The Prince and Princess of Wales enjoyed a secret rendezvous with Taylor Swift and her fiance Travis Kelce to plan a football-themed podcast episode.
Prince William starred on Kelce’s podcast on Friday, just hours before the NFL player was expected to marry Swift at Madison Square Garden in New York.
The Prince recently suggested that he was “hoping” for an invitation.
Kensington Palace would not be drawn on whether it ever landed on his doormat in Windsor, but confirmed that the Prince and Princess were in London this weekend and did not plan to attend.
The American couple previously met the Prince in June 2024, when he took Prince George and Princess Charlotte to watch Swift perform at Wembley. Before the gig they posed for a selfie with Swift and Kelce, all beaming from ear to ear.
But while the Waleses were unable to attend their star-studded wedding, the lavish ceremony was almost certainly discussed when the foursome met in London just a few weeks ago. Although the exact date has not been revealed, Swift and Kelce were known to be in the UK on May 7.
The billionaire singer and three-time Super Bowl champion were spotted at the Harold Pinter theatre in the West End, where they watched Sadie Sink star in a new production of Romeo and Juliet, and enjoyed a meal at Gordon Ramsey’s Lucky Cat restaurant.
But they managed to give everyone the slip when they met up with the Prince and Princess. It was during that meeting, at an undisclosed location, that Kelce persuaded the heir to the throne to appear on his podcast, New Heights.
Prince William spent 20 minutes chatting all things football with the Kansas City Chiefs athlete and his brother Jason Kelce, who retired from the NFL in 2024.
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>During the episode, he named Harry Kane among his “Mount Rushmore” of greatest England players and admitted he was “quietly confident” about the team’s chances in the World Cup.
>However, he described how he gets “really down” and wants to shut himself away for days when they lose, acknowledging that “a little bit of hope gets chipped away each time” they exit a tournament.
>The Prince also joked that his father, the King, “hated” football, explaining that his love of the sport was not passed down through generations of the Royal family.
>Kelce gave the game away about his secret meeting with the royals in his introduction to the special episode, when he told the Prince: “I got the chance to see you not too long ago and invited you on the show because we were talking a little Aston Villa soccer, some excitement about the World Cup.”
>The trio went on to engage in a lengthy football-related discussion covering everything from the merits of VAR to “pretty spicy” England football chants, the differences between British and American beer and the size of their stadiums.
>The Prince also hailed the UK’s 250-year-old “brotherhood” with the US and vowed to fly over for the final if England made it that far.
>A long-term fan of Swift, the Prince has met the US pop star a number of times over the years.
>In 2024, he was spotted at one of her Wembley gigs with his children, dancing wildly in a private box to the singer’s hit single Shake It Off. The Princess did not join them for the concert, and has not previously been confirmed to have met the singer