An early birthday present for Prince William? Royal flies out to Euro 2024 to watch England play Denmark

The Standard reports the royal, who is president of the English Football Association, is set to watch the Three Lions take on the Danes at the Frankfurt Arena on Thursday afternoon. The Prince, who is an Aston Villa fan, turns 42 the following day, so he will hope Gareth Southgate's men can deliver him an early gift.

This trip for William will be a solo one as the Princess of Wales is still away from public duties while she continues her cancer treatment. Incidentally, victory for England would see them qualify for the last 16 of the Euros - with a game to play.

William presented shirts to the England squad before the team left for Germany as he made a surprise visit to England's national football centre, St George's Park. He relayed to the players that his son, six-year-old Prince Louis, advised them to "eat twice the amount" they normally would to lift the trophy.

After Southgate's England side - who won their tournament opener with a 1-0 victory against Serbia on Sunday - take on Denmark, they round off their group stage campaign against Slovenia next Tuesday night.