Charlotte is top Royal for fashion
EUROPEAN CHAMPION Jess Learmonth launched entries for next June’s ITU World Triathlon in Leeds – telling would-be competitors “it is not as hard as you think.”
Leeds-born Ms Learmonth, who finished in the top ten in both the 2016 and 2017 races, said she’d “definitely” be taking part, adding: “All the Brits want to do it. It is quite a major thing for the Brits to race Leeds.
“The atmosphere and the amount of crowds we get is massive. I’ve raced at Yokohama and Edmonton and this is the biggest crowd. Yorkshire and Leeds seems to love sporting events – everybody seems to be behind it.”
As well as the elite athletes, the race aims to welcome 5,000 amateurs to the city, which is home to Olympic medallists Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, as well as Tom Bishop, Lucy Hall and Non Stanford, who also live and train locally.
Event director Wayne Coyle said: “Since we launched our charity window last month, entries have been coming in thick and fast, highlighting how the event has grown over the last two years. Both British Triathlon and Leeds are extremely proud of the event in 2017 and aim to make next year even better.” PRINCESS CHARLOTTE has taken over from her mother the Duchess of Cambridge as the Royal with the biggest fashion-influencing power, according to eBay.
Two-year-old Charlotte’s knitted yellow cardigan, which she wore for her official birthday photo in May, was the most popular searched-for Royal outfit in the last 12 months. On the day, it sparked a 900 per cent increase in the number of people searching for the toddler’s clothes on the online auction site, followed by three searches an hour for the item across the whole month.
The John Lewis cardigan – which was adorned with pictures of sheep – sold out soon after Charlotte was pictured in it. UK shoppers’ favourite Kate outfit was the understated peach Alexander McQueen ensemble she wore to her sister Pippa’s wedding, which generated a 200 per cent increase in searches for Kate’s clothes.