GLOUCESTERSHIRE'S sporting heroes were celebrated at Buckingham Palace last night in a glitzy event.
Rowers Pete Reed and Alex Gregory, and equestrian star Charlotte Dujardin and Carl Hester were joined by the Queen, Princess Royal, Duchess of Cambridge and Prime Minister David Cameron to mark Great Britain's "incredible summer" of sport.
It came after there were gold medals galore for the county's sports stars including Reed from Nailsworth, Wormington's Alex Gregory, and the Newent horse riders.
Mr Cameron said: "I think people will look back and just think, 'what an incredible summer' – success after success, medal after medal and the whole country putting on its very best face for the world."
The Queen's granddaughter Zara Phillips was also at the palace.
