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title: "Aston Villa: Fans love Prince William comments"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Aston Villa"
published: "2021-05-05T11:45:32Z"
modified: "2021-05-05T11:45:32Z"
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# Aston Villa: Fans love Prince William comments

**Plenty of Aston Villa fans have heaped praise on Prince William on social media following the Duke of Cambridge’s visit to Villa’s Bodymoor Heath training centre.**

His Royal Highness, a Villa supporter, formally opened the new ‘high performance centre’ at the club’s base and met a few Aston Villa players along the way, as reported by [Birmingham Live](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/prince-william-aston-villa-smith-20524313).

The Prince [spoke to injured star Jack Grealish and striker Wesley Moraes](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/prince-william-aston-villa-smith-20524313) and was shown around by [co-chairman Nassef Sawiris and chief executive Christian Purslow](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/prince-william-aston-villa-smith-20524313).

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William paid a [touching tribute to Dean Smith’s father during a speech](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/prince-william-aston-villa-smith-20524313) at Bodymoor Heath and also threw in a quick dig at Birmingham City fans.

Villa’s rivals currently sit [18th](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/championship/table) in the Championship, whereas Villa are sitting pretty in [10th](https://www.premierleague.com/tables) position in the Premier League.

The Duke of Cambridge, when talking about receiving coronavirus vaccines, [said](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/prince-william-aston-villa-smith-20524313):

> “I can’t think of a cooler place than Villa Park to be vaccinated – unless you’re a Birmingham City fan.”

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### Villa fans react

[@villareport](https://twitter.com/villareport/status/1389583154680410112?s=21) shared those comments on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.

Their post received plenty of interaction, with many finding William’s comments on the Blues amusing.

**“Kinggggg”**

Credit: [@ombella](https://twitter.com/ombellla/status/1389756329686876162)

**“W”**

[Credit: @Billiam40](https://twitter.com/Billiam40/status/1389583235936624645)

**“Pure class your highness”**

[Credit: @Chardrocknroll](https://twitter.com/Chardrocknroll/status/1389617955395280897)

**“Get this man a crown”**

[Credit: @ThassosF](https://twitter.com/ThassosF/status/1389607320745881609)

**“Prince William is a legend”**

[Credit: @ReubenOwen\_](https://twitter.com/ReubenOwen_/status/1389586006848966657)

**“Well he ain’t wrong is he”**

[Credit: @will\_avfc](https://twitter.com/will_avfc/status/1389598326136262657)

***In other news: Villa plotting move for Manchester United man, find out more [here](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/aston-villa-news/aston-villa-dean-smiths-side-plotting-axel-tuanzabe-move/).***