Prince William looked tense as he was spotted supporting his lifelong team during their major clash on Wednesday evening.
The Prince of Wales was among the 40,000 passionate Aston Villa fans during their Champions League second leg clash against Belgian side Club Brugge.
Aston Villa, Prince William’s beloved team, are bidding to reach the quarter-finals of the prestigious European football competition.
The camera panned to the royal midway through the first half as the score remained tied goalless.
Prince William is a life-long Villa fan
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The Midlands side go into the match as clear favourites having won the away leg 3-1 in Belgium on March 4.
In addition, Club Brugge suffered a nightmare start when the Belgium defender, Kyriani Sabbe, was shown red after a challenge on loanee Marcus Rashford in the 16th minute.
Aston Villa are unbeaten at home in their first Champions League campaign since the 1982/83 season.
Prince William’s team has secured three wins and one draw from their four league phase matches at Villa Park.
Prince William looked tense as he was spotted supporting his lifelong team during their major clash on Wednesday evening
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The life-long fan has attended both the Bayern Munich and Celtic matches in Birmingham earlier this season.
He also made his first away visit in January travelling to Monaco to support Villa in a 1-0 loss.
William stopped off at Aston Villa’s training ground to speak with the players on Tuesday.
The prince took a detour on his way to a royal engagement when he met with the Villa squad.
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William wrote on Instagram: “Great to pop in to see @avfcofficial yesterday ahead of tonight’s Champions League game!”
He added: “Up the Villa!” which is term used by Aston Villa fans to express support for the club.
Prince William posted photos of him greeting Aston Villa players including Morgan Rogers, Matty Cash, Youri Tielemans and Emiliano Martínez, who were among the starting 11.
If the result remains the same, Villa will face Paris St-Germain in the Quarter finals on April 8.