{"id":779727,"date":"2026-07-04T12:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/779727\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T12:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:02:15","slug":"prince-william-tells-travis-kelce-the-biggest-culture-shock-for-british-fans-in-us-for-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/779727\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William tells Travis Kelce the biggest \u2018culture shock\u2019 for British fans in US for World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Prince William shared his thoughts on all things soccer (or football) during a surprise appearance on the New Heights podcast<\/a> on Friday, which aired just hours before one of its hosts \u2014 Travis Kelce \u2014 is set to marry Taylor Swift in New York City.<\/a><\/p>\n

Kansas City Chiefs star Travis<\/a> co-hosts the podcast with his brother, Jason Kelce, a retired NFL player, who introduced William to their listeners as a \u201csix-foot-three prince from London, England.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jason went on to list William\u2019s many titles. \u201cThat\u2019s right, the president of the English Football Association, the vice-royal patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of Cornwall, the Lord of the Isles, Prince and Great Steward of Scotland, Earl of Chester and the Prince of Wales\u2026 please welcome His Royal Highness, Prince William.\u201d<\/p>\n

Travis went on to ask the prince what he thought the \u201cbiggest culture shock\u201d would be for English fans traveling to the States to watch the Fifa World Cup, which is co-hosted this year by the U.S., Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it the light beer?\u201d Travis joked.<\/p>\n

\"PrincePrince William appeared on ‘New Heights’ in an episode released the day of Travis Kelce\u2019s wedding to Taylor Swift (Wondery)<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, the beer definitely is going to taste different,\u201d William agreed, adding, \u201cYou haven\u2019t met your match till you\u2019ve seen a lot of beer drinkers from the U.K.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cI think the scale of your stadiums, I think the size of them is really going to be quite a culture shock for a lot of fans.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really know our football, so to see stadiums that are bigger and kind of an amazing atmosphere that we can also emulate here, that\u2019s quite a big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n

The future king previously joked about receiving an invitation to Swift and Kelce\u2019s wedding during an appearance on Heart Radio\u2019s breakfast show in May. When asked, he initially said \u201cno comment\u201d and laughed. William added: \u201cThat feels like a showbiz excuse, but it\u2019s not. I\u2019m hoping, and I\u2019m sure there might be an invitation around, but we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"PrincePrince William (right) sings with Taylor Swift (left) and Jon Bon Jovi at the Centrepoint Gala Dinner at Kensington Palace, London in 2013 (PA Archive)<\/p>\n

The prince has a personal connection with Swift, having taken his two eldest children, George and Charlotte, to her Eras Tour concert in London last year, where he introduced them to the singer backstage.<\/p>\n

He also famously joined Swift and rock star Jon Bon Jovi on stage for an impromptu rendition of Bon Jovi\u2019s \u201cLivin\u2019 On A Prayer\u201d in 2013 at a charity event held at Kensington Palace in aid of the homeless charity Centrepoint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,75],"class_list":["post-779727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}