Prince William.Photo: PAUL ELLIS/POOL/AFP via Getty
Team England players Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho were deluged with online attacks after they missed penalty kicks that helped secure Italy’s win in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday.
He signed himself “W” to signify that it was a personal message and not something from his office at Kensington Palace.
Prince George and Prince William in July 2021.Frank Augstein/Pool/Getty Images
And William praised the victors Italy in a statement at the end of the game. “Heartbreaking. Congratulations@Azzurrion a great victory,” he wrote on Instagram. “@England, you’ve all come so far, but sadly this time it wasn’t our day. You can all hold your heads high, and be so proud of yourselves — I know there’s more to come. W”
Kate Middleton, Prince George and Prince William.Frank Augstein/Pool/Getty
Prince CharlesandCamilla, Duchess of Cornwallalso joined the conversation online on Monday, posting a quote on their official Clarence House platforms from Charles’sWindrush Day2020 speech: “Recognizing the rich diversity of cultures which make this country so special — and in many ways unique — lies at the heart of what we can be as a nation.”
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William has regularly warned social media companies that they should be doing more to counter online abuse in all its forms. And in April, he joined a U.K.-wide campaign to stay off the platforms for a weekend to take a stand on the issue.
The boycott, that ran until Monday, May 3, aimed to encourage social media companies to take stronger action against racist and sexist abuse online. “As President of the FA I join the entire football community in the social media boycott this weekend,” he said then.
For William and Kate, the game came at the end of a sporting weekend that had seen them at Wimbledon tennis on Saturday, for the women’s final, and — for Kate — at the men’s final on Sunday. On Friday afternoon, William played polo to raise money for charities that the couple support too.
source: people.com
