Britain grabbed silver in the equestrian three-day eventing team competition on Tuesday, making Zara Phillips the first member of the British royal family to win an Olympic medal.
Her mother Princess Anne, who was in the crowds watching, competed in the 1976 Games in equestrian eventing but came away without a medal. Zara's father, Captain Mark Phillips, is a previous Olympic equestrian medallist.
Germany defended their Olympic eventing team title by a whisker from Britain with New Zealand taking bronze in the concluding jumping session at Greenwich Park.
The home favourites nabbed silver when New Zealand's final rider Mark Todd knocked a fence down while British anchor Tina Cook went clear, to the delight of the capacity 20,000 crowd including Prince William and wife Kate, Prince Harry and former British Prime Minister John Major.
"Gold would have been brilliant, silver's fantastic," Cook told the BBC.
Germany, favourites to prevail after holding the lead after the opening dressage and Monday's cross country, ended up with a total of 133.70 points, with Britain on 138.20 and New Zealand on 144.40.
Gold: Germany (Peter Thomsen, Dirk Schrade, Ingrid Klimke, Sandra Auffarth, Michael Jung)
Silver: Great Britain (Nicola Wilson, Mary King, Zara Phillips, Kristina Cook, William Fox-Pitt)
Bronze: New Zealand (Jonelle Richards, Jock Paget, Caroline Powell, Andrew Nicholson, Mark Todd)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/royal-silver-team-gb-eventing-001353303--oly.html
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