Royals attending 2018 Olympics

The 2018 PyeongChang Olympics in South Korea are February 9th - 25th.

For your reference, we have marked:

• International Olympic Committee (IOC) Members
• Former IOC Members
• Royals who competed in Olympics
• Royal who competed in Olympics and are on the IOC
• Other

6th-8th  IOC Session 
(Some Royals may arrive a bit early for other IOC meeting 3rd-5th)

• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark  
• Princess Anne of Great Britain 
• Princess Nora of Liechtenstein 
• Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
• Prince Albert of Monaco 
• (King Willem-Alexander attended the President's Dinner on the 8th)

9th - Opening Ceremony

• Princess Anne of Great Britain 
• Princess Nora of Liechtenstein 
• Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
• Prince Albert of Monaco
• King Willem-Alexander & Queen Maxima of the Netherlands
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark
• Returned to Denmark to be with sick father, Prince Henrik

10th 

• Princess Anne of Great Britain
• Princess Nora of Liechtenstein 
• Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
• Prince Albert of Monaco 
• King Willem-Alexander & Queen Maxima of the Netherlands
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

11th 

• Princess Anne of Great Britain
• Princess Nora of Liechtenstein 
• Prince Albert of Monaco 
• King Willem-Alexander & Queen Maxima of the Netherlands
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

12th 

• Princess Anne of Great Britain
• Princess Nora of Liechtenstein 
• Prince Albert of Monaco 
• King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

13th 

• Princess Anne of Great Britain
• Princess Nora of Liechtenstein 
• Prince Albert of Monaco 
• King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
• Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

14th 

• Princess Anne of Great Britain
• Princess Nora of Liechtenstein 
• Prince Albert of Monaco 
• Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

15th 

• Princess Anne of Great Britain
• Princess Nora of Liechtenstein 
• Prince Albert of Monaco 
• Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

16th 

• Princess Nora of Liechtenstein 
• Prince Albert of Monaco 
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

17th 

• Princess Nora of Liechtenstein 
• Prince Albert of Monaco 
• King Carl Gustaf of Sweden 
• Queen Silvia of Sweden 
• Canceled due to "commitments" in Sweden
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

18th 

• Princess Nora of Liechtenstein 
• Prince Albert of Monaco 
• King Carl Gustaf of Sweden 
• Queen Silvia of Sweden 
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

19th 

• Princess Nora of Liechtenstein 
• Prince Albert of Monaco 
• King Carl Gustaf of Sweden 
• Queen Silvia of Sweden 
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

20th 

• King Carl Gustaf of Sweden 
• Queen Silvia of Sweden 
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

21st

• King Carl Gustaf of Sweden 
• Queen Silvia of Sweden 
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

22nd

• King Carl Gustaf of Sweden 
• Queen Silvia of Sweden 
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

23rd

• King Carl Gustaf of Sweden 
• Queen Silvia of Sweden 
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

24th

• King Carl Gustaf of Sweden 
• Queen Silvia of Sweden 
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

25th - Closing Ceremony

• King Carl Gustaf of Sweden 
• Queen Silvia of Sweden 
• Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

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Royals on the International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Princess Anne at 2017 IOC Session
Photo: Greg Martin/IOC

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is the international organization that governs the Olympics & Youth Olympics.  We have also noted if a royal is apart of their National Olympics Committee (NOC). 

Current IOC Members:

Members are appointed for a 8 year term (under current rules). After the 8 year term, members can be re-elected. There is a forced retirement at age 70 (Age 80 for members who joined before 1999).

Royal	Country	Year Appointed	Current Term Ends	Notes
Princess Nora	Liechtenstein	1984	2025	NOC Liechtenstein President (1982-1992)
Prince Albert	Monaco	1985	2031	NOC Monaco President (1994- Present) Competed in 1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, & 2002 Games
Princess Anne	UK	1988	2032	NOC Great Britain President (?-Present) Competed in 1976 Games
Grand Duke Henri	Luxembourg	1998	2031	NOC Luxembourg (?-?)
Amir Tamim bin Hamad al Thani	Qatar	2002	2026
Prince Feisal Al Hussein	Jordan	2010	2026	NOC Jordan President (2010-Present)
Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck	Bhutan	2018	2026	NOC Bhutan (2018-Present)
Princess Reema Bandar Al-Saud	Saudi Arabia	2020	2028

Former IOC Members: 

Former IOC Members are usually made Honorary Members after their step down. 

• King Albert of Belgium (Prince Albert at the time)
• IOC Member (1958—1964)
• Prince Axel of Denmark
• IOC Member (1932—1958)
• Executive Board Member (1952—1956)
• Honorary Member (1958—1964)
• King Frederik of Denmark (Crown Prince at the Time)
• IOC (2009 - 2021)
• Special Observer of NOC Denmark (?-2021?)
• King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands 
• IOC (1998- 2013)
• Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg 
• IOC (1946 - 1998)
• Infanta Pilar of Spain
• IOC (1996-2006)
• King Juan Carlos' sister
• Prince Faisal bin Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
• IOC (1983-1999)
• Prince Nawwaf bin Faisal bin Fahd Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
• IOC (2001-2014).

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We will just be focusing on the 10 Current European Monarchies: Belgium, Denmark, Great Britain, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden.

PyeongChang Olympics 
(February 9th-25th)
The 2018 Olympics will take place in South Korea and feature Winter sports. All 10 countries will be participating in the games. 

• Royals Attending
• Royals who have competed in past Olympics
• Royals on International Olympic Committee
• Royal Countries Competing in Each Disciple
• Medal Count

PyeongChang Paralympics 
(March 9th-18th)

The 2018 Paralympics will take place in South Korea and feature Winter sports. 

• Royals Attending

Buenos Aires Youth Olympics 
(October 1st-12th)

The 2018 Youth Olympics will take place in Argentina and feature Summer sports.

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