The Duchess of Cambridge has sent a good luck message to the British team preparing for the 'challenge of a lifetime' in the America's Cup
The Duchess of Cambridge has sent a good luck message to the British team preparing for the 'challenge of a lifetime' in the America's Cup.
Kate, 38, who is patron of the team's official charity the 1851 Trust, told the crew: 'We will all be cheering you on,' in a video message believe to be recorded from her home Amner Hall, in Norfolk.
A keen sailor who was dressed in one of the crew's £175 navy jackets, the royal said in her video message: 'Sir Ben Ainslie and his team are about to embark on the challenge of a lifetime - an attempt to win sport's oldest international trophy, the America's Cup.
Four-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Ben Ainslie is skippering Ineos
Team UK on the Britannia race boat at the 36th America's Cup in New
Zealand.