{"id":542153,"date":"2026-03-15T15:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T15:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542153\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T15:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T15:02:15","slug":"fans-praise-prince-williams-surprising-talent-during-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/542153\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Praise Prince William&#8217;s Surprising Talent During Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"83b67340-a5db-43dd-bd8c-b7ef58a8375b\">On March 14, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/prince-william\/\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/prince-william\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/tag\/prince-william\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince William<\/a> paid a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/travel\/best-countries-travel-solo\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/travel\/best-countries-travel-solo\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/travel\/best-countries-travel-solo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">solo visit<\/a> to <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-william-quick-thinking-reaction-little-girl-royal-engagement-fans\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-william-quick-thinking-reaction-little-girl-royal-engagement-fans\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-william-quick-thinking-reaction-little-girl-royal-engagement-fans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cardiff, Wales<\/a>, for a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/fall-fashion\/rugby-shirt-trend-renaissance-tariro-makoni\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/fall-fashion\/rugby-shirt-trend-renaissance-tariro-makoni\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/fall-fashion\/rugby-shirt-trend-renaissance-tariro-makoni\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Six Nations Rugby<\/a> match between Wales and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/zendaya-italy-trench-coat-jeans\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/zendaya-italy-trench-coat-jeans\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/fashion\/zendaya-italy-trench-coat-jeans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Italy<\/a>. The <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-william-preparing-prince-george-massive-responsibility\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-william-preparing-prince-george-massive-responsibility\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-william-preparing-prince-george-massive-responsibility\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prince of Wales<\/a>&#8216;s team triumphed, winning for the first time in three years, the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c05v4gr58e8o\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c05v4gr58e8o\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BBC<\/a> reported. But it was Prince <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-william-talent-king-charles\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-william-talent-king-charles\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/prince-william-talent-king-charles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">William&#8217;s secret talent<\/a> that seemed to delight <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/royal-family-fans-praise-favorite-unlikely-princess\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/royal-family-fans-praise-favorite-unlikely-princess\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/royal-family-fans-praise-favorite-unlikely-princess\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">royal fans<\/a> more than anything else.<\/p>\n<p>On <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV4Ka3lDdjp\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DV4Ka3lDdjp\/\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, the Prince and Princess of Wales shared a video montage of William&#8217;s excursion, with the caption, &#8220;Fantastic to see @welshrugbyunion secure a @sixnationsrugby win! Thank you @italrugby for a brilliant contest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Royal fans took to social media to comment on the Prince of Wales&#8217;s solo rugby appearance. One fan wrote on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PoshLadyNumber1\/status\/2032860979730555015\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PoshLadyNumber1\/status\/2032860979730555015\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>, &#8220;Prince William joined in with the Welsh National Anthem at the Wales v Italy rugby match today, sung in Welsh. A very dramatic start to the match, the singing was fantastic!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below <\/p>\n<p>            You may like<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:152.89%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dKtWaiWcfZfENYG9XJHrDH.png\" alt=\"Prince William on March 14 attending the Six Nations Rugby match in Cardiff, Wales\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dKtWaiWcfZfENYG9XJHrDH.png\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/dKtWaiWcfZfENYG9XJHrDH.png\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fantastic to see @welshrugbyunion secure a @sixnationsrugby win!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Instagram\/@princeandprincessofwales)<\/p>\n<p id=\"711bb2ba-0557-491b-9e7f-1a08c9354564\">The Welsh Rugby Union&#8217;s official <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WelshRugbyUnion\/status\/2032863343355007405\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WelshRugbyUnion\/status\/2032863343355007405\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">X account<\/a> shared footage, which showed Prince William singing along with everyone in the stadium.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That noise &#8211; Holl galon \ud83d\ude0d\u2764\ufe0f#CymruAmByth | #GuinnessM6N pic.twitter.com\/TX8Mu8pEuD<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2032863343355007405\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/2032863343355007405\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"343191c4-4fe2-400e-a198-11af906eaf57-0\">Both Prince William and his wife, Princess Kate, are staunch rugby supporters.<\/p>\n<p>While meeting England&#8217;s women&#8217;s rugby team in January, Princess Kate opened up about her children&#8217;s involvement in sports. &#8220;Actually, they shouldn\u2019t necessarily need to pigeonhole boys and girls into particular sports too early,&#8221; <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTigg6xgoOS\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTigg6xgoOS\/?hl=en\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kate explained<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Princess of Wales also joked, &#8220;George, now, if I play [rugby] at home, I do not want to get <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/princess-kate-tackled-prince-george-rugby\/\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/princess-kate-tackled-prince-george-rugby\/\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.com\/celebrity\/royals\/princess-kate-tackled-prince-george-rugby\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tackled by George<\/a>!&#8221; She continued, &#8220;But no, up to a certain age, it&#8217;s great&#8230;Sports like swimming at school is very much co-ed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Get exclusive access to fashion and beauty trends, hot-off-the-press celebrity news, and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:73.47%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TvhVHHJug4dBkmx7V9wBDH.jpg\" alt=\"Prince William and Kate Middleton sing the national anthems prior to the Six Nations Rugby match between Wales and England at Principality Stadium on February 25, 2023\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TvhVHHJug4dBkmx7V9wBDH.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/TvhVHHJug4dBkmx7V9wBDH.jpg\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Prince William and Princess Kate singing at a Six Nations Rugby match between Wales and England on February 25, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: David Rogers\/Getty Image)<\/p>\n<p id=\"49f8e231-67bf-4095-a256-cd6735133e93\">And when it comes to Prince William&#8217;s singing skills, it&#8217;s safe to say that royal fans are very much impressed.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On March 14, Prince William paid a solo visit to Cardiff, Wales, for a Six Nations Rugby match&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-542153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}