their bottles.<\/p>\n

During the London Marathon, some of the 39,000 competitors stopped to shake hands and snap selfies, but when a few playful attendees decided to spray water, not everyone was impressed as droplets landed on their jackets.<\/p>\n

Kate, who has battled cancer and is now in remission, has expressed her desire to participate in the 26.2-mile race, but her responsibilities prevent it.<\/p>\n

Journalist Bryony Gordon, familiar with Kate and herself a marathon finisher, shared an interaction with the Royal about the event.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Runner’s World, Bryony recounted: “I can’t remember exactly what happened, but I was like, ‘Are you going to run the marathon?’<\/p>\n

“And she was like, ‘Oh I can’t because security is a bit difficult.’ But I was like, ‘Sure, yeah, yeah, good excuse! If I can do it, anyone can.'”.<\/p>\n

In contrast, the Duchess of Edinburgh actively took part in the socially distanced 2020 marathon, completing 1.5 miles in heavy rain alongside one of the 45,000 participants.<\/p>\n

She joined Tomas, raising money for Mencap \u2013 a charity she supports as patron \u2013 which aids 1.5 million people with learning disabilities across the UK, advocating for improved social care, healthcare, employment, and financial support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Royal Family has several members with sporty credentials, but only one has ever actually completed the gruelling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,17450,519,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-55875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-london-marathon","13":"tag-royal-family","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114412309992118972","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}