{"id":736304,"date":"2026-06-14T14:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/736304\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T14:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T14:09:18","slug":"the-best-photos-of-the-royals-enjoying-f1-from-prince-harry-to-ultra-glam-monaco-royals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/736304\/","title":{"rendered":"The best photos of the royals enjoying F1 \u2013 from Prince Harry to ultra-glam Monaco royals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Millions of fans across the globe regularly head to Grand Prix events<\/a> whenever they’re held, and the royals are no exception when it comes to this.<\/p>\n

A-list celebrities are regularly seen in the paddock<\/a>, but the likes of Prince Harry<\/a>, Princess Beatrice<\/a> and Peter Phillips<\/a> have been seen across the globe whenever the races are held. And, of course, Princess Charlene<\/a> and the glam Monaco royals<\/a> always head down whenever the Grand Prix is hosted in the principality.<\/p>\n

Scroll down to see the royals enjoying a weekend at the races, and we’re not talking the Derby!<\/p>\n

1\/9<\/p>\n

\"Princess<\/p>\n

Princess Charlene holding a trophy<\/p>\n

Charlene always heads to the annual event<\/p>\n

Princess Charlene<\/p>\n

Charlene has been attending the Monaco Grand Prix with her husband since becoming a member of the Monegasque royal family. In that time, she has only seen one of her fellow countrymen claim a win at the iconic circuit, when Charles Leclerc stormed home in 2024.<\/p>\n

The royal, who is often joined by Prince Albert<\/a> and their twin children, Prince Jacques<\/a> and Princess Gabriella<\/a>, can be seen here with the trophy back in 2025.<\/p>\n

2\/9<\/p>\n

\"Prince<\/p>\n

Prince Harry standing with Christian Horner in front of several monitors<\/p>\n

Harry has visited the paddock on several occasions<\/p>\n

Prince Harry<\/p>\n

The Duke of Sussex was one of the guests at the United States Grand Prix back in 2023, heading to Texas to watch the motorsport spectacle. Harry was seen visiting both the Red Bull and Mercedes garages and hanging out with their respective team principals, Christian Horner and Toto Wolff.<\/p>\n

Harry appears to be a long-time fan of motorsports, and back in 2020, when he was still a working royal, he headed down to Silverstone to open their Silverstone Experience in one of his final official engagements.<\/p>\n

3\/9<\/p>\n

\"Princess<\/p>\n

Princess Beatrice walking in a patterned dress on an F1 track<\/p>\n

The York sisters have watched several races in the Gulf nations<\/p>\n

Princess Beatrice<\/p>\n

Both Eugenie<\/a> and Beatrice have been spotted watching the F1 over the years. Back in 2015, Beatrice headed out for the Bahrain Grand Prix, being joined by her then boyfriend, David Clark.<\/p>\n

4\/9<\/p>\n

\"Peter<\/p>\n

Peter Phillips shaking hands with a man at an F1 event<\/p>\n

Peter worked with the legendary Sir Jackie Stewart<\/p>\n

Peter Phillips<\/p>\n

Peter isn’t just a fan of F1, the son of Princess Anne<\/a> used to work in the sport! He held positions at both Jaguar Racing and Williams during his time with the sport, and while at the 2003 Canadian Grand Prix, the royal met his first wife, Autumn Kelly.<\/p>\n

5\/9<\/p>\n

\"King<\/p>\n

King Willem-Alexander, Princess Ariane, Queen Maxima, Princess Alexia and Prtincess Catharina-Amalia at the Dutch Grand Prix<\/p>\n

Max Verstappen used to make the royals very proud!<\/p>\n

Dutch royals<\/p>\n

2026 is scheduled to be the final Dutch Grand Prix, and ahead of its departure, members of the Dutch royal family<\/a> turned out in force. Back in 2025, King Willem-Alexander<\/a>, Queen Maxima<\/a>, Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia<\/a>, Princess Alexia<\/a> and Princess Arianne<\/a> were among the guests.<\/p>\n

At one point, the King could be seen sharing a laugh with Dutch driver Max Verstappen, who won successive world championships between 2021 and 2024.<\/p>\n

6\/9<\/p>\n

\"King<\/p>\n

King Carl Gustaf at the Monaco Grand Prix<\/p>\n

Carl Gustaf enjoyed the high profile event<\/p>\n

King Carl Gustaf<\/p>\n

Carl Gustaf<\/a> paid a visit to the Monaco Grand Prix back in 2019, with the Swedish royal attempting to fly under the radar with a trilby hat and smart suit.<\/p>\n

7\/9<\/p>\n

\"Prince<\/p>\n

Prince Michael of Kent watching the British Grand Prix<\/p>\n

Prince Michael regularly enjoys the British Grand Prix<\/p>\n

Prince Michael of Kent<\/p>\n

Prince Michael of Kent<\/a> looked transfixed when he watched the 2023 British Grand Prix live. The royal has previously visited the event several times, presenting Sir Lewis Hamilton<\/a> with the trophy back in 2015.<\/p>\n

8\/9<\/p>\n

\"Jackie<\/p>\n

Jackie Stewart and the Duke of Kent chatting with Christian Horner and Daniel Ricciardo<\/p>\n

The Duke of Kent joined Sir Jackie at the event<\/p>\n

Duke of Kent<\/p>\n

Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent<\/a>, has also been in attendance at Silverstone, and back in 2018, he was seen chatting to Christian Horner, Daniel Ricciardo and former F1 champion, Sir Jackie Stewart.<\/p>\n

9\/9<\/p>\n

\"Princess<\/p>\n

Princess Akiko walking with a trophy<\/p>\n

Akiko had a role to play in the trophy ceremony<\/p>\n

Princess Akiko<\/p>\n

Japanese royal Princess Akiko, who is a second cousin to current Emperor, Naruhito, was seen visiting the Japanese Grand Prix in 2026. The royal had a tour of the Haas garage during her time and even handed the trophy to race winner Kimi Antonelli.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Millions of fans across the globe regularly head to Grand Prix events whenever they’re held, and the royals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736305,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[86840,49,48,1883,578,576,577,3484,3758,35099,53609,109939,1065,264644,61734,264643,82,106694],"class_list":["post-736304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-bahrain-grand-prix","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-christian-horner","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-getty-images","tag-grand-prix","tag-monaco-grand-prix","tag-peter-phillips","tag-prince-albert","tag-prince-harry","tag-prince-michael","tag-princess-beatrice","tag-princess-charlene","tag-sports","tag-united-states-grand-prix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=736304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/736304\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=736304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=736304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=736304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}