The daddy-son duo wore matching navy fits and pink ties for the afternoon outing.
Prince William is in France — and able to watch just a few scrums along with his son!
The Prince of Wales, 41, traveled to the Stade de Marseille to help Wales within the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals because the workforce confronted Argentina on Saturday, when he was joined by 10-year-old Prince George.
For the afternoon outing, the father-son duo wore matching navy fits and pink ties.
Along with his royal title because the Prince of Wales, William is the longstanding patron of the Welsh Rugby Union.
That is Prince William’s second look of the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Final month, he stepped out in France for the group stage match between Wales and Fiji, the place the Welsh workforce got here out on high with a rating of 32-26.
Kate Middleton can even be in France this weekend — nevertheless, she didn’t attend the sport together with her husband and son. That is as a result of the couple helps completely different nations in terms of rugby.
Whereas Prince William champions Wales, Princess Kate helps England because the patron of the Rugby Soccer Union and Rugby Soccer League, a job she was given in 2022 by Queen Elizabeth. (Prince Harry was beforehand the English rugby patron earlier than he stepped again from his royal function and relocated to California along with his spouse, Meghan Markle.)
As a substitute, the Princess of Wales will attend the match between England and Fiji on Sunday, additionally going down on the Stade de Marseille.
Ought to the rugby groups of England and Wales transfer on and face one another within the finals, it will make historical past. Two U.Ok. groups have by no means made it to the final spherical of the identical event, per Rugby World Cup historical past.
However Prince William and Princess Kate have already skilled cheering for various groups in the identical recreation. In February, the couple bundled up for the Wales vs. England Six Nations rugby match at Principality Stadium in Cardiff. It was Kate who went house with bragging rights, as England beat Wales 20-10.
Prince William, who grew to become the Prince of Wales upon the dying of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth in September, has to separate his sports activities allegiances between the nations of the U.Ok. He stayed diplomatic when requested if he would help England or Wales within the World Cup final yr, wishing each groups luck within the soccer event.
As President of the Soccer Affiliation, Prince William is the pinnacle of the England soccer scene and is a passionate supporter of that squad, famously taking Prince George to the ultimate of the European Championship in July 2021.
“I help each. I help England extra within the soccer however Wales within the rugby,” William stated, in line with Wales On-line reporter Will Hayward. “After I was rising up, Wales did not get by to the tournaments. Attending to the World Cup is an enormous deal, and I will be supporting Wales by the method.”
The rugby rivalry is not the primary time that Prince William and Princess Kate have proven off their aggressive sides. The couple not often turns down a face-off, whether or not they’re making cocktails, crusing in a charity race or enjoying ping-pong.
On Thursday, the husband and spouse confirmed off their aggressive sides at a psychological health workshop organized by the charity SportsAid, the place they tried their hand at sports activities comparable to netball and goalball.
Goalball is a Paralympic sport for the visually impaired the place all of the gamers put on eyeshades or blindfolds. Tactile strains are used for gamers to really feel the place they’re and the ball has an inner bell permitting the gamers to listen to the place it’s.
Each Prince William and Princess Kate sported goggles to take part in a penalty shout-out.
Tim Lawler, the chief govt of SportsAid, completely advised PEOPLE, “The prince shot and the goalie saved it, however the princess took a shot and he or she scored, so bragging rights to the princess!”
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