- Duchess of Cambridge stepped out for the second time in a week
- Joined William and Harry to meet young sports coaches at London Stadium
- Came just days after she danced with Paddington Bear
- Royal sources say she's feeling better and taking things 'day by day'
The Duchess of Cambridge was the epitome of casual chic in a blue designer blazer, skinny jeans and low-heeled boots as she attended the graduation ceremony for more than 150 Coach Core apprentices at London Stadium
Noble said: 'We know that William's an Aston Villa fan so whether it gets put on or not I don't know. Whether they'll let George do that I don't know! It was a gesture from us as a welcome to the club really.
'We were talking about the new stadium, football and what West Ham coming to the stadium has done for the area. It's so nice to speak to the royals. For 99 per cent of the population they are figures from afar.
'I told my little girl, who's only eight, that I was coming to meet the royals and she was so jealous. I can't wait to show her photos. She'll think I'm more of a great dad now than I was yesterday.'
He added: 'For me, getting kids doing sport instead of sitting in front of computers is great. We need to do more of this stuff to get people active.'
William's favorite team share the same claret and sky blue colors as West Ham and when he and Kate and Harry arrived to be welcomed by Karren Brady, vice chairman of the club, he quipped, 'Right colors, wrong team!'
The royals caught up with newly-graduated coaches and the next set of apprentices as they were put through their paces at various sports like tennis, gymnastics, rugby and football.
Judy Murray, who is a tennis coach and helped inspire and train her son Andy to grand slam standard, caught up with Kate to talk about their shared love of sport.
She said: 'To have the backing of the princes and the duchess is amazing and a huge inspiration for all the young people.'
She said she and Kate spoke about developing coordination in children. 'We were talking about the things you can do with kids when they're little to help them develop those core skills. They don't need to be taught by a coach. Parents have got a big role to play in that. The prince and the duchess are very sporty so I'm sure they'll be keen for their kids to enjoy sport as well.
'We were talking about the things you can with balloons when kids are very small and that bean bags don't roll. She's been trying with the balloons and I was telling her to try bubbles as well.
'Blow bubbles and splat them with a little table tennis (ping pong) bat. It's a fun way of developing those basic skills. Kids learn best when they're playing.'
She added: 'It's an amazing foundation because it creates a wonderful opportunity for young people to be trained to deliver sport. These are all kids who otherwise would not have the opportunity — they may not be academically inclined or have the support of family or have qualifications but they have the desire, passion and personality to be able to deliver sport in their communities which is needed of we're to make sport accessible and available as we'd like it to be.'
Apprentices from all over the U.K. were honoured at London Stadium, home of West Ham — the former Olympic stadium in London. It was a fitting venue as five years ago, the royal trio set up Coach Core program on the eve of the 2012 London games.
They royals will take to the London Stadium's pitch-side stage to congratulate young people from London, Glasgow, Wales and Essex on completing the Coach Core scheme.
The programme is designed to teach apprentices, aged between 16 and 24, technical sports skills alongside coaching, with an emphasis on employability.
Noble said: 'We know that William's an Aston Villa fan so whether it gets put on or not I don't know. Whether they'll let George do that I don't know! It was a gesture from us as a welcome to the club really.
'We were talking about the new stadium, football and what West Ham coming to the stadium has done for the area. It's so nice to speak to the royals. For 99 per cent of the population they are figures from afar.
'I told my little girl, who's only eight, that I was coming to meet the royals and she was so jealous. I can't wait to show her photos. She'll think I'm more of a great dad now than I was yesterday.'
He added: 'For me, getting kids doing sport instead of sitting in front of computers is great. We need to do more of this stuff to get people active.'
William's favorite team share the same claret and sky blue colors as West Ham and when he and Kate and Harry arrived to be welcomed by Karren Brady, vice chairman of the club, he quipped, 'Right colors, wrong team!'
The royals caught up with newly-graduated coaches and the next set of apprentices as they were put through their paces at various sports like tennis, gymnastics, rugby and football.
Judy Murray, who is a tennis coach and helped inspire and train her son Andy to grand slam standard, caught up with Kate to talk about their shared love of sport.
She said: 'To have the backing of the princes and the duchess is amazing and a huge inspiration for all the young people.'
She said she and Kate spoke about developing coordination in children. 'We were talking about the things you can do with kids when they're little to help them develop those core skills. They don't need to be taught by a coach. Parents have got a big role to play in that. The prince and the duchess are very sporty so I'm sure they'll be keen for their kids to enjoy sport as well.
'We were talking about the things you can with balloons when kids are very small and that bean bags don't roll. She's been trying with the balloons and I was telling her to try bubbles as well.
'Blow bubbles and splat them with a little table tennis (ping pong) bat. It's a fun way of developing those basic skills. Kids learn best when they're playing.'
She added: 'It's an amazing foundation because it creates a wonderful opportunity for young people to be trained to deliver sport. These are all kids who otherwise would not have the opportunity — they may not be academically inclined or have the support of family or have qualifications but they have the desire, passion and personality to be able to deliver sport in their communities which is needed of we're to make sport accessible and available as we'd like it to be.'
Apprentices from all over the U.K. were honoured at London Stadium, home of West Ham — the former Olympic stadium in London. It was a fitting venue as five years ago, the royal trio set up Coach Core program on the eve of the 2012 London games.
They royals will take to the London Stadium's pitch-side stage to congratulate young people from London, Glasgow, Wales and Essex on completing the Coach Core scheme.
The programme is designed to teach apprentices, aged between 16 and 24, technical sports skills alongside coaching, with an emphasis on employability.
