Prince William plays football with teens – but barely gets in a touch
THE Prince of Wales has played football with teenagers in Toxteth but barely got a touch as he joked: "I'm not going to go around slide tackling, am I!"Wearing casual trainers and a thin jacket in freezing temperature, the Prince happily agreed to play in a kickabout during a training session for young players, who wore orange and purple bibs for the session.
As he spoke to Sir Kenny afterwards, who appeared to laughingly praise him for his efforts, the Prince said: "No not at all! I was like 'just pass me the ball!' I was running around chasing them."players Ian Snodin and Graham Stewart, he added: "We'll ignore that. It is the worst thing when you turn up and try to play cold."
Both the Royal Foundation and the Prince, in a private capacity, have made donations to complete its fixtures and fittings, allowing it to be opened as soon as possible without the need for furtherInside, he met members of the Youth Steering Group, who have fundraised and come up with ideas to make the facility fit for modern purpose.
"This one will be a good one for Louis," William said. ""He needs a good challenge. That's very kind of you, thank you very much."The Prince also asked students whether they had been at school that day and what they had learned, laughing as they could not remember and telling them: "I ask my children this every day and they always say absolutely nothing at all.
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