Prince William offers to ask Andy Reid to get Travis Kelce out of camp for a day
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- Prince William joined the Kelce brothers' New Heights podcast as a surprise guest.
- Prince William said he would travel to the U.S. if England reaches the World Cup final.
- World Cup final is July 19 and Chiefs training camp opens July 24 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
The Kelce brothers have had some big-name guests on their New Heights podcast through the years, including Patrick Mahomes, Brad Pitt, Taylor Swift and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Nearly all of their visitors have been from the entertainment world, but Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and big brother, Jason, had British Royalty take time to speak with them. Prince William joined the show for a special Friday episode.
His full name is William Arthur Philip Louis, and well, it was a surprise that he’d be a guest on the podcast. But it was tied to the World Cup, and Kelce met the Prince two years ago at Swift’s Eras Tour show in London.
It was probably the cleanest episode in terms of language, although Travis Kelce did drop an F-bomb.
“A little bit of the English coming to America. England’s home base is Kansas City, and I got a lot of pride for Kansas City,” Kelce said. “It’s kind of slowly become like one of American soccer, football’s U.S. hubs, like we love our soccer in Kansas City, and I think it’s doing a great job right now of hosting. But coming to Kansas City, have you had barbecue before, Prince?”
Prince William said: “Probably not one of your barbecues, Travis. No.”
Travis Kelce asked: “Do you know what a burnt end is?”
No, the Prince said.
“We got to get you some end of that brisket, big guy,” Kelce said to the future king. “Come on down, man.”
Prince William smiled and said: “It doesn’t sound great, Travis.”
“I promise you,” Kelce said, “you’d love it.”
Get-out-of-camp card
Prince William said if England advances to the World Cup final at Met Life Stadium, he would travel to the United States to watch.
“Definitely. If we’re in the finals. ... maybe see you both there for the final?” he asked.
The brothers were excited at that idea, but Jason Kelce said Travis might be at Chiefs training camp.
“Tell me who I need to write to, Travis. We’ll get you,” Prince William said.
That tickled both guys.
Travis Kelce joked about making a phone call: “Hey coach (Andy) Reid. Listen, Prince William called. I’ll be back tomorrow."
The three shared a laugh about that.
The good news is the Prince won’t have to intervene. The World Cup final is July 19 and the Chiefs don’t open training camp until July 24 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
This story was originally published July 3, 2026 at 11:52 AM.
