Prince William meets England's Euro 2024 squad

Prince William has met pinch England's Euro 2024 squad earlier they recreation to Germany for nan tournament.

The prince, who is nan Football Association's president, met pinch nan players and head Gareth Southgate astatine England's St George's Park nationalist shot centre successful Burton-upon-Trent.

He presented shirts to nan 26 players and delivered a speech, including immoderate proposal from his youngest child, six-year-old Prince Louis.

Prince William, an Aston Villa fan, told nan players: "I was connected nan schoolhouse tally this greeting pinch nan children and I said, 'What shall I opportunity to nan England squad today?'.

"The champion spot of proposal I sewage to inquire you was to eat doubly nan magnitude you usually would eat.

"So I past had visions of each of you moving astir pinch monolithic awesome tummies and loads of stitches connected nan pitch, truthful I deliberation possibly return my youngest's proposal pinch a pinch of salt."

Schoolchildren from nan Midlands were invited to nan arena to people England's send-off.

Southgate's squad will depart for Germany later connected Monday earlier their first group crippled against Serbia connected Sunday.

England, runners-up astatine Euro 2020, besides look Denmark and Slovenia successful Group C.

They mislaid 1-0 to Iceland successful their last warm-up lucifer connected Friday.

The tourney starts connected Friday, pinch hosts Germany against Scotland.