Queen's Granddaughter Zara to Bear Olympic Torch Tomorrow

by Tom Sykes May 22, 2012 12:23 PM EDT

Olympic torch meets royalty

Zara Phillips, the Queen's granddaughter, will tomorrow carry the Olympic torch on horseback down the finishing straight of Cheltenham Racecourse in Gloucestershire.

The 31-year-old will be riding her horse, Toytown, and will use the torch to light a cauldron at the racecourse. Zara held the torch briefly today when she met teenage torchbearers today in the town of Hungerford, as the flame was carried in the west of the country.

The Olympic torch arrived in the UK on 18 May, to a welcoming party which included David Beckham. The torch is making good preogress around the country - despite having already gone out once.

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Tom Sykes is a writer and journalist, and he edits The Royalist blog for the Daily Beast. Tom has worked for many publications, including a stint as a nightlife reporter and gossip columnist for the New York Post. He has written several books, most recently helping John Taylor of Duran Duran write and edit his autobiography, published by Dutton. Tom lives in London and Ireland.

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