They have made me proud to be English.
Despite covering the Royal Family, Team GB at the Olympics and reviewing most of the iconic sites that our country has to offer as part of my job as a journalist, I have never been a hugely patriotic person.
I’d go so far as to say it has ruined so much of my possible enjoyment of family life; Sky Sports is almost permanently on a television in the background, our family WhatsApp chat is full of Fantasy Football league and transfer discussions, and the weekly cycle of dirty football boots and kits drive me to despair.If that wasn’t bad enough, I’m constantly silenced by my four men should I dare to speak during their regular Sunday afternoon football date on the sofa.
Glued to every match the Lionesses have played over the past month, I have watched in awe, roared with joy and screamed in excitement at the games – and so have my three sons.While I still have no clueI have been feeling a growing surge of happiness – one that has been a long time coming – that these incredible footballers are continuing to score real change. Not only on the pitch, but off it too!
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