Prince William looks tense as he watches beloved team take on Bayern Munich at Villa Park

Prince William

Prince William looks tense as he watches beloved team take on Bayern Munich at Villa Park

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Dorothy Reddin

By Dorothy Reddin


Published: 02/10/2024

- 20:49

Updated: 02/10/2024

- 21:08

The Prince of Wales travelled up to Birmingham to watch the historic match

Prince William looked tense this evening as he watched his beloved team take on Bayern Munich at Villa Park.

Aston Villa are playing their first home game in Europe's top tier since 1983.


Villa, which is also the Prince of Wales's favourite team, are hosting Bayern Munich in the Champion's League.

They last beat the German side to lift the 1982 European Cup.

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As a school boy, William decided to support Aston Villa, a club that, at the time, were fighting for a place in the European Cup.

Decades later, William is finally watching Villa play in Europe's elite club competition.

The Prince of Wales is in attendance at Villa Park as Unai Emery's side bid to make it two wins from two matches on their return to the biggest stage after their 3-0 success over Young Boys in Switzerland two weeks ago.

William, who was alongside ex-Manchester United midfielder David Beckham at The London Air Ambulance Charity earlier this week, presented the likes of Ally McCoist and Karen Carney with OBEs at Windsor Castle on Wednesday before making the trip up to the Midlands for Villa's clash against Bayern.

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Prince William watching Aston Villa in the stands

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Prince William was photographed looking tense during the historic match.

Before the game, Aston Villa's social media team posted a picture of the royal with the victorious 1982 squad.

They captioned the post: "Royalty meets Aston Villa royalty."

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Prince William puts his head in his hands during the match

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Prince William has been a lifelong Aston Villa fan

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One fan replied: "It's another beautiful night for Villa. Let's go and be great."

Another said: "So good to see him."

A third commented: "Great pictures and the Aston Villa sign on the grey floor looks good."

One royal watcher added: "Wow love to see this."

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