Adele and Ed Sheeran were some of the famous faces in the crowd at England’s European Championship triumph

Adele wasn’t the only celebrity in the crowd at last night’s match. Fellow British musician Ed Sheeran was also at the game and in a similarly exuberant mood.

In fact, this year’s European Championship league, played in cities across Germany and featuring teams that won the 2020 tournament, seems to have turned even the most unlikely among us into football fans.

Prince William rose to prominence with his theatrical reaction to England’s quarter-final penalty shootout win over Switzerland, and his reaction became a meme that was widely shared on social media. Shortly after the match ended, the heir to the throne posted a message on the Instagram account he shares with his wife Kate Middleton. “Nail biting until the end. Well done @England! We’re going to the semi-finals! We believe in it.” The tweet was signed simply with “W,” as is his family custom.

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Naomi May is a freelance writer and editor specialising in pop culture, lifestyle and politics. After graduating with honours from her prestigious journalism course at City University, Naomi started at the Evening Standard as a fashion and beauty writer, working on both the newspaper and its website. She is now acting news editor at ELLE UK and has written for The Guardian, Vogue, Vice and Refinery29, amongst others.