A number of Olympians were to the manor born, a number were born and lived in poverty, and a very few were born of royal blood.  With our recent post concerning King Juan Carlos I of Spain, an Olympian in , now seems a good time to look at Olympians who had royal blood. Here are the Olympians who held royal status in their nations.

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Athlete,NOC,Sport,Era,Notes

Jefri Bolkiah Prince Abdul Hakeem,BRU,SHO,1996-2000,Prince; Brother of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei

Adegboyega Prince Adedoyin,GBR,ATH,1948,Prince; Exact status unknown

Karim Prince Aga Khan,IRI,ASK,1964,Prince; 49th Imam of the Ismaelis; Later the Aga Khan IV of Ismaili Shia Islam

HRH Princess Anne,GBR,EQU,1976,HRH The Princess Royal; Daughter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Mohammad Asif,AFG,HOK,1936,Shahzada

Esper Beloselsky,RUS,SAI,1912,Prince

Birabongse; Prince Bhanubandh,THA,SAI,1956-1972,Prince; Grandson of King Mongkut of Siam

Arunee Princess Bhanubandh,THA,SAI,1964,Princess

Cristina Princess de Borbón,ESP,SAI,1988,Princess; Daughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain

Felipe Crown Prince de Borbón,ESP,SAI,1992,Crown Prince; Son of King Juan Carlos I of Spain

Juan Carlos Crown Prince de Borbón,ESP,SAI,1972,Crown Prince; Later King Juan Carlos I of Spain

Joseph Prince de Caramas-Chimay,FRA,FEN,1900,19ème Prince de Caraman-Chimay

Gabriele D’Annunzio,ITA,ART,1912,Principe di Montenevoso

Shuja ud-Din,AFG,HOK,1936,Shahzada

Patricia Galvin de la Tour d’Auvergne,USA,EQU,1960-1964,Patricia Galvin; but later the Princess de la Tour d’Auvergne

Albert Prince Grimaldi,MON,BOB,1988-2002,Prince; Later Sovereign Prince Albert II of Monaco

Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf,SWE,EQU,1936,Crown prince; Son of Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden

Crown Prince Harald,NOR,SAI,1964-1972,Crown Prince; Later King Harald V of Norway

HRH Princess Haya,JOR,EQU,2000,Daughter of King Hussain I; later IOC Member for United Arab Emirates.

Ernst zu Hohenlohe,AUT,FEN,1912,Prince

Max Prince von Hohenlohe,LIE,ASK,1956,Prince

Crown Prince Konstantinos,GRE,SAI,1960,Crown Prince; Later King Konstantinos II of Greece (presently in exile)

Firidun Malkom,IRI,FEN,1900,Prince

Louis Napoléon Murat,FRA,EQU,1900,Prince

Crown Prince Olav,NOR,SAI,1928,Crown Prince; Later King Olav of Norway

Konstantin Prince von Padua,LIE,ASK,1948,Prince

Daria Pratt,USA,GOL,1900,Daria Pratt; later Princess Karageorgevitch of Serbia

Friedrich Karl Prince von Preußen,GER,EQU,1912,Prince of Prussia; Nephew of Emperor Wilhelm I of Germany

Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich Romanov,RUS,EQU,1912,Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia

Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein,DEN,EQU,2008-12,Princess

Karni Singh,IND,SHO,1960-80,HH Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Narendra Shiromani Maharaja Sri – 24th Maharaj of Bikaner

Mohammad Sultan,AFG,HOK,1936,Shahzada

Hubertus von Fürstenberg-von Hohenlohe,MEX,ASK,1984-2014,Prince; Son of Prince Alfonso of Hohenlohe-Langenburg and Princess Ira of Fürstenberg; the reigning dynasty of Württemberg; a former principality in what is now Germany.

Sergey Yuryevich,RUS,ART,1924,Prince

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See also http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi