Queen Elizabeth’s Olympic dream

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Queen Elizabeth joked about becoming a gymnast when she met Tom Daley. The 95-year-old monarch and her husband Prince Philip – who died in April aged 99 – hosted a reception at Buckingham Palace in 2016 for a group of Olympians and the 27-year-old diver recalled how the queen joked about her own sporting ambitions. Speaking on Swedish talk show ‘Skavlan’, Tom said: “She commented on her height compared to some of the other athletes in the room and because me and the other athletes were quite small, she said, ‘Maybe I should try gymnastics’. “She was fully game to get involved in the sport.” In…

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