Prince George is now a huge Aston Villa fan, just like his father Prince William.
George, 10, attended the Prince of Wales to cheer on the football team on April 11, and William, 41, later admitted his son is following in his footsteps as a Villa fan. Ta.
As he left the stadium, William was asked if George was now a “part of his pride”. This is a word used by Villa supporters to describe their support of the team.
According to the sports journalist, William replied: “Oh, yeah, he likes it.” neal moxley People who shared an exchange on X (formerly Twitter)
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Moxley — chief sportswriter for a British newspaper sunday people — Prince William wrote in the post that he asked William, “Your Royal Highness, we met after the Mostar game and you said that 1-0 was a good result in Europe. How was it?” ing.
“Two Zero would have been better,” William replied, but George was then asked: “Is it part of your pride now?” To this, the Prince of Wales replied that her son “loves you”.
The royal pair had much to celebrate as Aston Villa defeated France's Lille 2-1 in a match played in Birmingham, England.
Cameras captured the 41-year-old Prince of Wales and his 10-year-old son standing and applauding, with Prince George wearing claret and a blue team scarf around his neck. Villa centre-back Tyrone Mings was also pictured standing near the Royals.
In June 2023, Prince William and Prince Mings will join forces to spotlight how sport can bring young people and communities together, as part of Prince William's initiative Homewards to combat homelessness. We visited Sheffield together (and played basketball!).
Prince William is also the chairman of the English Football Association and a long-time fan of Aston Villa.
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Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis are currently on their Easter break, spending some private time with Prince William and his mother, Duchess Kate, who is undergoing treatment for cancer.
On March 22, the 42-year-old Princess of Wales directly addressed how her cancer diagnosis has affected George and the rest of the family in a video message.
“William and I have done everything we can to handle and manage this privately for the benefit of our young family,” the Duchess said.
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“As you can imagine, this took time. It took time to recover from major surgery to begin treatment. But most importantly, the way George, Charlotte and Louis had everything 'That's the right thing to do for them and to reassure them that I'm okay,' said the Princess of Wales. “Like I told them, I get better and stronger every day by focusing on things that help heal my mind, body, and spirit.”
As reported by Richard Eden on April 10th: daily mailPrince William visited a pub in Norfolk over the Easter holidays and spent time with Kate Middleton's parents, Carole and Michael Middleton.
“There was no fuss, it was very low-key. He just walked into the pub and walked through. It was like being with Carole Middleton,” Eden quoted a patron as saying.
