Kate, the Princess of Wales, handed Carlos Alcaraz the champion's trophy after the Wimbledon men's final at the All England Club in only her second public appearance since announcing she was diagnosed with cancer. (More Tennis News)
Kate, wife of heir to the throne Prince William, was greeted by a standing ovation when she arrived in the Royal Box at Centre Court on Sunday to watch Alcaraz𝓀's v🃏ictory over Novak Djokovic.
🎉After leaving the court following the trophy ceremony, the princess and Alcaraz had a conversation in a room inside the tourname𝄹nt's main stadium.
“You played so well,” ♑Kate told him. “Enjoy the win.”
Earlier, Kꦚate — wearing a purple dress, one of Wimbledon's official colors — went from the stands down to the playing surface to present the trophies, p♐art of her duties as patron of the All England Club, which hosts the annual tournament.
She sh🐻💮ook hands with some of the ball kids who worked at the tournament, then exchanged words with both players and applauded for Alcaraz after giving him the winner's trophy for the second year in a row.
“It was, of course, a privilege to be in her presence again. I've said to her that it is very nice to see he🐬r in go﷽od health; she seems to be in good health," Djokovic said at his post-match news conference.
"That's obviously very positive news for everyone in this country, but also for Wimbledoဣn.”
Kate and her 9-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte, got to the site of the gra♌ss-court Grand Slam tournament in southwest London in a motorcade about a half-hour before the final was scheduled to begin.
They went to a terrace at the club that is connected to the main stadium by a pedestrian walkway and greeted several people, including 2021 U.S. Open champion Emma Raducanu and other young British tennis players.
Also in the Royal Box for the final wer💞e Kate's sister, Pippa Matthews, actors Tom Cruise and Benedict Cumberbatch a💧nd several past Wimbledon champions, including Rod Laver, Andre Agassi and Stefan Edberg.
Since 2016, Kate has been the patron of the All England Cl💎ub. She did not attend Saturday when Barbora Krejcikova defeated Jasmine Paolini for the women's title.
Kate revealed in March that she has an unspecified form of cancer and was undergoing chemotherapy. Her lone public appearance since then had been attending last monꦕth's birthday parade for King Charles III.
Before tha🌌t event, she released a statement saying she was “making good progress” but still had “good days and bad days.ꦚ”
Prince William has been a regular at Wimbledon finals but was not there Sunday. Instead, he planned to be in Germany to watch England face Spain in the final of the men's soccer European Championship. He is the president of the English Football Association.
Queen Camilla, w𓃲ife of King Charles III, visited Wimbledon on Wednesday.
