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Daily Mail hits out at Liverpool fans for booing Prince William in FA Cup final

The Daily Mail has chastised Liverpool fans for booing Prince William during the FA Cup final.

The royal, who is the president of the FA, was at Wembley as Chelsea and Liverpool battled it out in a closely-contested game.

Before kick-off, he made his way across the pitch to shake hands with both sets of players.

Boos rang out from the Liverpool end and got progressively louder through a rendition Abide With Me and then the national anthem.

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle denounced the response, saying: “I utterly condemn any fans who booed Prince William at Wembley today.

“The FA Cup final should be an occasion when we come together as a country. It should not be ruined by a minority of fans’ totally shameful behaviour.

“In this year of all years – the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee – this is dreadful.”

While Tory MP Karen Bradley said: “It is utterly unacceptable and disgraceful that fans booed Prince William.

“I would urge the FA to take all necessary action and pursue those responsible.”

But not everyone was as upset about the response. Here’s a pick of the reaction from elsewhere.

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Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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