Prince William enjoyed a pint of cider with football fans today. (Image: NC)
visited a city centre Wetherspoons earlier today to chat with some Aston Villa fans before the club’s big football game tonight, revealing one of his big fears.
The future King, 42, was spotted sitting at the pub enjoying a Bulmers cider at Birmingham New Street station with fellow fans just hours before Aston Villa took to the pitch against Everton.
After buying a round of beers for eight football fans, William spent half an hour chatting to them before catching a train back to London.
One of the fans who enjoyed a drink with William was 56-year-old Steve Jones. He said: “We were contacted by the club saying wanted to meet a delegation of Villa fans as he was in Birmingham as he wanted to keep in the loop with everything going on at Villa. He was fantastic. I was quite amazed about how engaged he was with the club his interest.
“He’s not a fair weather fan. He really loves the club with a passion. We spoke about the club, the transfers, the pending Champions League trip to Monaco, and all things Aston Villa.”
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Steve said William also said he was wary about one thing ahead of tonight’s game. Steve said: “He said he was hopeful about beating Everton tonight and would be watching but was wary about new manager syndrome, or rather old manager syndrome.”
The surprise visit comes after William was unveiled as Patron of the College of Paramedics. at Birmingham Conference and Events Centre today.
As well as making a speech at the conference, the Prince of Wales also talked to several paramedics from across the country. The dad-of-three learnt about paramedic training, current morale and hospital waiting times.
At the event, the prince asked paramedics plenty of questions about their jobs before moving on to discuss the upcoming Aston Villa game.
William told the conference hosts: “I’ll be watching the game and keeping an eye on what’s going on.”
He later said at the event: “It’s great to be back in Birmingham, and for any fellow Villa fans with us today – I look forward to celebrating our win over Everton later…”
Steve also said that William spoke about his family, including his three children.
He said: “It was 95 per cent chat about Villa as that’s out shared interest but a bit about his family
“Young George is a Villa fan but he didn’t want all three to be Villa fans. He was massively interested and seemed a really genuine guy and all he wanted to do is talk about Villa.”
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The prince last spoke about the football team on Christmas Day during the annual Royal Family walkabout at Sandringham, something his daughter Princess Charlotte, nine, found highly amusing.
While most royal fans wished the family a Merry Christmas as they conducted the walkabout, one fan quipped “Up the Villa” at
The future King smiled and replied “Up the Villa” as he continued the walk back to Sandringham House for Christmas Day lunch.