Prince William had a funny moment with his aunt Princess Anne on Mike Tindall’s podcast, The good, the bad and rugbythat made royal fans smile.
The conversation turned to the racket sport of Padel, and while William and Kate raved about their new pastime, Anne hesitated.
“Do you even think I could do it?” asked the 75-year-old Princess Royal, momentarily questioning her sporting chops despite her Olympic equestrian past.
William was quick to reassure her, smiling, “Of course! You’d be brilliant at it.”
It was a rare glimpse of Anne’s self-deprecating side, which contrasted her usual reputation as the hardest-working royal in history, tackling hundreds of engagements a year without breaking a sweat.
The Princess Royal’s sporting tastes have always leaned towards the equestrian and rugby fields rather than the tennis court, following in the footsteps of her mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, who rarely attended Wimbledon and famously found tennis “too boring”.
The clip captures a touch of humility from one of the most formidable royals, paired with Williams’ trademark encouragement, proving that even the Princess Royal can have a moment of “Can I really do this?”
