The Prince of Wales met with students and teachers at a Welsh-speaking school in London today, and was given sweet gifts for his family before he departed21:25, 07 Jul 2026The Prince of Wales was all smiles as he played bowls with children at a Welsh school in the capital today. Prince William, 44, has joined pupils and Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games athletes in outdoor sporting activities at The London Welsh School in Hanwell.‌Meanwhile 12 miles across town, William’s estranged younger brother was dealt a legal blow when he learned that he had lost his high-profile £50m privacy claim against the publisher of the Daily Mail.‌The Duke of Sussex, 41, was speaking about his Invictus Games at Chatham House in London on Tuesday afternoon when the news broke, while his elder brother was underway with an engagement in west London.‌William had joined the schoolchildren of Ysgol Gymraeg Llundain and a handful of athletes from the upcoming Commonwealth Games, being held in Glasgow later this month, to wish the team good luck. He spoke to a number of the athletes who are set to take part, telling them that he looked forward to “an amazing summer” of sport.Speaking to them in a huddle in the school’s playground, he said: “Hopefully England win the World Cup, and then it will be a great festival of sport going on in the summer for the Commonwealth Games, so it could roll into being an amazing summer.”‌The Prince, who quipped he would love to be “in a swimming pool” on another hot day in the capital, added that he looked forward to “a number of golds” being won by the team.He also heard the story of Julie Thomas, who became one of Wales’s most decorated para bowls athletes after unexpectedly losing her eyesight in 2014.‌“He seemed genuinely interested in all of us as athletes and it was very nice because he seemed very knowledgeable,” she said after he had departed, adding: “He was genuinely warm and interested and enthusiastic about it.”Ms Thomas, who is a former primary school head teacher from Bridgend, also said the Prince told her his three young children would be cheering her on when she performs in Glasgow.One of the parting gifts he received from the school was for his children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. He was given three plushie toy versions of Finnie, the official mascot of the Glasgow Commonwealth Games this year.‌A life-size Finnie the unicorn had greeted the Prince earlier on in the engagement and had made him undertake a “secret handshake” in front of the schoolchildren.The pair also played netball with some of the children briefly before the Prince went to speak to teachers who work at the school, which is a bilingual Welsh-English primary school for children aged three to eleven.‌Founded in 1958, it remains the only Welsh-language primary school outside of Wales and Patagonia and plays an important role in promoting the language among families living in London.‌Speaking to two of the long-time teachers about the school, the Prince said: “I hope people are hearing about it, we stumbled across this a few weeks ago and I’m like ‘we’ve got to go and see this school!’”He also spoke about how the children had told him it was “challenging” to speak Welsh while learning maths.William added: “I asked them if they think in Welsh or think in English and most of them think in Welsh, which is really interesting. I guess when you start off very young, it becomes just a natural process that you don’t consciously think about.”Article continues belowUpon departure, he was also given a tie sporting the official Glasgow 2026 games tartan and Team Wales T-shirts for the rest of his family.