04 March,2015 08:22 AM IST | | AFP
Britain's Prince William practised sports diplomacy in China yesterday, striding onto the football pitch at a Shanghai school
Prince William
Shanghai: Britain's Prince William practised sports diplomacy in China yesterday, striding onto the football pitch at a Shanghai school. Wearing a dark blue suit, he stopped a stray ball, tapped it twice with his black shoe before giving it a confident kick on the artificial turf.
Prince William. Pic/AFP
His trip to China, making him the highest-profile royal visitor since Queen Elizabeth II in 1986, has been laden with symbolism as Britain attempts to improve top-level diplomatic relations with Beijing.
William - a supporter of relegation-threatened Aston Villa - chatted with students taking part in the football clinic at Nanyang secondary school, part of a programme run by the British Council and the Premier League.
