William and Kate support opposite sides at Six Nations

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Prince and Princess of Wales successful  the stands astatine  Principality Stadium, CardiffImage source, PA Media

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The Prince and Princess of Wales sang the Welsh nationalist anthem astatine Principality Stadium, Cardiff

The Prince and Princess of Wales stood broadside by broadside to cheer connected other sides arsenic Wales hosted England for their Six Nations lucifer successful Cardiff.

Prince William is the patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, portion his woman Catherine is patron of English rugby aft taking implicit from Prince Harry.

Speaking earlier the match, the prince joked that "it's going to beryllium a precise tense travel home".

The last people saw Wales defeated 10-20 to England astatine Principality Stadium.

Kate wore a reddish and achromatic Catherine Walker coat, which William described arsenic "diplomatic", and the prince wore a reddish necktie and reddish scarf to enactment Wales.

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Kate met with injured players supported by the Welsh Charitable Trust

Ahead of the match, the royal mates met injured players helped by the Welsh Charitable Trust, which William is besides a patron of.

They officially opened a caller space, known arsenic the Sir Tasker Watkins Suite, which volition beryllium utilized by injured players and their families earlier matches.

Speaking astatine the reception, the prince said: "I'm looking guardant to today. We request a small assistance aft the past week, don't we?

"It's going to beryllium a precise tense travel home. If we triumph contiguous my woman won't talk to me. It volition beryllium a tense evening."

The princess laughed erstwhile she was asked astir her enactment for England and said: "The ambiance is ever second-to-none, truthful I'm looking guardant to that."

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The Prince of Wales was greeted by erstwhile Welsh rugby subordinate Ieuan Evans

Kate took implicit arsenic patron of the Rugby Football Union from the Duke of Sussex past year.

The mates spoke astir their children during the visit, sharing however Prince George is present learning to tackle, alternatively than playing tag rugby - a non-contact mentation of the game.

The princess added: "Because helium is tall, helium has the physique. But past determination is Louis coming. Charlotte besides does rugby."

Before the nationalist anthems were played, determination was a soundlessness to people the one-year day of the warfare successful Ukraine.

The lucifer was astatine hazard of being called disconnected earlier this week aft a menace of strikes from Wales' players implicit declaration issues.

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