King and Queen Consort to have a good time achievements of Olympians and Paralympians

The King and Queen Consort will host a Buckingham Palace reception to have a good time the achievements of greater than 200 Olympic and Paralympic medallists.

Sporting stars who gained gold, silver and bronze at Tokyo 2020 and the Beijing 2022 Winter Video games have been invited to Wednesday night’s occasion.

Charles and Camilla will probably be joined by the Earl of Wessex, who’s the patron of the British Paralympic Affiliation, and the Princess Royal, who’s president of the British Olympic Affiliation.

For the third successive summer time Olympic Video games, Group GB netted greater than 60 medals – with the group profitable 64 in Japan, cementing their standing as a number one drive in world sport.

ParalympicsGB completed second within the medal desk with 124.

Memorable moments included divers Tom Daley and Matty Lee profitable gold within the males’s synchronised 10m platform, whereas gymnast Max Whitlock retained his pommel horse title.

Dame Sarah Storey gained three gold medals at Tokyo 2020 in biking occasions, taking her tally of Paralympic golds to 17 and making her probably the most profitable British Paralympian, whereas Hannah Cockroft defended her Paralympic 800m T34 title to win her seventh Paralympic title.

The postponement of Tokyo 2020 to the summer time of 2021 meant a brief six-month hole to the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Video games, the place Group GB’s curlers did exceptionally properly.

Eve Muirhead led the ladies’s curling group of Vicky Wright, Jen Dodds and Hailey Duff to gold, whereas Group GB males’s gained silver.