Prince William declared himself 'Villa til I die' as he celebrated Aston Villa's historic Europa League win

Prince William passionately declared himself "Villa til I die" as he celebrated Aston Villa's historic Europa League win on Wednesday (20.05.26) night.

The Prince of Wales and his friends were in attendance at the Tupras Stadium in Istanbul to see his beloved football team beat Freiburg 3-0 to claim their first European trophy since the year he was born, and througtout the game the 44-year-old royal had his emotions on display, cheering and shouting, embracing his pals when the goals went in, and finally wiping away a tear as the side lifted their prize.

And afterwards, William wrote on X: "Amazing night!! Huge congratulations to all the players, team,staff and everyone connected to the club! 44 years since the last taste of European silverware!

"Special shout out to Boubacar Kamara who has been out injured but is such an integral part of our team and helped lay the foundations of this success."

He concluded the messages with the acronyms UTV and VTID - which stand for Up the Villa and Villa Til I Die respectively - along with a strength emoji, a red heart, and the letter W to indicate it was a personal post.

William had visited the players in the dressing room before the match and captain John McGinn joked it was time for him to "get his credit card out" to buy the players a few drinks after the game.

He said: “Hopefully Prince William is paying for the free bar. He’s a classy guy. He was in the dressing room before the game. He’s a massive Villa fan, he was never going to miss it. He’s just a normal guy, it’s great to have his support. Hopefully, he can have a couple of drinks with us and maybe get his credit card out."