The UK is currently bracing for the first heatwave of the year, with temperatures already beginning to soar. 

Understandably, the heat makes many of us want to plunge into the nearest body of water accessible – but for those of us who can’t just rock up to the nearest river, lake, or beach, it’s a little more complicated.

 While the British royal family also don’t have that luxury, many of them have got their own heatwave havens a little closer to home, in the form of private swimmings pools.

From an indoor pool at Buckingham Palace to a breathtaking outdoor pool in Montecito, find out all the details about the private royal swimming pools you probably didn’t even know existed, and will soon wish you had to yourself…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s outdoor pool in Montecito

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An outdoor swimming pool is one of many highlights at Prince Harry and Meghan’s family home in Montecito, Santa Barbara. Previous listing photos taken before the family moved into the property in 2020 showed the pool lined with sun loungers, parasols and secluded by hedges. 

It leads up to their home via a set of stone stairs and would be a great spot for Harry and Meghan to swim and splash about with their children Archie and Lilibet.

King Charles’ private pool at Buckingham Palace

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The monarch has a private indoor swimming pool at Buckingham Palace, which has long been a favourite spot for the entire royal family. It was originally commissioned by King George VI in 1938, who wanted to ensure the privacy of his daughters, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, who had been having swimming lessons at the Bath Club.

Sophie Winkleman, wife of Lord Frederick Windsor and star of noughties sitcom Peep Show, confirmed the Buckingham Palace pool was very much still in use when she told Tatler that the late Queen Elizabeth II insisted she use the pool to recover from a car accident injury. 

After admitting to the late Queen her physiotherapy wasn’t working, the monarch replied: “We can’t have that. You have to go in the water.” 

Sophie continued: “She told us that when horses had broken backs, they swam, and so she let me use her pool at Buckingham Palace. That’s the reason I got better. It was so typically thoughtful.”

Although the pool is often used by senior royals including Prince William and Kate, it can also be used by members of the Staff Sports Club, provided it doesn’t clash with one of the royals’ swims.

Prince William and Kate’s family swimming pool at Anmer Hall

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The Prince and Princess of Wales reportedly have a swimming pool at their country retreat, Anmer Hall on the Sandringham Estate. The facility is ideal for the family to swim with their three children – Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis – when they visit at weekends and in the holidays. 

They are also reportedly frequent visitors to the swimming pool at Buckingham Palace when they are in London, and it is where the children had swimming lessons when they were younger.

Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson’s swimming pool at Royal Lodge 

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Royal Lodge Windsor has been the official home of Prince Andrew since 2004, and he has spent a reported £7.5 million on renovating the property, with an indoor swimming pool among the additions he has reportedly made to the home.

While the pool is yet to be seen, it is no doubt a hit with Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, who could take their children Sienna, August and Ernest to swim in the family pool.

King Charles and Queen Camilla’s beautiful outdoor pool at Highgrove House

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The monarch and his wife Queen Camilla have an outdoor swimming pool of their own to enjoy during their visits to their country home, Highgrove House. 

Beautifully positioned within the garden of the house, previous photos from when Prince William and Harry were young showed it lined with a white picket fence and colourful flowerbeds.

Local surfers gave university competitors at the German contest a course in localism. Photo: Screenshot

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French freesurfers ignored lifeguards’ commands and paddled out into the middle of Germany’s official university surfing championships in Seignosse, France. A video posted by German surfer Maya Sauer shows one of the freesurfers dropping into her wave and forcefully pushing her down. 

According to Sauer, the local municipality fully sanctioned and permitted the event. Even so, disgruntled locals paddled out to interrupt it. 

“The event was fully approved by the city and paid for,” Sauer wrote on Instagram. “All the necessary licenses were in place for that stretch of beach, flags were up, and lifeguards on scene.”

“But still, a big group of freesurfers deliberately paddled out in the contest area,” she added. “They dropped in on us on purpose, yelled at us, insulted us, and got physically aggressive. The lifeguards tried getting everyone out of the water, but they didn’t listen at all.”

Sauer explained that the French surfer pictured in the video refused to apologize after they approached him, while also acknowledging that it can be difficult to watch your local surf spot undergo drastic change.

“The guy from the video who pushed me off the wave seemed to be proud of what he had done, showing no remorse after being confronted,” she said. “And let’s not forget: the contest had official permission for that stretch of beach, and the freesurfers had no right to be in the water during contest hours. On every other day, they’re the locals and may control the lineup, but not then.”

“I totally understand that it’s frustrating when your home spot feels more crowded every year. I’ve been coming to Hossegor for 11 years now, and I’ve seen how the vibe in the water has changed,” she added. “There’s a lot of tension, and learning to deal with that can be tricky. But there’s a line. And violence, especially against women, should never, ever be part of surfing. It breaks my heart to see things heading in this direction. Surfing is supposed to bring people together. We’re all out there because we love the same thing. I hope we don’t lose sight of that.”

Sauer received a flood of support in the comment section of her Instagram post. German Olympic surfer Tim Elter chimed in and said, “I was about to write a book. But I chose not to. We love you, Maya.”

The event website says (via Google Translate) that the festivities include “surfing, a surf flea market, beach volleyball and spikeball tournaments, live concerts, and parties in a bungalow village right behind the dunes.”

