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Prince William “tried to move” Travis Kelce out of his selfie with Taylor Swift.
In playful comments during his surprise Friday appearance on “The Graham Norton Show,” the future monarch, 44, recalled attempting to get the Kansas City Chiefs tight end out of his now-viral snapshot with his children and Swift during the London stop of her Eras Tour in June 2024.
“Travis kept coming back in, and I couldn’t work out why he kept coming back in,” he joked. “I was trying to move him out so it was just me and Taylor and the children!”
The selfie, which was ultimately shared to the pop icon’s Instagram account, featured the singer in the front, with beaming Prince William and his two eldest children — Prince George, now 13, and Princess Charlotte, now 11 — huddled in close to her.
Near the back of the lineup is Kelce, also wearing a big smile for the photo. He appeared to place his right hand on Prince William’s back as they posed.
William ultimately got his way, as another selfie featured just the “Cruel Summer” songstress, Prince William, Prince George and Princess Charlotte laughing up at the camera.
“Happy Bday M8! London shows are off to a splendid start 🇬🇧🇺🇸🤝 ,” Swift captioned the pic which included Kelce, with her referencing William’s birthday.
That evening, a fan caught the father of three on video dancing in the stands to the singer’s hit “Shake it Off.”
It turned out that the group pic marked a big moment in Swift and Kelce’s relationship, as it was the first time she’d posted the NFL star on her Instagram page — a fact the Prince of Wales had missed.
“I wasn’t aware [of the significance of the selfie] until recently,” he admitted on “The Graham Norton Show.” “I hadn’t appreciated the significance.”
Swift and Kelce went on to become engaged in August 2025, and married in a star-studded wedding at New York City’s Madison Square Garden in July.
Though speculation abounded that Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton would attend the nuptials, they ultimately did not.
In July, Prince William and Kelce looked back on the meeting during the future monarch’s appearance on the athlete’s “New Heights” podcast.
“That was honestly one of the coolest moments ever, was meeting you and the little ones that day,” Travis gushed of the meeting, which also included his brother and podcast co-host, Jason Kelce.