Video: The main picnic in Europe, or how the Royal Regatta is going on, for which Elizabeth II herself is stocking up on a new hat
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
For more than a century and a half, the British city of Henley has hosted a prestigious sporting competition in rowing - the Royal Regatta. Thousands of spectators come to this event. For some, this is an opportunity to cheer for their favorite team, while for others - to collect the hottest gossip and show off their new hat. No wonder this event is called the biggest picnic in Europe.
The regatta was first held in 1839, and it lasted only one day. With each subsequent year, the popularity of this event grew, and the number of participating teams and days of the rowing competition increased. To date, the Royal Regatta lasts 5 days.
The Royal Regatta is not only a sporting but also a social event. Members of the royal dynasty are present there. Everyone wishing to attend the competition must adhere to a certain dress code: men must wear a long-sleeved shirt, tie and jacket, and ladies appear in dresses below the knee and in hats.
Along the banks of the Thames, members of clubs of various teams and everyone who has come to gaze more at celebrities than to watch the competitions are arranged. For the Royal Regatta, since its foundation, the unofficial name of the Biggest Picnic in Europe has been fixed.
While in Great Britain the regatta is held according to all traditions, in Australia they organize their own rowing competition. AND the participants build their boats themselves … from aluminum beer cans.
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