Q.677

At most Olympic medal ceremonies, a medallist can expect to get a medal, a handshake, and congratulatory words from the august personage handing out the trinkets. But in this case, why is this silver medallist getting more than that, with a hug and a kiss?

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The medallist is Princess Zara Phillips whose Great Britain team won a silver at the team equestrian events in this year's Olympics; her mother, Princess Anne (a former equestrian Olympian herself) presented the medals. More at this Hello Mag article.

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