Déjà vu? Kate Middleton and George channel Diana and William at Wimbledon: the young prince’s tennis debut looked almost identical to his dad’s appearance alongside his own mum 31 years earlier
- When Prince George joined his parents Kate Middleton and Prince William at the Wimbledon men’s final, all we could think about was his dad’s own tournament debut three decades earlier
- Prince William first attended Wimbledon with his mother Princess Diana in 1991 – and appears to have already passed his enthusiasm for tennis onto his enraptured son
Prince George made his Wimbledon debut on Sunday while accompanying his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
Although Prince William and Kate Middleton, both 40, have regularly attended Wimbledon matches, the eight-year-old watched has just caught his first match. And he appeared to enjoy it – sat between his parents in the Royal Box he animatedly watched the men’s final between Nick Kyrgios and Novak Djokovic, who won his seventh Wimbledon title this year.
Hello! magazine reported that children are usually prohibited from sitting in the Royal Box, but Prince George was allowed because he’s a member of the royal family. Wimbledon’s official website noted that invitations to sit in the Royal Box come from the chairman of the All England Club, who takes “into account suggestions from members of The Championships’ Organising Committee, The Lawn Tennis Association and other relevant sources”.
Photos showed Prince George chatting with his parents during the match, but Prince George’s interactions with Middleton may call to mind another beloved mother-son pair.
As noted in a Sunday tweet by My London Royal correspondent Rebecca Russell, heart-warming moments between Prince George and Middleton were reminiscent of Princess Diana and Prince William at Wimbledon in 1991.
More than 30 years ago, Princess Diana brought Prince William to watch the women’s final when he was nine. Photos taken at the time showed them cheering and analysing the match together.