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Ellie Ng and Bill McLoughlin

Kate dazzles as she arrives for Wimbledon ladies’ singles final

The Princess of Wales has arrived at Wimbledon ahead of taking a seat in the Royal Box to watch the ladies’ singles final.

Kate will make her way to Centre Court to see Czech player Marketa Vondrousova take on Tunisian Ons Jabeur from 2pm.

Wearing a pale green skirt and top, the princess chatted with Wimbledon staff, including a ball girl and ball boy, at the Players’ Lawn.

As a patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Kate is a regular face at SW19.

(PA)

She had a rain-hit visit on the tournament’s second day when she took shelter under an umbrella on Court 18, where she was watching British number one Katie Boulter.

In the afternoon, she made her way to the Royal Box where she was joined by former champion Roger Federer.

Fans vented their disappointment on Saturday morning after organisers closed the Wimbledon queue due to a yellow weather warning for wind, in place from 9am to 11.59pm.

Wimbledon tweeted a reminder ahead of gates opening: “Please remember the Queue is not in operation today and as such there are no tickets available for sale.

“We ask that you do not travel to Wimbledon today unless you are an existing ticket holder.”

Kathy Yates, 54, and her son Daniel Yates, 27, were turned away at the gates when they tried to queue for ground passes on Saturday.

The pair had taken a flight from Aberdeen and stayed in a hotel on Friday night for a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to watch the tournament.

Ms Yates said: “We have spent well over £300. Two of our other family members have got tickets in the ballot.

“We all came down together. We have been queuing since 7am this morning.

“We have been planning for this for a long time. We don’t often get together. I have one son who lives in Edinburgh.

“We made this as a family get-together and half the family can get in and half the family can’t.”

Tiago Veloso, 48, and his 15-year-old son Vincente arrived at Wimbledon at around 8am to queue for tickets.

Mr Veloso said: “We came yesterday. It was terrible weather. The rain cancelled all the games and we came today to see the ground games, the under-14s and juniors, because (my son) wanted to watch.

“I don’t understand, yesterday was the worst of the weather. I don’t understand the decision.

“It is a very frustrating morning. We had a lot of expectations because the weather yesterday was terrible and we were not expecting this today.”

Met Office spokesperson Nicola Maxey previously told the PA news agency: “There is a (yellow wind warning) on Saturday covering Wimbledon and may well impact the competition.

“That will bring blustery conditions and, again, rain and showers are expected.”

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