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From the right: Ed Westwick with Amy Jackson, Anna Hiltrop, guests of Hermann Bühlbecker, opening ceremony, AACHEN FEI World Championships 2026, World Equestrian Festival, 2026 World Equestrian Games, Aachen 2026, Welcome Home 2026, Aachen Soers, August 11–23, 2026, Equestrian Sports, August 11, 2026, Aachen Soers, Germany

Hermann Bühlbecker, Managing Director of Aachener Printen und Schokoladenfabrik Henry Lambertz GmbH Co KG, filming with his cell phone while accompanied by others in the stands, Opening Ceremony, AACHEN FEI World Championships 2026, World Festival of Equestrian Sports, 2026 Equestrian World Championships, Aachen 2026, Welcome Home 2026, Aachen Soers, August 11–23, 2026, Equestrian Sports, August 11, 2026, Aachen Soers, Germany

Richard Vogel (GER) during the athletes parade, Opening Ceremony, AACHEN FEI World Championships 2026, World Festival of Equestrian Sports, 2026 World Equestrian Games, Aachen 2026, Welcome Home 2026, Aachen Soers, August 11–23, 2026, Equestrian Sports, August 11, 2026, Aachen Soers, Germany

Richard Vogel (GER) during the athletes parade, Opening Ceremony, AACHEN FEI World Championships 2026, World Festival of Equestrian Sports, 2026 World Equestrian Games, Aachen 2026, Welcome Home 2026, Aachen Soers, August 11–23, 2026, Equestrian Sports, August 11, 2026, Aachen Soers, Germany

The World Championships will be opened by Ingmar De Vos of Belgium, President of the International Equestrian Federation (FEI), and the President of the Aachen Laurensberger Racing Club (ALRV)—which organizes the CHIO Aachen and the World Championships— Stefanie Peters, Australian eventing rider and athlete spokesperson Andrew Hoy, opening ceremony, AACHEN FEI World Championships 2026, World Festival of Equestrian Sports, 2026 Equestrian World Championships, Aachen 2026, Welcome Home 2026, Aachen Soers, August 11–23, 2026, Equestrian Sports, August 11, 2026, Aachen Soers, Germany

Presentation of the World Champions from the 2006 World Equestrian Games; Welcome home, World Champion Four-in-Hand Team: Michael Freund (GER), still a crowd favorite, continues to thrill spectators; Rainer Duen and Christoph Sandmann will also be driving their own team as competitors in 2026; Opening Ceremony, AACHEN FEI World Championships 2026, World Festival of Equestrian Sports, 2026 Equestrian World Championships, Aachen 2026, Welcome Home 2026, Aachen Soers, August 11–23, 2026, Equestrian Sports, August 11, 2026, Aachen Soers, Germany

Presentation of the 2006 World Equestrian Games Champions, Welcome Home to the German Eventing World Champion Team featuring Bettina Hoy, Ingrid Klimke, Frank Ostholt, and Hinrich Romeike, Opening Ceremony, AACHEN FEI World Championships 2026, World Equestrian Festival, 2026 World Equestrian Championships, Aachen 2026, Welcome Home 2026, Aachen Soers, August 11–23, 2026, Equestrian Sports, August 11, 2026, Aachen Soers, Germany

Aachen, Main Stadium, August 11, 2026, GER, FEI World Championships Aachen 2026, Official Opening Ceremony Photo, from left: Princess Catharina Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria, Princess of Orange, Princess of the Netherlands, eldest daughter of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, with Dorothee BAER, Federal Minister for Research, Technology, and Space of the Federal Republic of Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Aachen, Main Stadium, August 11, 2026, GER, FEI World Championships Aachen 2026, Official Opening Ceremony. Photo: Dorothee BAER, Federal Minister for Research, Technology, and Space of the Federal Republic of Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Aachen, Main Stadium, August 11, 2026, GER, FEI World Championships Aachen 2026, Official Opening Ceremony. Pictured from left: Princess Benedikte of Denmark and Dorothee BAER, Federal Minister for Research, Technology, and Space of the Federal Republic of Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Aachen, Main Stadium, August 26, 2026, GER, FEI World Championships Aachen 2026, Official Opening Ceremony Photo: Queen Mary of Denmark, wife of King Frederik X; Princess Catharina Amalia Beatrix Carmen Victoria, Princess of Orange, Princess of the Netherlands, eldest daughter of King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands; North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Aachen, Main Stadium, August 11, 2026, GER, FEI World Championships Aachen 2026, Official Opening Ceremony. Photo: Dorothee BAER, Federal Minister for Research, Technology, and Space of the Federal Republic of Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany