Prince William and Kate will apparently be out and about this weekend to watch rugby. They will head to Wales for the Six Nations match between Wales and England. They’re both patrons of those rugby teams now – Kate is patron of England’s Rugby Football Union (which she took over from Prince Harry), and William is patron of the Wales Rugby Union They will be in Cardiff on Saturday.
This will be their first time at a rugby match in a while, right? Just going from memory, they haven’t done anything with their rugby patronages since 2023 – both of them skipped everything last year. It’s notable in William’s case because he has been traveling all over to support England’s football team and his own favorite team, Aston Villa. William is a real football junkie, a real meathead when it comes to one sport above all others. Speaking of, Peggy revealed that he’s so football-mad that he often spends hours on Aston Villa forums and he also posts anonymously.
The Prince of Wales has described football’s television blackout rule as “irritating”. The Prince said that following his beloved Aston Villa was made more difficult by the long-standing rule, which blocks the broadcast of games at any level in England between 2.45pm and 5.15pm on a Saturday.
He told The Sun: “Getting up to Villa Park isn’t the easiest thing for me but I like to watch as many games as I possibly can either by being there or on TV. I’ve tried to really make an effort to get there for all the Champions League games because it feels like that’s something you’ve got to make the most of when you’re in it. The biggest thing at home is trying to find it on TV sometimes because obviously you’ve got the Saturday 3pm blackout which is irritating.”
The blackout has been in place since the 1960s in order to protect match attendances and participation at grass-roots level. It has been criticised as outdated in recent years, but new television deals have secured it’s continuation until at least the 2028-29 season.
The Prince was in the stands at Villa Park on Wednesday night, wearing an Aston Villa scarf and cheering on his team with childhood friends Edward van Cutsem and Thomas van Straubenzee as they beat Club Brugge in the Champions League. He has been a regular guest at the stadium in recent years, having fallen in love with the club after being taken to a match by friends as a boy. He has also made Villa a family affair in the past by taking his two older children, George and Charlotte, to games home and away.
The Prince admitted that he contributes to supporters’ internet forums, sometimes posting his opinions anonymously.
“I like going on the forums, I can be on there for ages,” he told The Sun. “I listen to what other fans have to say and give them my opinions. I get quite into it, definitely. It’s important to have that debate.”
It’s really wild that football fans within England can’t watch their favorite teams on Saturdays while the games are happening in real time. I get the idea behind it, but in practice, it makes zero sense, especially for advertisers and TV rights. As for William spending hours on Aston Villa forums… does he not have better uses for his time? He’s the Prince of Wales, for goodness sake. Granted, I enjoy some of the tennis forums, but I usually just spend ten minutes to get a sense of match storylines and general gossip about the players and the sport. And I’m not the heir to the throne – I’m just some American tennis fan. The whole-ass Prince of Wales, a husband and a father of three, is spending HOURS on football forums??
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- Prince William, Prince of Wales celebrate 1-0 of Harry KANE, England 9 in the group stage match ENGLAND – DENMARK 1-1 of the UEFA European Championships 2024 on Jun 20, 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany.,Image: 883554360, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO / Avalon
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- Prince William, Prince of Wales celebrate 1-0 of Harry KANE, England 9 in the group stage match ENGLAND – DENMARK 1-1 of the UEFA European Championships 2024 on Jun 20, 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany.,Image: 883554394, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO / Avalon
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- William, Prinz von Wales, Prince of Wales with son Prince George celebrate 1-1, next to Felipe VI. König von Spanien with daughter Princess Sofia, in the final match SPAIN – ENGLAND 2-1 of the UEFA European Championships 2024 on Jul 14, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.,Image: 889806983, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO / Avalon
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- William, Prinz von Wales, Prince of Wales with son Prince George celebrate 1-1, next to Felipe VI. König von Spanien with daughter Princess Sofia, in the final match SPAIN – ENGLAND 2-1 of the UEFA European Championships 2024 on Jul 14, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.,Image: 889807337, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO / Avalon
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- Britain’s Prince William speaks with Mark Morrison, Manager of Tiber football centre, as he meets with members of Tiber Young People’s Steering Group, during a visit to Tiber in Liverpool, Britain, January 23, 2025.,Image: 956912543, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Temilade Adelaja/Avalon/Avalon
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- Britain’s Prince William plays football, as he meets with members of Tiber Young People’s Steering Group, during a visit to Tiber in Liverpool, Britain, January 23, 2025.,Image: 956912553, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Temilade Adelaja/Avalon/Avalon
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- WILLENHALL, ENGLAND – MARCH 11: Prince William, Prince of Wales blows the referee’s whistle during a mini football game on official visit to an FA Referee Training Course At Sporting Khalsa FC at Aspray Arena on March 11, 2025 in Willenhall, England. The Prince of Wales is patron of the Football Association, the visit to Khalsa FC is part of the FA’s Reflective and Representative campaign which aims to recruit 1,000 people from Black, Asian and mixed heritage backgrounds into refereeing roles.,Image: 974676743, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon
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- WILLENHALL, ENGLAND – MARCH 11: Prince William, Prince of Wales waves the linesman’s flag during a mini football game on official visit to an FA Referee Training Course At Sporting Khalsa FC at Aspray Arena on March 11, 2025 in Willenhall, England. The Prince of Wales is patron of the Football Association, the visit to Khalsa FC is part of the FA’s Reflective and Representative campaign which aims to recruit 1,000 people from Black, Asian and mixed heritage backgrounds into refereeing roles.,Image: 974676906, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: Chris Jackson/Avalon
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Where does one find these forums? I have comments I need to leave.
Try the sub-reddit. They should have links to the football forums like this one
https://www.footballforums.net/index.php
and provides a reason why he behaves like a hooligan at these matches, so he can post about the matches.
I hope he read all about the threads on him missing out on the Lionesses.
Not a William fan, but his behavior definitely isn’t hooligan behavior. He’s not pulling knives on supporters of other teams.
Now, I need to brush up on rugby so I can compare a team’s dismal performance to the current state of the working Royals.
So now we have basic confirmation what the “small r” POW and future king will be doing when “working” from home.
What about time for those school runs
Somehow, for me, this explains a lot about William.
Yup 😏
Yeah….how many times have we asked, “what does he do all day??” well now we know.
Mr. Superkeen Future King of England is not only a clout chaser and social media bot purchaser, he’s self confirming now that he’s an internet troll on a footie forum.
Wow.
Just, wow.
The Crown has lost all dignity and purpose, if the current incumbent neglected his eldest son’s royal education to the point that this behaviour is the best the public can expect of the future king. That this, is what the palaces have chosen to highlight in order to somehow “everyman” this preening caliban.
This is a failure that falls principally on Chuck, but also his courtiers, and KP’s courtiers.
I laughed and I laughed. And then I laughed some more
Kate got a champion jackpot of a prince. lol
In a few days we’ll read that him being an anonymous person allows him to live a normal person for just a few hours and have opinions like everyone else.
PRINCE WILLIAM IS AN INTERNET TROLL is what I am reading
Dont ask yourself where vile comments towards Harry and Meg come from… he does have time for them.
I can just see him buying bots to bolster his football opinions and thoughts 💭 too.. well at least the subjects now know what he does with his time instead of work.
The whole-ass Prince of Wales, a husband and a father of three, is spending HOURS on football forums?
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This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. He and his wife do fuck all in terms of work and living productive lives so it stands to reason they would have a lot of free time to fill!!
Taxpayer-funded browsing and posting on online forums. How quaint.
No wonder why he looks the way he does. Must be browsing them from the basement of Anmer.
I can’t believe he admitted this publicly! This man finds any opportunity to avoid his, let’s face it, menial work which he gets paid millions of tax payer funds for doing….to spend a lot of his time on Reddit sites obsessing about a football team? Where is the outrage?
How nice for the English ladies team, the BAFTA’s & all other patronages he ignores that he tries to really make an effort…….. when it comes to his favourite football team.
And can spend ages in forums. What about the school runs??
Also, The Sun, really William?
Waiting for Liverpool to declare their secession now … C’mon Liver Bird, time to fly free… bonus points if you join the future Republic of Wales…
It isn’t easy to get there for him? Bullshit. Take your helicopter and go. So now we know what he does with his precious time. He is on the forums lol.
He doesn’t want people to know that he takes the helicopter to attend Aston Villa matches, that’s why he’s pretending it’s not easy to get there.
Admissions like this is why I always laugh when people try to defend their sheer laziness as them working behind the scenes. As if they are coming into the office at Kensington Palace 4 days a week at 9:00 a.m. and not leaving until 3:00 or 4:00.
I have down time to read books, and watch TV shows, movies, and listen to podcasts I like. I do not have hours to do that, and I imagine I would have even less time if I had three kids that I apparently spend every weekend moment with which is another reason that I can’t work.
It’s funny how he kind of stays telling the truth. Admissions like this, the fact that Charlotte cried when she saw him with his beard, and yet the media just breezes right past it. Never a moment of, wait what?
It is funny how he’s telling on himself fr. He dabbles with Duolingo to learn welsh and as opposed to formal tutoring he spends hours on FB forums. It’s not surprising but I’m somewhat surprised that he’s so full-.chested about it.
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He has time to spend on online forums. I’m sure he doesn’t miss this one.
Everything they said about Harry was all about Will.
This is why every generation of royals learns that it’s better when the public doesn’t know that much about you because when they realize you’re just a mediocre person, then what is even the point of you?
Yes. this is “normal” fan behaviour, but William isn’t supposed to be “normal”.
Seems like every time we hear about him now, William is essentially squatting and taking a dump on the magic and mystique of the Crown.
The way he and his father (who isn’t actually laying down the law in that family, his Seabiscuit Sidepiece is) are going, the monarchy is already on life support. The monarchy went into hospice the moment Her Late Maj passed out of this world.
The Establishment and Palace courtiers are now engaged in a tragicomic restaging of ‘Weekend At Bernie’s.’
On the one hand, this IS really relatable for anyone who knows a mega fan be it Doctor Who, sports, crocheting, etc.
On the other hand, he’s a taxpayer-funded, lazy worker! LOL! The communications guru at KP must have forehead damage from hitting the wall on a regular basis.
I must say that I shouldn’t be shocked and yet I am. For him to admit doing nothing but browsing the internet and only caring about a team he supports instead of a carrying out the many responsibilities he’s obligated to do is honestly quite disgusting. Harry took all the brains and heart in that family
Let me get this right. He earns millions from British taxpayers. He can’t work ‘work’ cos none of it it work, because school run, but he can spend hours on footy forums?
So now we know what William does all day between the school runs 🤣🤣🤣
I can just imagine him typing away on his phone or laptop, flashing his big teeth on Friday, chuckling at his own questionable opinions with a hot beer in hand. You’d think he’d have outgrown that frat boy nonsense by now, especially as a father of three and future heir.
There are folks in South Wales who just got their debt cleared by Michael Sheen and he’s on forums yucking it up. Embarrassing.
That top photo is giving me life. The very definition of “festive glances.”
Charles could have put a stop to the laziness of huevo but chose not to
W gave this exclusive interview to THE SUN – the newspaper which H successfully took to court in January. Let’s not forget that W reached his own secret settlement with the paper and now seems fully committed to helping to restore its public image. W is more than willing to disparage his mother and brother but never Murdoch or his papers. I never thought W would turn out to be such an unprincipled lowlife.
Rupert isn’t called the Kingmaker for nothing.
Rupert rules the king and his heir 👑
Good point! What was the trade off for this story? What is the Sun covering up?
I like @Rapunzel’s theory on Aston Villa’s No.1 fan.
Wondering here what kind of new stuff The Scum has on Bulliam the Incandescent for them to get that exclusive, front page included.
This piece will make the Willionaire Slumlord endear himself even more to the People’s Republic of Merseyside. /-s
Good to see that it’s important for Willnot Workshy to debate with football fans, while the climate catastrophe, the genocide in the Middle East and homelessness solve itself.
Agreed @Nanae why has the Scum given this nothing burger a front cover? Has FK given this “exclusive” in exchange for them not covering “intimate suppers” to discuss football, of course, with Big Suze?? Didn’t the Scum have the RH story which they buried for endless BS about his own brother and SIL. Or are Willy wranglers relaunching him as relatable bloke who prefers football to opera?
Finally, TOB and I have something in common! I read and post on here pretty regularly, so I won’t judge him for wanting to find his people and give his opinions. But if he thinks the British media is not going to spend the next week digging in to the syntax and timestamps of every Aston Villa thread, he’s got another thing coming. Woe betide him if he ever posted when he was supposed to be at the BAFTAs.
Even if they find him, I don’t think they’ll out him. They’ll use it as leverage. The Sun already knows probably hence this interview. Exercise their kompromat.
His handle’s probably narcissistic as him, so look for something like Willie, God, King, Wales, Norfolk, Ruler etc et
Blogger- my guess? The Sun already found him and his online posts are full of crap he doesn’t want folks to know he said. The Sun probably leveraged that knowledge into this interview. Wanna bet his posts are racist and sexist af?
I’d bet The Sun started looking for leverage on Will the minute it looked like Harry might win the case against them.
These football matches may not be on TV but I’m sure they’re on the radio. Is he that type of person who must see the game to understand what’s going on?
Why is my tax money being spent on the future King dodging his duty and spending hours on online forums instead?
I hope someone in the Commons has enough balls to bring this copy of the Sun during QT and ask Keir precisely that question.
A Labour backbencher? Oooh, maybe Corbyn 🤔
His media strategy is built around the internet. I bet he spends hours a day obsessing about what the rota writes about him/Keener/their children, his brother’s press (and what he can unleash on Harry next) and about non-bought bot comments. He adapts KPs PR based on comments moreso than professional PR advice. He does have the paste-y mean look of a magat blowhard living in his parents basement that refuses to contribute because he is a keyboard warrior. Wonder what he would use as his username? Rose gardening man? Racism is boring me? Keener’s Willy? I’M RICH NOW! Scrooged estate agent? The SchoolRunDad? 😄
luvs2peg&h8onmeg69? Ifudontdutchyyouaintmuchy? verymuchnotaracist?
astonvillawilla?
roseb4bros?
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Lol they are perfect. Something with eggplant is still missing though
Welsh Willie Winkie?
Remember him asking Aston Villa to rustle up him season ticket holders for him to drink with in a pub recently and the pub wouldn’t confirm that he’d bought any drinks? Does this man have any friends he can go to matches with and discuss his team?
Remember him celebrating with John Carew, the good-looking former footballer?
Is he that stupid?
From what he says about himself publicly, the image of a guy who doesn’t read books, spends his time watching superhero series, computer games, on social media, computer games, at matches and in pubs drinking large amounts of alcohol until the morning is painted. What a “wonderful” guy 40+
Born to be a king, so he should have diplomacy and good representation of the RF at his fingertips. Meanwhile, his only preparation for being a king is his belief that he doesn’t have to do anything and everything is due to him. He is a pathetic, entitled fool who believed the tabloid propaganda that he himself orders, and when he sticks his head outside England, he is surprised that people either boo him or don’t recognize him.
Sounds like a man-child. No interest in working, professional development, or in anything really.
Just wants to be home all day watching tv, play computer games and post online over everything else.
A. These aristo surnames are hilarious: van Cutsem and van Straubenzee.
B. Will says “It’s important to have that debate” (his online arguments with other fans). That is the opposite of “important.”
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He for sure is a troll on there. Also Aston Villa is the most boring team in the Premier League so the forums must be pretty boring as well.
I would like to know what other online forums this royal moron is trolling. Perhaps the anti-Meghan racist communities? Tucker Carlson fanboy groups? The Fail? Pegging communities? Slumlording for Beginners?
Harry’s recent “I never was a big soccer fan” comment seems to take on new significance. Christ on a pogostick, this is what the actual Prince of Wales spends his time on??
Glad to know that while I’m working hard for the NHS on rubbish pay, that my future King has all this time to spend on forums and run his kids to school.
However, apparently not to provide the public service that his father or Grandmother did, even into normal UK retirement age and beyond, or support the charities, or create a legacy for the future.
Megan in her very sadly short stay created more meaningful change than those two waste of spaces have in almost 20 years!
What’s worse is that the taxes I pay go to support their lazy a@ses!