Kate Waves As Hockey Team Burns

by Tom Sykes Aug 9, 2012 7:45 AM EDT

Team GB can still win bronze

Kate Middleton's reign as a good-luck charm to Team GB came to an abrupt end last night, when the British women's hockey team lost 2-1 to Argentina.

The defeat was all the more galling to Kate as, before the Olympics, the Duchess made a private visit to the Olympic Park in Stratford to meet the team and knocked a few balls around the pitch.

Kate played hockey since junior school and was captain of the first XI at Marlborough College.

Kate, wearing a white Team GB polo shirt and navy blazer, watched the British team lost 2-1 to Argentina. Team GB can still win bronze.

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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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