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- Kate Middleton returned to Wimbledon on day 14 of the tennis tournament to see the men’s singles finals with Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte
- George and Charlotte have both attended Wimbledon before, but their little brother, Prince Louis, has yet to make his Wimbledon debut
- In 2025, Kate attended the men’s singles finals with Princess Charlotte in a rare appearance amid her cancer treatment
Kate Middleton is back at Wimbledon for the final day of competition, and she brought her family!
After attending the ladies’ singles final at the tennis tournament on July 12, the Princess of Wales returned the following day to see Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner compete for the top spot. This time, Prince William joined his wife at the sporting event with their two eldest children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
The entire family color coordinated in blue for the day out. Prince William and Prince George sported suits and ties, while Princess Kate and Princess Charlotte wore summer dresses — with Charlotte’s blue hair bow perfectly complementing her mom’s ensemble.
Prince George, who turns 12 on July 22, and Princess Charlotte, 10, have both attended Wimbledon twice before. However, their 7-year-old brother, Prince Louis, has yet to make his Wimbledon debut.
Although the Royal Box at Centre Court is typically off-limits to kids given the high demand for a spot and limited 74 seats, exceptions are made for royal children.
Prince George first attended Wimbledon 2022 alongside his parents, who are regulars at the sporting event, where Kate regularly awards trophies to Wimbledon winners as the patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. There, the young royal got the chance to hold Novak Djokovic’s first-place trophy following the match!
George returned to Wimbledon the following year, cheering from the stands alongside his parents and Princess Charlotte (in her debut appearance at the tennis tournament!) as Carlos Alcaraz won the men’s singles final against Djokovic.
Last year, Wimbledon was a girls’ day out for Princess Kate, Princess Charlotte and Pippa Middleton, as the Princess of Wales made a rare outing amid her cancer treatment.
Although Prince George missed last year’s tennis tournament, he’s no stranger to the sports stands. He often joins dad Prince William at soccer games, including a father-son outing on April 15 to cheer on Aston Villa.
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Princess Kate, 43, has watched the tournament in person almost every year since she married Prince William in 2011. There were a few notable exceptions, however: doctors advised against her attending in 2013 when she was “heavily pregnant” with Prince George, and Wimbledon was canceled in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prince William, 43, also had a special reason for attending Wimbledon this year. Notpla, an organization that makes biodegradable packaging from seaweed and won one of the Prince of Wales’ Earthshot Prizes, partnered with Wimbledon for both the food packaging and a spoon made from seaweed.
Despite announcing she was in remission in January, Kate is continuing to balance royal duties with recovery. Earlier this month, the Princess of Wales opened up about the “really difficult” stage that follows the completion of cancer treatment.
“You put on a sort of brave face, stoicism through treatment. Treatment’s done, then it’s like, ‘I can crack on, get back to normal,’ ” she said during a July 2 visit to Colchester Hospital. “But actually, the phase afterwards is really, really difficult.”
“You have to find your new normal and that takes time…and it’s a rollercoaster, it’s not smooth, like you expect it to be,” Kate added. “But the reality is you go through hard times.”
The family outing comes just one day after it was revealed that senior aides for Prince Harry and King Charles met privately in London on Wednesday, July 9 — a small but significant sign that efforts to mend the royal rift may finally be underway.
A distance remains between the King’s sons, whose relationship has been strained since Harry and Meghan Markle’s 2020 step back from royal duties. Tensions escalated in the years that followed, with the couple’s televised interviews, their Netflix docuseries, and Harry’s memoir Spare, which included the shocking allegation of a physical altercation with Prince William.
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