"With his arm around his daughter's shoulders and her legs crossed towards her dad, this is a rare moment for any royal, illustrating the levelling power of sport on everyone's psyche."

Ms James also noted that depite the royals usually being the centre of attention in any engagement they attend, Sunday's victory showed that the "glorious" thing about sport is that it can allowe atheles to "leapfrog" them.

She explained: "William is always the centre of attention and affords respect wherever he goes, but the glorious thing about a win in sport is that it allows athletes and competitors to leapfrog that pecking order.

"Which leaves moments like this, where a royal prince and princess are left gazing in awe at the England team as they celebrate their phenomenal win.

"William and Charlotte take this pecking order knock-down willingly and with obvious enjoyment, too.

"When you're as famous as they are it's good to be an awe-struck fan and William has always been the best role model for his children when it comes to this modest response to celebs like Taylor Swift and his football heroes.

"His suppressed smiles and excited grins as he hands out the medals shows exactly how proud and in awe of the women he is."