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Prince Albert gets suited up for a race and more of our favorite royal daredevils

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Racing fan Prince Albert suited up and jumped behind the wheel of the new Venturi VM-FE-02 at the Princely Palace in Monaco. The royal surprised guests in his attire at the event.Photos: G. Luci / Palais Princier
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Crown Prince Hussein of JordanYou can tell 22-year-old Crown Prince Hussein is his mom Queen Rania's pride and joy! In August 2016 she proudly posted this pic of her dashing son riding his motorcycle through Jordan on her Instagram page.Photo: Instagram/@queenrania
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Prince Carl PhilipSweden's handsome Prince Carl Philip likes to take a trip on the wild side. The royal showed off his racing skills during the Lidköping Open cart racing competition. Photo: Amanda Johnsson
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Pierre CasiraghiThe Monaco royal is a member of the Malizia sailing team that competes in adrenaline-fueled regattas. In July of 2016, Pierre was involved in a scary incident in which a press boat boat cut off his racing vessel causing his GC32 to capsize. Fortunately, no one was harmed.
Photo: Courtesy of Yacht Club de Monaco/Getty Images
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Zara PhillipsQueen Elizabeth's granddaughter is an accomplished equestrian, who has competed in the Olympics earning herself a silver medal. While the royal is a skilled rider, she suffered an injury back in 2008 breaking her collarbone after falling off her horse.
Photos: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
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Prince WilliamThe Duke of Cambridge enjoys taking a ride on the wild side with his Ducati motorbike. In 2015, William's wife revealed to reporters, "He's still riding it." She added, "It always fills me with horror when he goes out on it. I'm terrified. Hopefully, I'm going to keep [their son] George off it."
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Kate MiddletonThe Duchess of Cambridge proved she wasn't afraid of heights during a visit to the Towers Residential Outdoor Education Center in Wales, where she rock climbed and went abseiling.
Photos: Getty Images
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Kate had a go at abseiling with Prince William through the rainforest of the island of Borneo back in 2012 during their Jubilee Tour of the Far East and South Pacific.Photo: Samir Hussein/Wireimage
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Prince AlbertThe Monaco royal channeled his inner cool runnings for five Winter Olympics games (1988, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002). Albert served as the pilot of the Monaco Olympic bobsled team, but never took home a medal.
Photos: Getty Images
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Prince Carl PhilipNo surprise the Swedish Prince inherited his father King Carl XVI Gustaf's love for fast cars. The speed-loving royal has competed in a number of races and won the second 2015 STCC race in Falkenberg, Sweden. While he is an accomplished driver, Princess Sofia's husband has suffered a few mishaps on the road including losing control of his car in 2016, which resulted in him running a rival off the road.
Following the incident, the Prince revealed that his family has concerns for his speeding ways, though he has no plans of putting the brakes on racing anytime soon. He admitted, "Racing is like an oasis for me. I can come here and be myself, it feels like I'm the same as everyone else."
Photo: Daniel Ahlgren/Getty Images
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Charlotte CasiraghiLike her brother Pierre, Charlotte enjoys competition though rather than racing boats, she is a show jumper. Princess Caroline's daughter has previously said “Eventing is way too dangerous. People get killed every year doing cross-country.” Instead she prefers the "technical precision" of show jumping.
Photos: WireImage/Getty Images
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Princess CharleneThe former Olympic swimmer took the plunge alongside her husband Prince Albert in freezing water at the annual charity Christmas swim for the TATSA Association.
Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
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Mike TindallZara Phillips husband sought adventure in the jungles of Costa Rica starring on Bear Grylls' series Mission Survive. While on the show, the former rugby star suffered a heady injury.
"I was very nervous at the start. To have eight rookies who've never done anything like this before running around with machetes and going around rivers with snakes and crocodiles especially when they're tired and may make mistakes," Bear told HELLO! Online. "Mike had to be hospitalized at one point because he got hit on the head by a piece of wood really hard so he had to have a few stitches."
Photo: ITV/Mission Survive
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Prince HarryThe ginger-haired royal was perhaps the ultimate daredevil in 2015, flying in the back of a spitfire, which he controlled for a portion of the flight. Harry appeared to have fun as the aircraft performed a loop over water.
Photo: Flight Academy/Getty Images
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Prince GeorgeWhile he's still too young to earn his pilot's license, George already seems ready to take flight like his dad and uncle. During a recent engagement to the Royal International Air Tattoo, the adorable tot asked his mom (Kate Middleton), "Mummy, can I fly the Red Arrow now?" to which Prince William gently replied, "Not right now."
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