The booing started when Prince William arrived on the pre-match BBC television coverage. It continued as the Duke made his way onto the pitch to shake hands with the Liverpool and Chelsea players. Many made jeers during the National Anthem, and whilst a rendition of the Christian hymn "Abide With Me" played.
Perhaps one of the reasons the controversies arose surrounding the booing is because William is the President of the Football Association. Nevertheless, the occurrences sparked twitter debates, where many Royalists called for a ban of those who had booed the Prince. Going on to say how they should be barred from further matches. Whilst others called out that this was a sign that the general public was finally ready to abolish the monarchy. This could be a possible conclusion to draw from those booing, considering how long the jeers lasted for. However, the most interesting and perhaps controversial comments came directly from MP's.
Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle condemned those who booed the Prince, stating that it wasn't fair for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, to be ruined in such a manner. Additionally, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Ed Davey, outlined how "We have the most wonderful monarchy and those fans who booed do not represent their clubs or our country." Perhaps these comments aren't that shocking seeing as both were knighted by the Queen, So their take on the situation may be biased towards the Royals.
Despite opinion on whether they should have booed or not, or if the fans should be banned or not, no one can deny how out of touch the Royal Family is. Booing was supported by MP's, such as Priti Patel, when players were taking the knee last year in support of the Black Lives Matter Movement. So, I don't think it's the booing that is the problem.
