The Prince of Wales is unhappy about gambling companies sponsoring football shirts, a pair of bereaved parents have said.
Liz and Charles Ritchie both received MBEs from Prince William at Windsor Castle for their work setting up the charity Gambling with Lives in 2018. Their son Jack, 24, from Sheffield, took his own life in 2017 after becoming addicted to gambling.
Ms Ritchie said William told them he thought shirt deals would be banned. “He said he didn’t feel he could offer us congratulations wholeheartedly because the work that we did followed on from the death of our son,” she said.
Mr Ritchie said William is “not happy” that Aston Villa, the club the prince supports, had signed a three-year shirt sponsorship deal with gambling platform BK8.
