Prince of Wales posts supportive message to England’s women’s football team and apologises for not flying to Australia for World Cup
William, who is president of the Football Association, said in the footage: “Lionesses, I want to send you a huge good luck for tomorrow. We’re sorry we can’t be there in person, but we are so proud of everything you have achieved and the millions you have inspired here and around the world.His grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, attended the 1966 men’s World Cup final at Wembley and presented England captain Bobby Moore with the trophy.
Lucy Frazer, the culture secretary, will represent the UK government at the final at Stadium Australia. “I just wonder, would neither of those people come to a men’s World Cup final, would Britain not be represented by at least one of those two figures at a men’s World Cup and I can’t help thinking that they would be there.
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