Cast aside your gut-churning anxiety and hear ye: Football is officially coming home, and by Royal decree!
As England prepare to face Croatia in a World Cup semi-final, Prince Harry is currently in the Republic of Ireland doing what can be loosely considered as his ‘day job’.
While meeting Irish President Michael D. Higgins at the Áras in Dublin, the Prince’s statesmanlike facade slipped momentarily when a reporter in the huddle door-stepped the visiting dignitary with the question on everybody’s lips.
“Most definitely,” came the official royal response, and without hesitation.
‘Is football coming home?’: Britain’s Prince Harry was definitive in his response when asked | @KensingtonRoyal #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/4QHJcJJmb4
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) 11 July 2018
Well, that’s the kiss of death all the emphatic proof we need that football is indeed preparing to return from whence it came amid a hail of golden glory.
England simply cannot fail*