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Prince William<\/a> enjoyed a day out with his son, <\/span>Prince George<\/a>, on Thursday as the father-son duo took in a soccer match.<\/span><\/p>\n The Prince of Wales, 41, and <\/span>his 10-year-old son<\/a> watched their favorite team, Aston Villa face off against the French club\u00a0Lille OSC in the\u00a0Europa Conference League quarterfinal match — which Aston Villa wound up winning 2-1.<\/span><\/p>\n The pair watched from the stands at Villa Park stadium in Birmingham, rocking the team’s colors with their scarves and generally enjoying the game with\u00a0rapt fascination.<\/span><\/p>\n At one point during the game, Aston Villa\u00a0center-back Tyrone Mings\u00a0was spotted in the suite near William and George as they all watched the high-stakes match.<\/span><\/p>\n The Royal duo also made sure to stand and cheer as the two teams went head to head until Aston Villa’s eventual victory.<\/span><\/p>\n The fun outing for the prince and his young son comes amid some time off from school following Easter for all three of William’s kids — including 8-year-old <\/span>Princess Charlotte<\/a> and <\/span>Prince Louis<\/a>, 5.<\/span><\/p>\n Thursday’s Aston Villa game marked the first time William has been spotted out and about with his family since his wife, Kate Middleton, announced on March 22 that she had been\u00a0<\/span>diagnosed with cancer<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n While she did not disclose the type of cancer, Kate shared that she had been\u00a0undergoing “<\/span>preventative chemotherapy<\/a>” and was “in the early stages of that treatment.”<\/span><\/p>\n Royal expert Katie Nicholl\u00a0<\/span>spoke to ET in London<\/a>\u00a0last month after news of the princess’ health broke, and shared that Kate is leaning on her parents, Carole and Michael Middleton, during this difficult time.<\/span><\/p>\n “She has a really tight group of friends and, particularly in Norfolk, really close friends there. But I think the real anchors in her life are her parents,” Nicholl said, adding, “and her brother, James… and her sister, Pippa.”<\/span><\/p>\n “While you certainly don’t see them photographed together very often, they are very much there in the background,” she added. “They are absolutely fundamental.”<\/span><\/p>\n After Kate’s diagnosis was revealed, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson shared that King Charles III, who himself is dealing with\u00a0<\/span>his own cancer diagnosis<\/a>, is “<\/span>so proud of Catherine<\/a>\u00a0for her courage in speaking as she did.”<\/span><\/p>\n