The German university surfing championships, which run from June 14 to 21, are open to students of any state-recognized university in Germany. This year marks the 20th edition of the event.

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It is Hunt’s second time earning the title this year after winning the honor during the indoor season.  

Hunt, in his ninth year as assistant coach at Princeton, mentored Mena Scatchard through an outstanding outdoor season that saw the senior break program records in the 800m, 1500m, and 5000m.

At the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Scatchard earned All-America honors after placing ninth in the 1500m final. 

Scatchard won Ivy League titles in the 1500m and the 4×800 at Outdoor Heps, before moving on to set a new personal best and program record in the 1500m at NCAA East Regionals.

That Tiger 4×800 squad of Stella Vieth, Hannah Riggins, Olivia Martin and Scatchard set a new Heps record as they clocked in at 8:27.31 to win the gold. 

Hunt’s athletes also boasted the top-two times in the 800m in the Mid-Atlantic Region, with Scatchard’s 2:00.81 and Riggins’ 2:02.95. 

In addition to serving as an assistant coach for the track program, Hunt is also the head coach of the Tigers’ cross country team. Winning the cross country championship in the fall, Hunt laid the groundwork for Princeton achieve a historic third Ivy League Triple Crown when they won the Outdoor Heps title in the spring. 

With Hunt’s athletes combining for 55 points, and the Tigers scoring in 19 of 22 events, Princeton clinched the Outdoor Ivy title with a score of 202.5 – the most points ever scored by a women’s team and the first time a team has broke the 200-point threshold. 

Hunt and the Tigers now look back on an outstanding outdoor season that saw Princeton win six individual Ivy championships, set a new 4x800m Ivy Championship record, qualify 16 for regionals and have three athletes earn All-American honors at NCAAs.

 

EUGENE, Ore. – Indiana State freshman thrower Olivia Marshall wrapped up her debut season as a Sycamore Friday, placing 11th in the shot put at the USATF U20 Championships.
 
Marshall recorded a top throw of 13.61m (44-8) in Friday’s competition, which also closed the 2024-25 season for Indiana State. The Sycamores had four freshmen – Marshall, Gnister Grant Peyton Smith and Emma Yoder – earn spots at the U20 Championships.
 
The 2024-25 season was a strong one for Marshall, as she placed in the top 10 in the MVC in four of the five events she competed in between the indoor and outdoor conference championships. She finished in a scoring position for the Blue and White in the shot put at the indoor championships, and placed in the top 10 in both the shot put and hammer throw at the outdoor championships.
 
With the 2024-25 season coming to a close Friday, the future for Sycamore Track and Field remains extremely bright. More than 80 percent of the Sycamores’ scoring from their MVC Women’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship came from freshmen and sophomores, while nearly 60 percent of the Sycamores’ 200-plus points in the MVC Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championship came from underclassmen. Indiana State also had six program records, including one MVC record, and 45 program top-10 marks set during the 2025 outdoor season.
 
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2025 All-CIF San Diego Section boys track and field team

Track Athlete of the Year: Jasir Fontenot, San Diego

A freshman, Fontenot took the track world by storm. He posted the third-fastest mark all-time and a California record in the 100 hurdles, running a time of 13.31 seconds in the state meet Prelims. He won the state meet with a 13.21, but the mark was wind-aided. He won the CIF San Diego Section championship with a wind-aided 13.40. He also won at the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays after placing second at the Arcadia Invitational.

Field Athlete of the Year: ZeShaun Daley, El Camino

A senior, Daley placed sixth in the state in the triple jump with a season best 47 feet, 10 ½ inches. He was the San Diego Section champion, jumping 47-9 1/4 at the section championships and placing fourth in the long jump with a mark of 22-10 1/4.

Coach of the Year: Danny Perez, Mission Bay

First team

Event: Name, School, Year

100: Elliot Getz, Mission Bay, Sr.

200: Laurence Burston, Helix, Sr.

400: Davis Slaughter, Mt. Carmel, Sr.

800: Josiah Bowman, Sage Creek, Jr.

1,600: Cameron Yarbrough, Del Norte, Jr.

3,200: Liam Beighley, Mission Hills, Sr.

100 hurdles: Jasir Fontenot, San Diego, Fr.

300 hurdles: Jayden Bailey, Mission Bay, Sr.

4×100 relay: Harlem Harris (Sr.), Spencer Gray (Sr.), Jeremy Robinson (Fr.) and Laurence Burston (Sr.), Helix

4X400 relay: Abdul Gray (Fr.), Harrison Caufield (Sr.), Bryce Barrus (Sr.) and David Slaughter (Sr.), Mt. Carmel

4×800 relay: Thijs van Eldik Thieme (Sr.), Benjamin Stephens (Jr.), Brandon Sun (Jr.) and Nathan Bamford (Jr.), Scripps Ranch

Long jump: Mekhi Oluwa, Mater Dei Catholic, Jr.

Triple jump: ZeShaun Daley, El Camino, Sr.

High jump: Alijah Cheeks, Mission Bay, So.

Discus: Jayden Gibbs, Oceanside, Jr.

Shot put: Jayden Gibbs, Oceanside, Jr.

Pole vault: Dylan Yarbrough, San Dieguito Academy, Jr.

NOTE: Team based on results from CIF San Diego Section championships.