Zara Phillips has been named in the Great Britain eventing team for London 2012.
Phillips, 31, has gained selection alongside three Olympians - William Fox-Pitt, Mary King and Tina Cook - plus last year's Badminton runner-up Piggy French.
A three-strong selection panel of Ian Stark, Mandy Stibbe and Angela Tucker, though, made their final deliberations following yesterday's Equi-Trek Bramham International Horse Trials in Yorkshire.
The five British Equestrian Federation nominations will now be formally ratified by the British Olympic Association.
Phillips, the 2006 individual world champion, delivered an eye-catching display aboard High Kingdom, finishing third in the CIC three-star section behind world number one Fox-Pitt and New Zealander Andrew Nicholson.
Bramham was effectively a final selection trial before London, and took on added significance after wet weather caused major pre-Olympic competitions at Badminton and Chatsworth last month to be called off.
Phillips will emulate both her parents by competing at Greenwich Park.
Her mother, the Princess Royal, evented at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, while her father Captain Mark Phillips won team gold at the Munich 1972 Games, and then silver in Seoul 16 years later.
Phillips' world championship-winning horse Toytown was formally retired last year, and she has struggled to make a consistent impact since then.
Diamond Jubilee
But she has always rated High Kingdom highly, and will now get the chance to prove it, with her Olympics selection coming in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee year.
Phillips said of her selection: "It's awesome to be given this opportunity.
"I am really excited and can't wait to kick on and get him there. Hopefully, we will make it this time.
"High Kingdom is a pretty cool, very relaxed kind of guy.
"I was really happy with him at Bramham as he had obviously grown up and is improving all the time. He's pretty pony-like, a nippy little jumper and easy to manoeuvre, so hopefully it will suit him well in Greenwich.
"High Kingdom is owned by Trevor Hemmings, who has been one of my earliest supporters. He has owned a lot of my horses and has been so supportive, I couldn't do it without him."
World number one Fox-Pitt will ride Lionheart, King will be aboard Imperial Cavalier and Cook with her 2008 double bronze-medal winning horse Miners Frolic.
French, who like Phillips is set for her Olympic debut, will either ride Jakata or DHI Topper.
But there is disappointment for the likes of Nicola Wilson, who has helped Britain win world and European team gold medals in the last three years on her brilliant cross-country exponent Opposition Buzz, Sarah Cohen and Lucy Wiegersma.
It will be 51-year-old King's sixth successive Olympics, meanwhile, emulating the feat of British javelin thrower Tessa Sanderson, with Fox-Pitt competing in his fourth and Cook her second.
Fox-Pitt, King and Cook were all part of the bronze medal-winning British Olympic squad four years ago, and the 2010 World Equestrian Games group that clinched gold in Kentucky.
Dorset-based Fox-Pitt has been in imperious form, winning his last three four-star events, while French was Badminton 2010 runner-up and Olympic Test event winner following her individual silver in the 2009 Europeans.
Fox-Pitt said: "It's a great honour and a privilege to be selected for the British team.
"It is particularly exciting as it's London, and I cannot wait for the Games to get started and experience the London Olympics.
"Lionheart is a phenomenal horse and an incredible athlete with a great temperament, and he will be able to cope with Greenwich perfectly. In my opinion, he's made for Greenwich."
Devon-based King, who celebrated her 51st birthday three days ago, made her Olympics debut at Barcelona 20 years ago and won team silver in Athens in 2004 followed by bronze last time out.
"It is a very strong team and I hope that they are the ones to help me complete my set of all three colours of medals," she said.
Cook saw Miners Frolic suffer a life-threatening illness last year but she has gradually nurtured him back into competition this season, and they jumped a cross-country clear inside the time at Bramham.
"After the horse's illness last year this is a dream come true," Cook, 41, said.
"With his past form, Miners Frolic has proved he can do it, but he nearly died of colitis 12 months ago, so to come back to this level shows he's a real fighter."
And French added: "This what my team and I have been working towards over the last few years, so it's excellent to be getting this far.
"Obviously, I am confident that Topper will cope with the going at Greenwich because of our experience at the test event, but Topper and Jakata are both amazing horses with different strengths.
"We will make a decision nearer the time based on who is feeling on the best form nearer the Games."
