The whole of England is rooting for their own team to win the European Championship against the soccer players from Germany. Really all of England? No, Duchess Kate is visiting a sailing regatta, while her husband, Prince William, is even witnessing the triumph of the “Three Lionesses” live in the stadium.
The Duchess of Cambridge encouraged the British sailing team to a victory over New Zealand in front of thousands of spectators on Sunday. Kate had previously joined the British regatta team on their F50 catamaran alongside Olympian Sir Ben Ainslie for a friendly wetsuit-clad Commonwealth Race.
The regatta, which preceded the official final of the SailGP international sailing competition in Plymouth, pitted Britain against endurance swimmer and environmentalist Lewis Pugh, who guested alongside Peter Burling and Blair Tuke on New Zealand’s F50. Kate’s team sailed off the coast of Plymouth to a comfortable victory.
The Duchess attended the SailGP event in her role as Patron of the 1851 Trust, the official charity of the SailGP Team of Great Britain. She was cheered on by the crowd. “She’s a really good sailor, she’s sailed with me on foiling boats and we expect a little extra help from her,” said Sir Ben in an interview with the “Daily Mail”.
For Kate’s husband Prince William, on the other hand, Sunday was all about king football. He did the honors at the women’s European Championship final match England against Germany at London’s legendary Wembley Stadium – while his wife was absent from the stands here.
Neither of the three children of the two was present at the memorable event live in the stadium this time. That was different, because in July 2021 their firstborn, Prince George, stole the show in the stands as he watched the World Cup final between Italy and England with his parents.
Many fans had also hoped for Princess Charlotte at the EM in the stadium. The seven-year-old finally published a video greeting with her father on Instagram before the finale. “We both want to wish the ‘Lionesses’ the very best of luck for tonight. You played an incredible competition and we have our fingers crossed that you make it,” William said in the selfie clip, which was taken in a garden. And Charlotte, sitting on his lap, added: “Good luck, I hope you win. Bye!”
