It’s a long-standing custom that members of the royal household attend the Wimbledon tennis championships in London annually.
The British royal household’s Wimbledon attendance dates again to the early 1900s. Quick ahead to 2017 when Princess Kate Middleton inherited the All England Membership as a patronage when the late Queen Elizabeth II — who held the place since 1952 — resigned from the submit after her ninetieth birthday.
As for her work with Wimbledon, Kate is devoted to not solely attending the championships, however makes a number of visits to charities and sporting packages all year long which might be supported by the group.
Prince Edward, in the meantime, has been the All England Membership president since 1969. Whereas he beforehand offered winners of the tennis championships their trophies on the finish of the event, it is a position that Kate has taken on lately.
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