The Duchess of Cambridge and
her family are known to be huge tennis fans and are frequent visitors to Wimbledon.
Kate, who is the patron of the
All England Lawn Tennis Club, tends to watch Wimbledon and, over the years, has
been pictured in the Royal Box on Centre Court with her parents Carole and Michael
Middleton.
Back in 2017, during an
appearance on the BBC documentary, Sue Barker: Our Wimbledon, Kate shared some
insightful anecdotes about her tennis-loving family – including one moment
when her dad Michael left her feeling “mortified”.
She recalled the moment her
father tried to play it cool in front of the former British number one tennis
player Tim Henman, telling broadcaster Sue: “My father is not going
to appreciate this but we were walking past Tim Henman and we had just seen
Sampras play. My dad said very coolly, ‘Hi Pete’. I was mortified!”
Speaking about her love for
the sport, Kate said: “I have watched Wimbledon, that was very much part
of my growing up. It’s such a quintessential part of the English summer, and I
think it really inspires youngsters, myself, it inspired me when I was younger
to get involved in the game. It hasn’t changed either, I think that’s what’s so
wonderful.”
Laughing, Kate also revealed:
“Roger [Federer] is my mother’s heartthrob. I don’t think she will mind me
saying that! I think he probably knows that too.”
Earlier this week, Kate and
Prince William were among the spectators at Wimbledon and were joined by
Michael and Carole. They watched Novak Djokovic beat Jannik Sinner in the
quarter-final before witnessing British hopeful Cameron Norrie’s victory over
David Goffin.
