King's message to the England squad

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"My wife and I join all our family in wishing you the warmest congratulations on reaching the final of the U.E.F.A. European Championship - and in sending our very best wishes for Sunday’s match.

If I may encourage you to secure victory before the need for any last minute wonder-goals or another penalties drama, I am sure the stresses on the nation’s collective heart rate and blood pressure would be greatly alleviated!

Good luck, England.

Charles R"

I think it's great and interesting to see more personality and humour coming through in a message like this.

Be more Jack and Victor!

Restoration day was actually made a public holiday until the mid 1800s. It was also called Oak Apple day (the type of tree Charles II hid in) and Pinch-Bum-Day (if you didn’t wear a spirg of Oak Apple you might get your bum pinched, like Charles II to keep him awake and stop him falling out of said tree!). It is still celebrated by the Chelsea Pensioners (the Royal Hospital was founded by Charles II) as Founders Day, and some small rural communities continue to celebrate it too.

Fascinating, @PrettyFlyforaMaiTai !
I'm going to petition Parliament to bring back Oak Apple Day and pinching!
That would give the misery guts folk something to moan about. Yay 😊!

They must hate the theatre. Dame Judy Dench must really fucking wind them up.

Some of the comments on here 🙄

As for it being patronising considering the last couple of games, it's absolutely spot on.

I absolutely love her. She was a brilliant player for club and country. She put up with a lot of abuse when she got per punditry role on Sky, but undaunted she carried on. She did one of the best Paso Dobles ever on Strictly. She’s funny and super smart in her field of knowledge. And she’s gorgeous and I love her style. I can really recommend her Who Do You Think You Are? episode. Fascinating history, Jewish on her mother’s side (with an anti fascist movement ancestor during the Brick Lane riots) and on her father’s side, the oft untold history of black ancestors who were also slave owners. She’s terribly brave to have not covered that up.

I saw it! Her mum's side of the family were East End Jews who took on Mosley's Blackshirts! Amazing. Yes, it was also interesting that the Jamaican side were slave owners.
She's brilliant.

Does one "wish" someone congratulations? I suppose it is the King's English....

Yes, you can wish someone congratulations.

Speaking as an American, my father, the first of his family to be born in the US, put himself through college on a US football scholarship and eventually coached his local high school team. William may have been cheering UK football but I could totally relate to him.

What King Charles said has been said up and down the country for the last 3 weeks! I would say it makes him pretty relatable.

Well I don’t think my nerves or blood pressure could stand another game like last Saturday tbh! So I agree with him.

Good Lord some people are sad, joyless, bitter husks. Trot off to CelebBitchy if you want to be so negative.

I thought it was a nice message. And if he’s not your king maybe try not to comment.

Exactly this.

Yes - they take the prize for mean-spirited, curmudgeonly, puritanical, po-faced and frankly, desperate negativity.

Some people....I'm glad I don't know them IRL!

God. Can you imagine working with some of them?!

I was watching The Rest Is Football earlier with Gary Lineker and the other lads from Match Of The Day, and he pretty much said the same as King Charles about the last minute dramas not being good for the heart or mind.

Exactly.

De-rail, but I hope Camilla sent a quiet little message to the England Mens' Cricket Team today.