Princess Charlotte is presented with Wimbledon winner Barbora Krejčiková's racket - and Kate has an adorable reaction

Princess Charlotte was fixed a saccharine astonishment while attending Wimbledon connected Sunday - arsenic women's singles champion Barbora Krejčiková presented her pinch her winning racket. 

The young royal, nine, and her mother Kate Middleton made an quality astatine SW19 connected Sunday to watch nan men's last and while chattingn to players, nan Princess of Wales said astir her family tennis matches.

Describing nan athletics arsenic a 'great' measurement for children to beryllium active, she said: 'As a family, we play a lot.' 

Before nan mother and girl duo watched nan tense showdown betwixt Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic connected nan celebrated centre court, Charlotte was fixed a very typical surprise. 

An adorable video shows nan saccharine infinitesimal Barbora presented Charlotte pinch her ain tennis racket - utilized to declare triumph successful yesterday's last against Italy's Jasmine Paolini. 

'I'm Barbora, bully to meet you,' she smiled, earlier shaking nan hands of some royals.  

Charlotte was intelligibly near star-struck by nan unsocial gift and beamed arsenic she held it successful her hands. 

The Princess of Wales was besides overwhelmed, gushing: 'That's truthful special', earlier embracing nan Czech subordinate connected either cheek. 

'Thank you very much, we really admit it,' she added.  

An awe-struck Charlotte was each smiles arsenic she held nan racket and besides sewage to look astatine nan winning sheet - the Venus Rosewater Dish.

Barbora intelligibly enjoyed her gathering pinch royalty, repeating 'Thank you truthful much, we really admit it.'

Afterwards, she took to X, formerly Twitter, to write: 'What an honour, your Royal Highness'. 

The video was posted connected X by Kensington Palace arsenic portion of a highlights reel from Kate and Charlotte's travel to Wimbledon.  

Accompanying nan video, a connection read: 'Congratulations @carlosalcaraz connected your singular victory. Thank you to everyone who useful truthful difficult to make @Wimbledon nan spectacle that it is.'

It besides included footage of Kate and Charlotte attending nan lucifer connected Sunday, and gathering players specified arsenic Emma Raducanu, earlier Kate received a opinionated ovation upon her return to nan royal box. 

Royal fans wrote: 'Congrats Carlos and convey you Princess for thanking each nan unit that activity truthful difficult to make this truthful wonderful'; 

'So Happy to Princess Catherine each smiles and looking beautiful. Princess Charlotte arsenic tiny arsenic ever'; 

'So bully to spot Princess Catherine and Princess Charlotte pinch smiles today';

'Congratulations to Carlos. It was truthful beautiful to spot The Princess and Princess Charlotte today'. 

Elsewhere connected Sunday, nan Princess of Wales presented nan Wimbledon trophy to Carlos Alcaraz arsenic nan Spaniard won nan Grand Slam for a 2nd twelvemonth successful a row.

Kate, 42, who has stepped distant from nationalist royal duties while undergoing cancer treatment, saw nan Spanish reigning champion Carlos Alcaraz take connected seasoned Novak Djokovic, winning successful 3 sets. 

Before passing nan trophy to Alcaraz, Kate commiserated and shook nan manus of runner-up Novak Djokovic. 

Dressed successful a £1295 bespoke dress from Safiyaa, nan royal was greeted pinch a opinionated ovation arsenic she headed into nan Royal Box at Wimbledon earlier successful nan day.

With Princess Charlotte and sister Pippa by her side, nan royal enjoyed a tense rematch of past year's title lucifer connected nan writer of nan All England Club - pinch Princess Charlotte showed disconnected galore expressive looks. 

Before nan mother-daughter duo took their seats successful nan Royal Box, they met pinch female tennis stars, including 21-year-old Emma Radacanu, who each presented Kate pinch a bouquet of flowers.

Charlotte grinned from receptor to receptor arsenic she met pinch nan tennis star, who sadly saw her Wimbledon dream crushed connected Centre Court by New Zealand qualifier Lulu Sun past week.

Kate and Charlotte were besides greeted by Sonay Kartal, Lily Miyazaki, Lucy Shuker and Flora Johnson arsenic they arrived connected nan players' section astatine Wimbledon earlier entering Centre Court.

Charlotte gave wheelchair tennis subordinate Shuker a 'pinky promise' that she would effort nan athletics alongside her mother.

Kate was besides introduced to Raducanu, who was knocked retired successful nan 4th information of this year's championships, telling her: 'It was truthful difficult to spot you spell out.'

US Open victor Raducanu said it was 'amazing' to person nan support of nan princess and 'see her present looking truthful patient and happy'.

The girl of nan Prince and Princess of Wales, who sported a £70 Polka Dot dress from Guess, was thrilled to meet nan tennis star, and was photographed smiling receptor to receptor successful her presence.

The mother and girl past met nan 'Work astatine Wimbledon' programme which supports young group from a scope of backgrounds pinch roles astatine nan Championships.

While gathering nan players, Kate said Charlotte, who was wearing a navy polka dot dress, had been 'practising yesterday' and that tennis was 'really awesome for nan youngsters'.

Kate said she had been 'filling successful nan leaderboard' pinch Charlotte during Wimbledon, adding: 'As a family, we play a lot.'

After being asked to effort wheelchair tennis by Shuker, Kate said: 'I've tried wheelchair rugby before, but not tennis. You'll person to clasp maine to that.'

Shuker, nan highest classed British wheelchair women's tennis player, told nan PA news agency: 'She was conscionable saying really astonishing it's been to watch and travel everyone's career.

'Alfie Hewett won nan men's wheelchair tennis earlier. I conscionable asked if they were playing tennis themselves, which they person been, and past said: 'Have you tried wheelchair tennis?'

'And I sewage a small pinky committedness from Princess Charlotte that she would effort it.'

Shuker added: 'For me, it's incredibly humbling to beryllium present and to beryllium asked to meet nan princess today.'

Discussing her gathering pinch Kate, Raducanu told PA: 'It was very bully to spot Her Royal Highness again. I've met her doubly before, and it was really bully to meet Charlotte arsenic well, because I hadn't before.

'It's astonishing to spot her beryllium specified a champion of tennis and pursuing each of us.

'We conscionable said a small spot astir my tournament, and nan tennis, and besides really I missed past twelvemonth but I was very excited to travel backmost this year. And a small spot astir her tennis because she loves it.'

Asked astir Kate's quality astatine nan tourney pursuing her diagnosis, Raducanu said: 'I deliberation it conscionable shows her resilience and really overmuch of a domiciled exemplary she is and it's astonishing to spot her present looking truthful patient and happy.'

Kate has been undergoing chemotherapy and made her first nationalist quality since announcing her crab test successful March astatine nan Trooping nan Colour ceremonial successful London past month.

She did not be nan women's singles last connected Saturday, and Wimbledon chairwoman Debbie Jevans presented nan trophy to Barbora Krejcikova connected her behalf.