King Charles and Queen Camilla have issued a message to the Lionesses after missing out on their triumphant parade towards Buckingham Palace. England’s women’s football team returned to the capital on Monday after securing back-to-back European titles with a penalty shoot-out win in Switzerland on Sunday.

Football crowds can be very different in the age of the Lionesses. As thousands swarmed The Mall to watch an open top bus containing the fresh-from-victory England women's football team, it was notable that many of the onlookers were young girls and boys.