While the future king\u2019s personal footage wasn\u2019t shared publicly, he did post a message on social media congratulating Aston Villa whom he\u2019s supported for decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmazing night! Huge congratulations to all the players, team, staff and everyone connected to the club! 44 years since the last taste of European silverware!\u201d William wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cSpecial shout out to Boubacar Kamara, who has been out injured but is such an integral part of our team and helped lay the foundations of this success.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kamara is Aston Villa\u2019s midfielder, who has been forced to miss the rest of the football season as a result of an injury.<\/p>\n
William is known to be a diehard fan of Villa, telling the BBC in 2015 what first attracted him to the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cA long time ago at school, I got into football big time. I was looking around for clubs. All my friends at school were either Man United fans or Chelsea fans, and I didn\u2019t want to follow the run-of-the-mill teams,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to have a team that was more mid-table that could give me more emotional rollercoaster moments.\u201d<\/p>\n
His dedication to Villa has clearly been inherited by his eldest son, 12-year-old Prince George, as the pair have been spotted at major games together, excitedly cheering in the stands, in recent years.<\/p>\n
However, as William told reporters during an official engagement last week, Princess Charlotte, 10, reportedly is a Chelsea fan.<\/p>\n
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