Chris Evert, Who Met Both Princess Diana and Kate Middleton, Once Disclosed Awkward ‘Bathroom’ Tradition at Wimbledon – ‘Not Allowed to Get Up..’

Former American tennis star Chris Evert has fans all over the world. The 18-time Grand Slam champion had an amazing rivalry with fellow American tennis star Martina Navratilova. After her retirement, the 67-year-old works actively as a tennis analyst and commentator.

In that way, Evert is still covering matches at important events like Grand Slam. Back in 2016, she was covering the Wimbledon championship. Here, she got an invitation from Prince William and Kate Middleton to join them in the Royal Box. Later in an interview, Evert revealed a funny little problem that’s there when you are with the members of the Royal family in the Royal Box.

Can’t stand up inside the Royal Box

Evert was in London covering the Wimbledon Championships. Her son Nikki was also with her. When Prince William and Kate Middleton went there to watch the match, they invited Evert and Nikki to sit with them in the Royal box.

Later, in a podcast with Lance Armstrong, Evert revealed a strange rule that is in place for guests in the Royal Box. Here’s what she said. “If they’re sitting in the royal box, you are not allowed to get up to go to the bathroom until they get up. So you have to sit. You have to stay there.”

She further added, “The queen is not a tennis fan and prince Charles is not a tennis fan. It was Diana, basically Dianna, and I think Kate has carried on that tradition because she is a tennis player too.”

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Evert remembered the protocol when she was narrating how a question from Middleton made her son speechless. Kate asked Nikki if he also plays tennis like his mother. He couldn’t answer that and, as per the protocol, can’t leave with an excuse of going to the bathroom.

Chris Evert reacts to a memory from the 1977 Wimbledon Championship

One of Evert’s fans on Twitter shared an old picture from the Wimbledon Championship in 1977. In the picture, we can see Evert standing alongside the late Elizabeth Ryan. In 1977, at an age of only 22, Evert entered the Wimbledon Championship as defending champion. Reacting to the vintage picture, Evert wrote, “Awwww, love this… sweet.”

She made it to the semifinals before losing against Virginia Wade. For the following three years, she made it to the Wimbledon finals but failed to cross the last hurdle.

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Out of Evert’s eighteen Grand Slam titles, three were in Wimbledon. The last one of them came in 1981.