Prince William cheers on Welsh team in Six Nations clash against Italy | Royal | News

Prince William was spotted cheering on Wales as they competed against Italy in the Six Nations campaign. The Prince of Wales, who is patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, regularly attends both men’s and women’s fixtures and is accompanied by his wife Catherine, who previously held a similar position in the Rugby Football Union. The couple joked about supporting opposing teams during the Six Nations, with the prince supporting Wales and the princess supporting England.

Wales can claim their first win since 2020 against Italy in Saturday’s match at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium but otherwise finish the annual rugby tournament with the wooden spoon having lost all four matches so far. They will face tough competition, with Italy beating England for the first time in their history last weekend.

Wales have lost 15 consecutive Six Nations matches; His last win was in Italy three years ago. But Italy lost 36 consecutive Six Nations matches between 2015 and 2022, and as recently as 2023 they lost all five matches.

The prince hailed the “hundreds of thousands of people who took part while raising millions for life-changing charities” as he marked the event’s 40th anniversary.

In his message, William said: “Congratulations to Swimathon UK on 40 years of bringing people together through swimming. It’s so inspiring to see hundreds of thousands of people taking part while raising millions for life-changing charities.”

He signed the message with his initial “W”.

The online post was captioned: “Our condolences to @welshrugbyunion. You fought hard and made the nation proud.”