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Queen's granddaughter makes Olympic team

Associated Press

Latest comment posted at 4:00 PM EDT 12/05/08

Zara Phillips will compete for Britain in equestrian at the Beijing Games ...Read the full article

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  1. Expert Eel from Canada writes: Gee, good luck to her.

    I wish that my Grandma was the Queen so I could fulfill the potential of my equestrian skills.

    But all my Grandma could afford was a nickle for the rocky horse in front of the mall.
  2. Kevin Dooley from Canada writes: Here's an idea for enhancing Canada's Olympic medal count: we get a bunch of kids who didn't quite make the NHL entry draft but are nonetheless superb athletes, we teach them to ride horses, play European handball and field hockey, badminton, fencing, shooting, archery, and sailing - the country club events that are dominated by rich kids from other countries. I mean, it's hard to compete in real sports like track and field, swimming, triathlon and so forth, but how hard would it be to beat the Queen's grandchildren?
  3. Robert Boyd from Windsor, Canada writes: You were lucky.
    I was the little kid, wracked with rickets and leaking blood and snot from every orifice, that used to stand gazing at that rocky horse;the snooty kids who could afford five cents were showing away with their wealth, while I was donating body parts to keep myself in rags (rancid unwashed rags, too) to cover my unhealed scars.

    "Expert Eel from Canada writes: Gee, good luck to her.
    I wish that my Grandma was the Queen so I could fulfill the potential of my equestrian skills.
    But all my Grandma could afford was a nickle for the rocky horse in front of the mall."
  4. Terry Terry from Brantford, Canada writes: ...at Toytown? I thought this closed when Eaton's went belly up. Earth to royals, earth to royals.
  5. Janice Cooper from Canada writes: And they say the Royal Family doesn't contribute anything to society.

    Yet another example of how much of a joke the Olympics have become.
  6. Erik Richards from Winnipeg, Canada, writes: Expert Eel from Canada writes: "Gee, good luck to her.
    I wish that my Grandma was the Queen so I could fulfill the potential of my equestrian skills.
    But all my Grandma could afford was a nickle for the rocky horse in front of the mall."

    What a weird thing to complain about. Did Ms Phillips take your spot on the equestrian team or something? Or do you think perhaps the British Royal Family has been over-represented in the modern Olympics? Because I'm pretty sure if anything being a Royal is a disadvantage to entering the Olympics.

    Oh - Or are you just one of those people who feels the Royal family somehow should apologize for everything. This despite the fact that there are thousands of other families, dynasties and clans with as much or more money and power who have contributed even less to society over the years...
  7. Fred Gunter from United States writes:

    Kevin Dooley from Canada -your just showing your ignorance. I'll bet anything you like that, like her grandmother, she's a damn good rider.
  8. M D from Ottawa, Canada writes: Why did I just throw up a little bit in my own mouth when reminded that equestrian events are still in the Olympics? Sad.
  9. g h from Canada writes: I thought Expert Eel, Kevin Dooley and Robert Boyd's posts were very funny. After reading the other posts however I now realize what awful people you actually are. I have learned my lesson, but just for good measure I'm having Manfred, my man-servant, wash out his mouth with soap on my behalf. And if I don't shape up smartly, I may ground him.
  10. Kevin Dooley from Canada writes: Fred Gunter from United States writes: "Kevin Dooley from Canada -your just showing your ignorance. I'll bet anything you like that, like her grandmother, she's a damn good rider."

    No doubt, but I'd still bet that any good Canadian hockey-playing boy from Timmins or Red Deer is a vastly better athlete than any member of the Windsor family past present or future. In this country we waste a whole lot of these amazing athletes who don't quite make the NHL, just as the USA wastes kids who don't quite make the NBA or NFL. I'm just saying let's exploit them to pad our medal count. After all, like I said, how hard would it be to beat the Queen's grandkids? How hard would it be to clean up in any of the silly non-sports that pad the Olympics with pudgy rich country club kids?

    Oh, sure, they'll have to come up with new rules about illegal use of a riding crop just for our team, but I think that's a price worth paying.
  11. May Loo from Calgary, Canada writes: Good luck to Ms. Phillips. I remember Prince Albert (?) of Monaco was on his nation's bobsledding team for years, including I think 1988 for the Calgary Olympics. (And he pulled his weight for the team too).

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