Princess Charlotte, too, seems to have inherited her father’s knack for the beautiful game. Back in 2022, Prince William visited the Lionesses’ training ground at St George’s Park and revealed that his daughter had taken quite a shine to football. ‘Charlotte wanted me to tell you that she’s really good in goal. She said, “Please tell them that,”’ the Prince told the England women’s football team Captain, Leah Williamson.
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It’s no surprise that the Princess is so sporty: her mother, the Princess of Wales, was a star of the hockey team while studying at Marlborough College, and is famous for her love of tennis. As Patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Catherine is a regular in the royal box at Wimbledon (as, in more recent years, is Princess Charlotte) and has even played a match against Roger Federer.
The Princess of Wales grew up in a very sporty family, telling Mike Tindall how she spent her childhood enjoying the outdoors. ‘I can always remember being physical, using our bodies, whether it’s walking, climbing the Lake District, in Scotland [or] swimming from a young age,’ she recounted during a recording of Tindall’s podcast, ‘The Good, The Bad and the Rugby’.