{"id":299402,"date":"2025-07-28T20:48:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299402\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:48:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T20:48:17","slug":"lionesses-celebrate-euros-triumph-at-very-special-downing-street-reception-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/299402\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionesses celebrate Euros triumph at ‘very special’ Downing Street reception | UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"

The red carpet was rolled out at No 10 on Monday evening as the Lionesses attended a reception to celebrate their Euro 2025 victory.<\/p>\n

The England squad<\/a><\/strong> went straight to Downing Street after touching down at Southend Airport in Essex less than 24 hours after they defeated Spain in a penalty shootout in Sunday’s final.<\/p>\n

Led by captain Leah Williamson, who proudly clutched the trophy, the side posed for pictures outside No 10 before being greeted by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner.<\/p>\n

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\n The England squad outside No 10. Pic: PA <\/p>\n

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\n Leah Williamson carries the trophy. Pic: AP <\/p>\n

Speaking to Sky News correspondent Ashna Hurynag<\/a><\/strong> after the 40-minute reception, England manager Sarina Wiegman described the celebration as “very, very special”.<\/p>\n

“To be able to go inside and also be in the garden there, [was] really nice,” she said. “They had put up pictures of us to show what we had done in the Euros\u2026 it was very, very special.”<\/p>\n

Some people on social media have called for the England boss – who is from the Netherlands – to get an honorary damehood, but Wiegman<\/a><\/strong> told Ashna Hurynag that she “hasn’t thought about that”.<\/p>\n

“I feel so much respect from England and from the Royal Family too, I think that’s the most important thing, feeling valued,” she said.<\/p>\n

Weigman also joined some of the players to videocall Sir Keir Starmer, who was in Scotland with Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

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\n England manager Sarina Wiegman and some of the players on a video call with Sir Keir Starmer. Pic: Reuters<\/p>\n

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\n Pic: PA <\/p>\n

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\n Angela Rayner congratulates some of the players. Pic: Reuters<\/p>\n

In a speech at the reception, the manager quipped: “I have to make my apologies [for giving] you lots of heart attacks.”<\/p>\n

“We made it through and that’s why we’re here now,” she continued.<\/p>\n

“The team is just incredible, we won the Euros but making the final, we’re already legendary. Thank you so much for having us here.”<\/p>\n

As the Lionesses left Downing Street, some stopped to try and meet another famous feline – Larry the Cat.<\/p>\n

Read more:
England’s remarkable road to victory<\/a>
Fans celebrate at Ella Toone’s home club<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n Sarina Wiegman and Leah Williamson in the garden at No 10. Pic: PA <\/p>\n

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\n England’s Esme Morgan, Anna Moorhouse and Grace Clinton try and get Larry the Cat’s attention. Pic: PA<\/p>\n

The celebrations will continue on Tuesday afternoon with an open-top bus parade<\/a><\/strong> through central London before the team gather outside Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n

The Lionesses retained their Women’s Euros title on Sunday night by beating Spain in Basel, Switzerland.<\/p>\n

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3:58<\/p>\n

Behind the scenes after Lionesses\u2019 win<\/p>\n

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Mariona Caldentey put Spain 1-0 ahead in the first half, but England’s Alessia Russo levelled the score in the 57th minute.<\/p>\n

The game finished 1-1 after 90 minutes, with the score remaining the same at the end of extra-time.<\/p>\n

The match then went to a penalty shootout, which the Lionesses won 3-1<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The red carpet was rolled out at No 10 on Monday evening as the Lionesses attended a reception…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299403,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3937],"tags":[77,382,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-299402","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114932830202079519","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}