Prince William watched the England game in the ultimate 'man cave'
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The Crown Prince of Jordan has some pretty interesting digs
Twitter is obsessed with this photo of Prince William watching England beat Panama.
No, it’s not just because the home nation team won 6-1 and are now officially through to the group stage – although that does help.
It’s actually because of the ridiculous ‘man cave’ Wills watched it in – and the person sitting next to him. The not-unattractive man in question is Hussein bin Abdullah, and the soon-to-be 24-year-old is the Crown Prince of Jordan. The ‘man cave’ is his impressive basement in the Beit al Urdun Palace.
The Duke of Cambridge was in Amman for the start of an official tour of Jordan, Israel and Palestine. He was checking out factories and tech initiatives and apparently had to repeatedly tell photographers not to mention the England match.
The Crown Prince of Jordan has a pretty impressive basement
According to the Daily Mail, external, the Duke of Cambridge apparently jokingly pleaded with the journalists travelling with him: “On pain of death, please don’t tell me the score!”
Kensington Palace tweeted the photo of Wills watching the game with Crown Prince Hussein.
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Hussein was filling in for royal duties on behalf of his parents, King Abdullah II and Queen Rania, who are currently in Washington DC on an official visit. And naturally, people had a lot to say about the Crown Prince’s digs.
That massive TV isn’t bad either.
Although Hussein’s taste in chairs is… somewhat questionable.
But mainly, it was Hussein bin Abdullah himself who turned a few heads.
Okay… maybe more than a few.
It's not just UK residents who have noticed Sandhurst graduate, Crown Prince Hussein though. He is something of an international heart-throb.
His Instagram page, which has 1.4million followers, is full of him visiting youth centres…
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Climbing rocks…
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And feeding orphans.
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Excuse the world while it swoons.
The Crown Prince also had Wills' back when it came to avoiding the final score. Hussein had asked his staff to record the match so they could watch it after dinner that evening, once all the official stuff was out of the way.
And it’s a good thing he did, because the game was a corker. England arguably played the best they’ve ever played in a World Cup match, ending with a result that saw them qualify to the next round.
If only we could have been a fly on the 'man cave' wall to hear the Princes' chat – chants, even. What would they have spoken about beyond Kane's hat-trick? The weather, perhaps? Prince Harry's wedding? At the very least, let's hope Hussein gave Wills some tips on how to look effortlessly cool on Insta.
