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Prince William was seen in the stands watching Aston Villa's Champions League clash against Monaco in the Principality on Tuesday night.
The Villa fan since his childhood has been a regular at his team's European travails, starting with their historic return to the competition at the start of the season against Bayern Munich at Villa Park.
The Prince of Wales was delighted to admit he had lost his voice cheering on the Birmingham club's first home game in Europe's elite competition in 41 years, saying he “couldn't believe Unai Emery's team did it.” would have achieved.” the 1-0 victory.
The 42-year-old also regularly visits, schedule permitting, the Bodymoor Heath training ground and has been caught chatting with Emery and his players.
But the prince looked a little more nervous on Tuesday night on the French Riviera, when Emery's team fell behind 1-0 after just eight minutes.
Prince William had made the short journey across the Channel just hours after visiting the Centrepoint service in Ealing and meeting people supported by the homeless charity.
Prince William looked nervous as he watched his beloved Aston Villa from the stands.
The future king attends the match of Unai Emery's team against Monaco in the Champions League
The 42-year-old faces a nervous wait for an equalizer after his team lost 1-0 early on.
Prince Albert II was also present at the Stade Louis II, supporting his local team in the company of the club's president and owner, Dmitry Rybolovlev.
But as well as traveling to support Villa in Europe, the future king has mixed with fans at top-flight matches.
Last week, Prince William bought a round for waiting Villa fans at a Wetherspoons near Birmingham's New Street station ahead of their Premier League clash with Everton.
He bought a round of beers for eight Villa fans and drank a pint of Bulmers cider, staying for around half an hour before catching a train back to London.
Steve Jones, 56, a Villa fan for the past 35 years, said: “The club contacted us saying that Prince William wanted to meet a delegation of Villa fans while he was in Birmingham as he wanted to stay informed about everything. What was happening in Villa.
'He was fantastic. I was quite surprised by how committed he was to the club, his interest. Not a fan of good weather. He really loves the club with a passion.
“We talked about the club, transfers, the pending Champions League trip to Monaco and everything related to Aston Villa. “He asked a lot of questions; he has a good level of interest.
“95 per cent of it was a chat about Villa, as it is a shared interest, but a bit about his family. Young George is a Villa fan, but he didn't want the three to be.
Earlier in the day, Prince William was in Ealing visiting a branch of Centrepoint, a charity of which he is a patron.
Also attending the Stade Louis II was Prince Albert II of Monaco (centre) supporting his local team.
Prince William is an avid Aston Villa fan and frequent visitor to their stadium, Villa Park.
Last week, the prince bought a round for Villa fans hoping to attend their Premier League clash against Everton.
Prince William is also a regular presence in the Villa dressing room and has attended training on occasion.
“He was hugely interested and seemed like a really genuine guy and all he wanted to do was talk about Villa.
“He said he was hopeful of beating Everton tonight and would be attentive, but he was wary of new manager syndrome, or rather old manager syndrome.”
The prince got his wish, and Villa took the 1-0 victory thanks to a goal from Ollie Watkins in the 51st minute.
Jones also revealed that Prince William is a regular on Villa fan forums in a bid to “stay up to date with Villa gossip”.
“You go by different names and you post there because that's how you get an idea of what's going on and what the opinion is,” Jones added.