On Sunday, April 27, the London Marathon set a new world record for the most runners to ever complete a marathon, with 56,640 competitors crossing the finish line. But in 2010, a member of the Royal Family broke a more unusual world record while also becoming the first and only British royal to have completed the famous race.

Sunday's London Marathon set a world record for the number of finishers, eclipsing the previous mark of 55,646 in New York last year, organisers said.

Olympic athlete Rose Harvey has described crossing the finish line at the London Marathon as "really, really special" - all the more so because she broke her leg in the last one she ran. Harvey was running the marathon for Team GB at the Paris Olympics when she suffered a stress fracture of the femur - but still managed to finish the race.