Venue for Olympic equestrian competitions honoured by the Queen
Charlotte White, deputy news editor
27 January, 2012
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The London borough where the equestrian and pentathlon competitions of the London 2012 Olympic Games will take place becomes a Royal Borough next week.
The Queen will bestow the status of Royal Borough upon Greenwich on 3 February — making it the first borough to be granted Royal status in more than 80 years.
The borough will receive its "letters patent", a legal document signed by the Queen, that day.
The equestrian competitions start in Greenwich Park on 28 July with the Olympic three-day event, and run until the final day of dressage on 9 August.
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