The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge - along with Prince Harry - officially greeted the Olympic torch on Thursday at Buckingham Palace as large crowds gathered in London to watch the relay through the city.


According to BBC News, the flame was met by Prime Minister David Cameron earlier on Downing Street before it ended up in Hyde Park, where 60,000 people gathered to watch as the final torchbearer lit a cauldron.

It has to be noted that earlier in the day, the royals showed their sporting skills and spent some quality time with children at the launch of a sports-related charity.




To be more exact,William and Kate, both 30, and Harry, 27, visited Bacon's College to launch the Coach Core program, a partnership between their foundation and the Greenhouse charity that will help train the country's future youth-sports coaches.

It has to be mentioned that the royals didn't just watch the action... On the eve of the London Olympics, William kicked a soccer ball around, Harry shot hoops in the gym and Kate tried her hand at table tennis.


"Watching me on the football field is never a pretty sight. The expression giraffe on ice springs to mind," William stated in a speech later on. "Catherine, on the other hand, with a tennis racket or a hockey stick is something to behold and be aware of."

For her ping-pong game, Kate played against Hiba Feredj, 13, the current English schools under-13 champion. Kate won two points out of 10, raising her hands and cheering when she hit a winner.

Kate praised her opponent, telling her: "You were amazing."





Hiba claimed: "I never thought she would be that good. It was nerve-wracking playing against her, but she was really nice so it made me relaxed."

Then Kate- in a gray dress from the store Hobbs- kicked off her wedges and stepped onto a blue gym mat to start a judo match. With a chopping motion, she proclaimed: "Hajimi,"which is the Japanese word that traditionally kicks off the bouts.

Before her, 14-year-olds Abdurrahman Chaatouf and Aaron Mahoney-Jones bowed and showed her three classic throws. Afterwards, Mahoney-Jones revealed of the royal visit: "It inspires me to know someone's behind me and behind us at Greenhouse."

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