King Charles was among those who congratulated the Lionesses after their amazing win in the Euros 2025 final on July 27. Thinking ahead after their amazing 2-1 win, the King also challenged the team to bring home the World Cup in 2027.
Taking to X, the King’s message read: “Congress England. This brings you, your manager and all your support team my most heartfelt congratulations on winning the EUROS 2025. For more years than I care to remember, England fans have sung that famous chant ‘football’s coming home’.”
The message continued: “As you return home with the trophy you won at Wembley three years ago, it is a source of great pride that, through sporting skill and awesome teamwork the Lionesses have made those words ring true. For this, you have my whole family’s warmest appreciation and admiration.
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“More than that, though, you have shown through your example over past weeks that there are no setbacks so tough that defeat cannot be transformed into victory, even as the final whistle looms.
“Well done, Lionesses. The next task is to bring home the World Cup in 2027 if you possibly can!, before being signed off by ‘Charles R’.
As well as congratulating the team of players, the 76-year-old also made sure to mention their manager, Sarina Wiegman.
Sarina has been alongside the women’s team as their manager since September 2021. As well as being by the Lionesses’ side in 2022 and 2025, Sabina has now won three successive European Championships – doing so with the Netherlands in 2017.
Speaking after yesterday’s win in Basel, she said: “We said we can win by any means and that’s what we have shown again.
“I just can’t believe it, but I have a medal around my neck and we have a trophy. It has been the most chaotic tournament on the pitch – all the challenges we had on the pitch against our opponents.”
She is known to be the second manager to achieve the feat after Christina Theune did so with Germany in 1997, 2001 and 2005.