{"id":235050,"date":"2026-01-15T18:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/235050\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T18:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:45:11","slug":"kate-middleton-dazzles-in-red-as-she-celebrates-englands-success-at-special-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/235050\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton dazzles in red as she celebrates England’s success at special ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

Princess Kate welcomed England’s triumphant women’s rugby squad to Windsor Castle for a special celebration of their World Cup success last September.<\/p>\n

In her capacity as Patron of the Rugby Football Union, the Princess of Wales hosted the Red Roses at the royal residence to mark their historic achievement.<\/p>\n

The reception honoured England’s commanding performance at Twickenham, where they claimed their third World Cup title with a comprehensive 33-0 shutout against Canada.<\/p>\n

A record-breaking attendance of 81,885 spectators witnessed the victory, which also saw John Mitchell’s side stretch their remarkable unbeaten run to 33 consecutive matches.<\/p>\n

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Princess Kate welcomed England’s triumphant women’s rugby squad to Windsor Castle for a special celebration of their World Cup success last September.<\/p>\n

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In her capacity as Patron of the Rugby Football Union, the Princess of Wales hosted the Red Roses at the royal residence to mark their historic achievement.<\/p>\n

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The squad members and coaching staff were treated to a guided tour of the historic castle before meeting the royal.<\/p>\n

During the gathering, the players had the opportunity to present Kate with the Rugby World Cup trophy itself.<\/p>\n

The celebration concluded with an official group photograph featuring the princess alongside the entire England contingent.<\/p>\n

The Windsor reception represented a fitting tribute to a team that overcame the disappointment of losing their previous two finals to New Zealand’s Black Ferns.<\/p>\n

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During the gathering, the players had the opportunity to present Kate with the Rugby World Cup trophy itself.<\/p>\n

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Their defeat to the Black Ferns three years prior had been England’s last loss before embarking on their record-breaking winning sequence.<\/p>\n

England entered the final as tournament favourites and delivered a performance built on forward dominance and relentless defensive pressure.<\/p>\n

The Red Roses fell behind early but responded spectacularly to seize control of the contest.<\/p>\n

The victory marked England’s first World Cup triumph since 2014, when they also defeated Canada in the final to lift the trophy.<\/p>\n

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The celebration concluded with an official group photograph featuring the princess alongside the entire England contingent.<\/p>\n

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Canada had arrived at the final having convincingly beaten New Zealand in the semi-finals, with many observers suggesting they had produced the tournament’s finest rugby.<\/p>\n

The Canadians were also nearing completion of their million-dollar ‘Mission: Win Rugby World Cup’ fundraising campaign, designed to help them compete with better-resourced nations.<\/p>\n

The triumph capped an outstanding year for English women’s sport, following the Lionesses’ successful defence of their European Championship title in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Princess Kate welcomed England’s triumphant women’s rugby squad to Windsor Castle for a special celebration of their World…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,8346,111,139,69,9855],"class_list":{"0":"post-235050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-kate-middleton","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-royal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}