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Jeremy WillisESPN.com
A Philly guy, a Canadian and a king conscionable to speech soccer. It's not the transportation for an improbable buddy comedy, but the effect of King Charles III's travel to Wales connected Friday.
The British monarch and Camilla, the Queen Consort, visited Wales connected Friday and the royal mates attended a ceremonial astatine St. Giles Church successful Wrexham, Wales. They were determination to commemorate Wrexham earning "city status" during Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee solemnisation earlier successful 2022.
The sojourn led to immoderate surreal images erstwhile King Charles III arrived astatine The Racecourse Ground, location of Wrexham AFC. There helium met the club's celebrated owners: Actor Ryan Reynolds, the prima of "Deadpool," and Rob McElhenney, the creator and prima of the FX TV bid "It's Always Sunny successful Philadelphia."
Reynolds, from Vanouver, and McElhenney, from Philadelphia, made the bluish Welsh metropolis known extracurricular of the UK erstwhile they purchased Wrexham AFC successful 2021. The club, which finished 2nd successful the National League of English Football successful 2021-22, has had its ups and downs covered successful the docuseries "Welcome to Wrexham."
Welcome to Wrexham Season 2: Charles successful Charge. pic.twitter.com/TrwPkIMCzX
— Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) December 9, 2022Reynolds said that helium and McElhenney wanted to elevate the nine and the city.
"Having the king wage a sojourn is surely 1 mode to bash it, that's for sure," he told Reuters.
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