‘You have to be very agile’: Queen Camilla shares her top advice with a ball girl at Wimbledon – and jokes she did the same job ‘100 years ago’
- Her Majesty, 75, arrived at the All England Lawn and Tennis club this afternoon
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Queen Camilla shared some sage advice with a ball girl at Wimbledon this afternoon that will hopefully keep her at the top of her game.
The Queen, 75, arrived at the All England Lawn and Tennis Club for the first time this tournament today to watch Ons Jabeur and Elena Rybakina and Carlos Alvaraz and Rune Holger battle it out on Centre Court.
Upon arrival, she was greeted by AELTC chairman, Ian Hewitt, and introduced to ball boys and girls, and even enjoyed a meeting one of the Championships’ search dogs.
As she met one of the ball girls, who looked sharp in pigtails and a navy cap, she advised the youngster to remain as agile as possible to keep up with the physically demanding job.
She also joked about how she had once been in the same position as a ball girl – but joked those days were ‘100 years ago’.
Upon arrival in SW19, Queen Camilla donned Wimbledon white in a knee-length dress with navy piping.
The royal finished the look with a stylish straw clutch bag and a cream shawl, clearly mindful of the changeable Wimbledon weather.
As she stepped out of the car and into the club, Mr Hewitt introduced her to the ball boys and girls.
Meeting one of the ball girls, the Queen asked if she was enjoying her first tournament, to which she replied: ‘Very much so.’
The Queen then joked: ‘You have to be very agile. I remember doing it 100 years ago… it’s quite difficult to get it right.’
Queen Camilla arrived at the All England Lawn and Tennis Club this afternoon where she met ball boys and girls taking part in Wimbledon 2023 – and she shared her words of wisdom
Her Majesty, 75, chatted to ball boys and girls, including Marisa, who was working at her first ever Wimbledon tournament
Queen Camilla also had a chat with Sean, who was also working his first Wimbledon tournament
She then met a ball boy, named Sean, and commented that he and his colleagues had to be ‘very fit’ to do their job.
Camilla, who is attending the tennis solo and for the first time with her new title, also met detection dog handler Mark Mills and his search dog Flo, reaching down to give the Labrador a friendly pet.
As she sat down to watch the excitement on Centre Court on quarter final day, Queen Camilla was accompanied by her lookalike sister, Annabel Elliot.
The Queen, a known dog lover, also petted a detection dog, a yellow labrador who seemed to love the attention
The pair were in the front row of the Box and appeared glued to the match as Jabeur beat Elena Rybakina and will sail through to the semi-finals.
SW19 was awash with royalty today as keen sports fans Zara Tindall, 42, and her husband Mike, 44, also attended to catch the action – but unlike the Queen and Zara’s brother, Peter Phillips, they sat in the stands with other tennis fans.
Elsewhere, plenty of other famous faces could be spotted at the All England Club including Pippa Middleton and James Matthews, Myleene Klass, Bridgerton’s Charithra Chandran and One Direction star Liam Payne and his girlfriend Kate Cassidy.
And royalty from abroad also graced the All England Club as the stakes get higher in the competition on quarter finals day – with Prince Albert of Monaco also making an appearance.
Dressed in a trilby hat decorated with a Wimbledon scarf, he looked thrilled to be watching the action – although he was not joined by his wife Princess Charlene and instead sat with his second cousin, Melanie-Antoinette de Massy.
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