The Duchess of Cambridge will be joining her husband the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry as an Olympic Ambassador, Palace officials announced today.
Ahead of London's 2012 games, the royal trio will now be meeting teams of athletes around the UK as preparations for the games start to gather momentum.
Kate's Olympic role will be her first national role as a Royal, and she is yet to decide which of the sporting activities she wants to endorse. In a message of support for the Team GB Ambition Programme, Prince William said: "Catherine, Harry and I are honoured to be ambassadors for Team GB and Paralympics GB."
He continued: "We are hugely looking forward to this incredible sporting competition, but are also looking beyond next summer's Games to the springboard it will provide for future success."
The Olympic Games that are set to take place between July 27 and August 12 next year and Andy Hunt, chief executive of the British Olympic Association, said: "It is a great motivation for Team GB that the Duke and Duchess and Prince Harry are supporting their efforts next year and we hope together we can ensure that the whole of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is behind our athletes in their quest for Olympic success."
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