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Prince William cheers on Welsh workforce in Six Nations conflict towards Italy

Prince William has been pictured cheering on Wales as they full their Six Nations marketing campaign towards Italy.

The prince is patron of the Welsh Rugby Union and usually attends women and men’s fixtures (Picture: PA)

Prince William has been pictured cheering on Wales as they compete of their Six Nations marketing campaign towards Italy. The Prince of Wales, who’s patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, usually attends each women and men’s fixtures and has beforehand been accompanied by his spouse Catherine, who holds the same place with the Rugby Soccer Union. The couple have joked about supporting rival groups through the Six Nations, with the prince backing Wales and the princess backing England.

Wales may obtain their first residence victory towards Italy since 2020 in Saturday’s sport at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, however would possibly in any other case end with the annual rugby match’s picket spoon, having misplaced all 4 video games to date. They’ll face stiff competitors, with Italy beating England for the primary time of their historical past final weekend.

Wales may obtain their first residence victory towards Italy since 2020 in at the moment’s sport (Picture: AFP through Getty Pictures)

Wales have misplaced 15 successive Six Nations matches – with their final victory coming in Italy over three years in the past. However Italy additionally misplaced 36 consecutive Six Nations video games between 2015 and 2022, and misplaced all 5 matches as lately as 2023.

William appeared within the stands as the sport kicked off this afternoon after issuing a heartfelt message to Swimathon UK, the world’s largest annual fundraising swimming occasion, this morning.

The prince hailed the “tons of of 1000’s of individuals participating whereas elevating thousands and thousands for life-changing charities,” because the occasion celebrates its fortieth anniversary.

William mentioned within the message: “Congratulations to Swimathon UK on 40 years of bringing folks collectively by means of swimming. It’s so inspiring to see tons of of 1000’s of individuals participating whereas elevating thousands and thousands for life-changing charities.”

He signed the message together with his preliminary “W”.

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The Prince of Wales beforehand attended the Ladies’s Rugby World Cup between Wales and Fiji at Sandy Park in Exeter final yr, and shared images on Instagram assembly gamers and shaking their palms.

The net publish was captioned: “Commiserations to @welshrugbyunion. You fought arduous and made the nation proud.”

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