Prince William captured celebrating Aston Villa goal with royal in attendance for European clash

He has been a regular at Villa Park for big European nights.

Villa Park erupted in the first half of their Europa League semi-final second leg clash against Nottingham Forest when Ollie Watkins tapped home.

Trailing by a goal heading into the game - Watkins netted in the first half to level the tie for Villa.

Villa fans took the roof off Villa Park as it went in and one of their most famous supporters was in attendance to celebrate the moment.

Prince William, a well known avid Villa fan has been at a number of big European nights and he wasn’t missing this one.

He was spotted celebrating the opening goal and also head of kick off, alongside the likes of England boss Thomas Tuchel, as well as former Villa man Ahmed El Mohammedy.

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