{"id":457052,"date":"2025-09-28T04:43:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T04:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/457052\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T04:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T04:43:11","slug":"kate-middleton-shares-rare-behind-the-scenes-photo-before-englands-word-cup-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/457052\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton Shares Rare Behind-the-Scenes Photo Before England&#8217;s Word Cup Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kate Middleton showed support for England amid the final of the 2025 Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup with a social media post<\/li>\n<li>The Princess of Wales, 43, is patron of the Rugby Football Union, which governs the game in England<\/li>\n<li>Princess Kate stepped out to support England&#8217;s women&#8217;s rugby team in their World Cup quest at an earlier match<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/kate-middleton\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Middleton<\/a> is showing her support for England amid the final of the 2025 Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_4-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> On Saturday, Sept. 27, the Princess of Wales, 43, shared a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPGaMvgjRsz\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> on Instagram, in which she celebrated the group ahead of their match at Allianz Stadium in London. (England later won against\u00a0Canada.)\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_6-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;Good luck England! \ud83c\udf39\ud83e\udd20 Wishing the very best of luck to the @redrosesrugby in their Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup Final at Twickenham today,&#8221; Kate wrote in her caption, adding, &#8220;We\u2019re so proud of you! C.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> Players of England at the Women&#8217;s Rugby World Cup 2025 Final Match on Sept. 27.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Hewitt\/Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> In the throwback image shared, the royal could be seen smiling wide and wearing a festive red hat while posing with members of the squad, nicknamed the Red Roses.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Princess Kate is patron of the Rugby Football Union, which governs the game in England. The Princess of Wales stepped out to support the Red Roses in their Rugby World Cup quest earlier this month and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kate-middleton-prince-william-show-rugby-rivalry-with-separate-match-appearances-photos-11804886\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attended their Pool A match against Australia<\/a> on Sept. 6 in Brighton.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Princess of Wales was an animated fan and even participated in the wave as the move swept through the stands.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Red Roses won 47-7 and Princess Kate congratulated them in the locker room afterwards.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;What an amazing game, well done everybody. It was a big nerve wracking, I&#8217;m not going to lie, to start off,&#8221; she said in a video that the Red Roses shared to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RedRosesRugby\/status\/1966124571393769899\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>, in a quip that made everyone laugh.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_23-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> &#8220;But no, incredible,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I would have loved to have been here during the half time chat, whatever the half time chat was about. You did brilliantly, so fantastic. Amazing to have the crowds that you&#8217;ve had. You must really feel the energy from everybody, so hope you&#8217;ve felt the support.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_25-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Princess Kate&#8217;s sporty outing that day took her and Prince William to separate rugby matches, as he went to the Women\u2019s Rugby World Cup Pool B game between Wales and Fiji in Exeter on Sept. 6.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_27-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> <strong>Can&#8217;t get enough of PEOPLE&#8217;s Royals coverage? <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-royals-newsletter-sign-up-8692768\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up for our free Royals newsletter<\/a> to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more!\u00a0<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> The Prince of Wales is patron of Welsh Rugby Union, which governs the game in Wales, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kate-middleton-prince-william-attend-six-nations-rugby-match-first-years-11696486\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">creating a lighthearted rugby rivalry<\/a> with his wife as they each back different teams.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Princess Kate became patron of the Rugby Football Union and Rugby Football League in February 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/royals\/kate-middleton-makes-debut-rugby-patron-after-taking-over-role-prince-harry\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">taking over the first<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/prince-harry\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a>&#8216;s former patronages to be redistributed after he and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/meghan-markle\/\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Markle<\/a> stepped back from their royal roles in 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Kate Middleton showed support for England amid the final of the 2025 Women&#8217;s Rugby World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":455909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-457052","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-of-wales","13":"tag-prince-william","14":"tag-princess-of-wales","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-uk-royal-family","18":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115280098350881547","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457052","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=457052"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457052\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/455909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}