Lionesses victory parade latest: Fans sing ‘it’s coming home’ as Euro 2025 winners travel down Mall in open-top bus

Chloe Kelly has jokingly apologised no social media for dropping the “F bomb” during Tuesday’s parade.

The England forward, who scored the winning penalty against Spain, said: “Oops. Emotions got the better of me. Sorry for the F bomb. Love CK x”.

The Lionesses have shared a video to their official social media of the England players reacting to the crowds while travelling down The Mall towards Buckingham Palace.

The Lionesses are saying 65,000 people attended their victory parade celebrations in central London today.

In a post on X, the England team said: “Sixty. Five. Thousand.

“Thank you to every single person who came out to support our back-to-back European champions!”

The princess, her husband Edoardo Mozzi and their children Sienna, Athena and Christopher, were among crowds lining The Mall near Buckingham Palace to celebrate the team winning Euro 2025.

The King’s niece, who is the daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, unofficially represented the royal family at the parade following England’s win over Spain in the women’s European Championship.

In the most demanding moments of the Euro 2025 final, when the England players had to go to the depths of their will, they also felt something different. They didn’t endure the same tension as in previous games, or even the same doubt.

“To be honest, I didn’t have that. I had a couple of times in the Sweden game and the Italy game and I thought: ‘We might be going home tomorrow.’” They of course went home on Monday anyway, but with the trophy itself.

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This is what the Lionesses mean when they talk about making “history with every step”. If Euro 2022 was a fairytale, the celebrations for winning Euro 2025 were bigger and better, with an estimated crowd of 65,000 lining The Mall for England’s coming home party.

From Leah Williamson’s tears, Sarina Wiegman dancing and rapping with Burna Boy and Heather Small performing ‘Proud’ – England’s pre-match anthem during the tournament – this is a team that knows how to make change happen. It was an iconic afternoon in front of Buckingham Palace.

Priority access to grassroots football pitches for girls and women is set to be more than doubled under plans announced by the Government following on from England’s success at Euro 2025.

As part of its ‘Plan for Change’, prime time slots dedicated to women’s and girls’ teams at Government-funded facilities across England will be increased over the next five years to meet the expected increased demand resulting from England’s dramatic penalty shoot-out win over world champions Spain in Basel on Sunday.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport will also honour England’s second consecutive European Championship title by dedicating flagship sites and pitches to the Lionesses, helping to celebrate their own journeys from grassroots players to international success.

Having set out a £400million investment in new grassroots facilities, which was announced in June 2025, a new grants scheme – in partnership with the Premier League and the Football Association, to be delivered by the Football Foundation – will focus on creating welcoming, safe and accessible amenities for women and girls at existing grassroots sports sites.

Celebrations on home soil began on Monday when the team landed at Southend Airport in Essex, where hundreds of fans waited to catch a glimpse of Sarina Wiegman’s side and the trophy.

The Lionesses attended a reception at Downing Street hosted by Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and sports minister Stephanie Peacock.

The team arrived just before 7pm, with Number 10 decorated for the occasion with St George’s flags draped over windows and bunting along the railings.

England head coach Sarina Wiegman said the Downing Street reception was “very, very special”.

“Downing Street, you don’t come there normally and it was really nice how they built it up like this,” she said, gesturing towards the St George flags on display in windows and bunting along the railings around Number 10.

“It is very special to be able to go inside and also in the garden. The people there were very nice, they also put up some pictures of what we have done at the Euros.

“It was lovely, a very warm welcome. I’ve felt love all over but today even more so.”