Welcome to Wrexham has a significant connection to Prince William — and it’s not solely as a result of Wales is concerned.
“Prince William is right here in Wrexham as we speak as a result of it’s St. David’s Day, which is clearly the Welsh, kind of, nationwide vacation,” Wrexham AFC govt director Humphrey Ker mentioned through the Thursday, Could 30, episode of the FX collection. “Solely we don’t get the time off St. David’s Day, which is a little bit of a swiz.”
St. David’s Day is widely known on March 1, and William, 41, met up with Wrexham AFC cochairman Rob McElhenney at The Turf pub.
“As Prince of Wales, Prince William has gotta come and press the flesh, kiss infants and do all that kind of enterprise that princes do,” Ker continued. “For us, it’s nice that Wrexham Soccer Membership and Wrexham as an entire has change into a spot the royals placed on their itinerary after they’re coming to go to Wales.”
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Elsewhere within the scene it was revealed that Ker and William really grew up collectively, each attending Ludgrove Faculty and Eton School. The Prince of Wales famous it’s “been some time” since they’d seen one another whereas shaking palms.
“I went to highschool with Prince William. I’ve identified him since I used to be 7, or one thing like that,” Ker mentioned in his confessional. “We actually shared a bed room from 7 till 10.”
Rob McElhenney and Prince William. Chris Jackson/Getty Picture
William sat with McElhenney and Ker, praising their work with Wrexham AFC.
“Has the journey been as thrilling because it seems on the surface?” William requested McElhenney, 47. “It’s nice what you guys are doing, it truly is.”
The group has “exceeded something we may have ever imagined,” the It’s At all times Sunny in Philadelphia star informed the Prince of Wales.
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“You give so many soccer followers, whose group perhaps just isn’t within the glory days that they need to be or was once, the hope and the optimism that someday you could be again,” William added. He and McElhenney pulled beers from the faucet and took photographs collectively whereas within the bar.
William is hardly the primary member of the royal household to make a journey to Wrexham. The Welcome to Wrexham season 2 premiere in September 2023 adopted McElhenney and his cochairman Ryan Reynolds as they went to “monarchy boot camp” earlier than assembly King Charles III.
“It was just like the navy besides your pinky is all the time up,” Reynolds joked on the time.
New episodes of Welcome to Wrexham premiere on FX Thursdays.
