Kate Middleton beams as she cheers on England at Rugby World Cup match in France

Kate Middleton was all smiles as she attended the match between England and Argentina in the first round of the Rugby World Cup in Marseilles, France on Saturday.

The 41-year-old Princess of Wales, who is the patron of the Rugby Football Union and Rugby Football League, watched from the stands at the Stade de Marseille as England emerged victorious over Argentina with a final score of 27-10.

Middleton, who was clad in a crisp white Alexander McQueen pantsuit, was pictured chatting and laughing with World Rugby chairman Sir Bill Beaumont ahead of the game.

After England's win, the Duchess of Cambridge visited the team in their locker room, where she was pictured congratulating the team's players including Courtney Lawes, Danny Care, Jonny May, Freddie Steward and Elliot Daly.

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In February 2022, the late Queen Elizabeth redistributed the patronages of the organizations to Middleton.

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Middleton's husband Prince William, 41, who has been patron of the Welsh Rugby Union since 2016, will also travel to France this weekend for a Rugby World Cup match. The Prince of Wales is set to be in attendance on Sunday when Wales takes on Fiji in Bordeaux. 

On Saturday, the official Instagram page for the Prince and Princess of Wales posted a clip from a recent appearance by Middleton and William on the "The Good, The Bad & The Rugby" podcast.

The podcast is hosted by Mike Tindall, a former rugby union player and the husband of William's cousin Zara Tindall, as well as former rugby player James Haskell and rugby commenter Alex Payne. In addition to Middleton and William, Princess Anne, who is Tindall's mother-in-law and patron of the Scottish Rugby Union, also appeared in the episode. 

In the clip, the royals discussed the sport and shared memories of their own athletic pursuits as well as personal anecdotes.

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"The only time I’ve ever cried when watching sport was when Zara won, I think it was the European championship," William admitted in the video. "I was down in Exmoor at the time camping. We were all huddled around the phone watching it."

"She was there, she was blubbing away, the flag was going up. I was in pieces."

Middleton remarked on the advancement in the athletic opportunities that are available to today's youth. "Rugby and football weren't school sports when I was growing up so it was really great that kids, like Charlotte's playing both, it's really good to see youngsters, particularly girls playing these sports."

"Great chatting all things rugby and much more on @GoodBadRugby," the royals captioned the video. "Best of luck to all the Home Nations! #RWC2023."


The 2023 Rugby World Cup kicked off on Sept. 8 and will conclude seven weeks later on Oct. 28. If England and Wales happen to face off during the tournament, it wouldn't be the first time that the royal couple have cheered for their opposing teams.

In February, William and Middleton attended the Six Nations rugby match between the two countries in Cardiff, England. 

Ahead of the competition, the royal couple met with injured players aided by the Welsh Charitable Trust, where they alluded to a little friendly competition.

At the event, William joked "it's going to be a very tense journey home," per the BBC. "If we win today my wife won't speak to me. It will be a tense evening."

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Luckily for William, Middleton's team reigned victorious, beating Wales 20-10.

The princess, for her part, was most excited about the environment for the game, sharing "The atmosphere is always second-to-none, so I'm looking forward to that."

Teen who suffered loss of leg in accident is called 'lazy child' on train, ordered to 'get up' from seat

A teenager shared an unfortunate personal story on Reddit — and in a very short time has elicited some 15,000 reactions and 2,000 comments from others on social media who responded to the post.

"A few years ago," wrote the young woman, identifying herself as a 16-year-old, "I lost my left leg in an accident."

She said she's "been using a prosthetic leg since then, and because my family is well [off], it is a pretty advanced one to the point where it just looks like I just have two normal legs whenever I wear long trousers."

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She added, "Which I usually do because I'm really self-conscious about showing my prosthetic."

She continued to share her story with others on the subreddit known as AITA ("Am I the a--hole?"). "These days," she wrote, "I can pretty much do anything I like without issues — walking, running, going upstairs, etc."

The teen also said that her "main issue is keeping my balance when there are sudden changes in movement, in places like trains and buses. Which is where the topic of this post comes in," added the Reddit writer, who goes by the username "Swimming-Contact6122." 

"I was riding the train and sat down in the seat reserved for disabled, elderly and pregnant women," she said (she did not share her location).

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"It was pretty busy," she added, "so there were no other seats available."

Later, after a few stops, she said "a woman came up to me telling me I needed to move, because she needs that seat and I shouldn't be sitting there." 

The teenager said she responded that she "was sorry — but I needed the seat myself." 

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The woman, the teen continued, "got all argumentive that I just need to get up, because the seat is meant for the elderly and I'm just a lazy child who is more than capable of standing."

So the teen again "apologized," but said that she "really needed the seat myself."

The teen said the woman then "left and got the train conductor, who also told me to get up from the seat."

The teenager then shared what she did next. 

"I was really done with being treated this way now, so I rolled up my trouser leg, showed my prosthetic — and told her I wasn't going to move," she said. 

At that point, added the teenager in her Reddit post, the woman who had been bothering her "suddenly got very red-faced and mumbled something before she got off at the next station."

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The teen then asked others on the social media platform if she was wrong for the way she handled the awkward and difficult situation.

She added, "I could have said, ‘I have a prosthetic,' right away, but it's a really touchy subject for me and it makes me feel very self-conscious."

She also shared, "That's why I always wear long trousers so nobody can see or has to know."

Fox News Digital reached out to a psychologist for insight into the situation.

Wrote one responder on the subreddit, earning 16,000 "upvotes" alone for this comment, "We're all built differently. I'd have just pulled up my pant leg and been like, ‘You f---ing serious?’ But you did it differently and more politely than [most] would have done."

Added the commenter, "You cannot possibly be an a--hole for handling it more graciously than most would."

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Wrote another person in reply to the original post, "Seriously … what’s up with people thinking that young people can’t possibly be disabled or in pain?"

This same person went on, "I had a friend of a friend in college who had to get surgery, as she’s deaf in one ear. One of her professors wouldn’t accommodate her. She showed up to class with her hair messy and the part that was shaved for surgery, with fresh stitches on her head and all."

The same writer added, "You could legit be dying and old people think you can walk it off, [or] you’re exaggerating, you’re lying [or] it can’t possibly be that bad."

Continued this same commenter, "Imagine if we treated the elderly that way. It wouldn’t be fair, right?"

Wrote another person in response to the teen's story, "No one is obligated or entitled to know your disability. You shouldn’t have to ‘prove’ that you belong in a disabled space. Some disabilities are less obvious or even invisible." 

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The commenter finished with, "This woman and especially the train conductor had no right to question you this was. It was inappropriate and unprofessional."

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Yet another responder to the tale wrote, "You are not required to tell the world your situation. She forced your hand. Maybe she will think twice next time."

Said someone else in a simple statement of sympathy, "I’m sorry this happened to you."

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