WIMBLEDON

WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIPS CANCELLED THIS YEAR, WE’LL CERTAINLY MISS THE SIGHT OF KATE AND CO ENJOYING THE SPORTING ACTION

The Royals and Wimbledon go together like strawberries and cream. Every year, we love sharing in their soaring elation and crushing frustrations while watching the championships. The Duchess of Cambridge is a big fan of the game and it’s often written all over her face when her favourite players miss a shot!

“I find it hugely emotional and I’m not even taking part,” she said in BBC’S Sue Barker: Our Wimbledon. Recalling Andy Murray’s 2013 triumph, she added, “I was very heavily pregnant with George so I wasn’t able to turn up. I was saying, ‘Maybe I could go…’ and the doctor said, ‘Definitely not!’”

Her Majesty the Queen handed over patronage of the All England Lawn Tennis And Croquet Club to Kate in

2016. Describing the tournament as “a quintessential part of the English summer”, the duchess revealed, “It’s been very much part of my family growing up... it inspired me, when I was younger, to get involved in the game.”

Kate’s even good friends with her mum’s “heartthrob”, Wimbledon champ Roger Federer, who once gave Prince George a one-on-one coaching session.

The royals began attending the world-renowned tennis tournament in

1907 and have had their own 74-seater Royal Box at the club since 1922. The Queen’s father even competed in

1926, before he was king, but lost in the first round and never tried again.

Here are just a few of our favourite royal photos from recent years.