Wimbledon is in full swing,
and for those of us tuning in at home, watching on the centre court, or even
soaking up the atmosphere from Murray Mound, it’s certainly a riveting tennis
season so far. And one person who would agree with that is Prince William who
was seen getting ~very~ into last night’s match between Britain’s Cameron
Norrie and Belgium’s David Goffin.
ICYMI, yesterday Prince
William and Kate Middleton made an appearance in their royal box at Wimbledon’s
centre court. As the dramatic, five-set quarter-finals match intensified, the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge cheered Norrie on along with the rest of the
crowd. But as Norrie had a slip-up, Prince William seemingly let his
disappointment get the better of him, with one fan sharing a clip in which the
future King appears to swear.
“Oh no, no, not…F…”
the 40-year-old royal is seen mouthing just as the camera pans away before he’s
finished the sentence. “Haha Prince William saying ‘No, no, no f**k it
lol'” one person tweeted alongside a clip of the infamous moment,
suggesting that Prince William had broken royal etiquette by swearing.
Other fans agreed, pointing
out that the future King is only human after all and therefore his
reaction was the same as any other tennis fan invested in the match.
“Can’t be unseen! So glad he’s human,” someone said in
response to the clip, as another royal fan added, “Iconic.” A
third person tweeted: “I have to admit that was [my] take on it haha,
good to see some feelings.”
Elsewhere, some royal fans
proposed that the Duke was actually saying something else, with one Twitter
user writing, “He was about to say ‘for goodness sake’ when the
camera cut away.” Another person jokingly chimed into the
conversation with: “He is saying no, no fudge is my fave.”
But some Royal Family Stans
were otherwise not convinced that William cursed at all, with one person tweeting,
“He would never use the F word!”
As for whether the future King
actually let a swear word slip out, we’ll likely never know. But what we do
know for certain is that he – and the whole Cambridge family –
are avid sports fans, and if they’re anything like us, they can’t help but
have a wee shout at the TV when their fave player misses a move.
