Kate Middleton shuns Royal Box for Court 14 at Wimbledon to see Brit stars in action

TENNIS fan Kate Middleton shunned the Royal Box for seats on Court 14 this morning- appropriately dressed in white for day two of Wimbledon.

She joined thousands who poured into the famous grounds this morning, to watch British star Harriet Dart take on Christina McHale from the US.

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The Duchess, who stuck to the player's dress code of white for day two of the tournament, is patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.

Sister-in-law Meghan Markle joined her last year as pal Serena Williams battled to win the championship, but the new mum won't watch the tennis star's opening match today.

The Duchess later took a seat in the Royal Box to watch Roger Federer against Lloyd Harris in Centre Court.

She laughed with Wimbledon chairman Philip Brook and his wife, Gill, as they waited for the Swiss heavyweight to appear.

Last year Kate joined a tennis training session at a primary school in Mitcham, south London, and joked at the time how she was less "sporty" now she has children.

The youngsters at Bond Primary were receiving training sessions under the Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative - the outreach programme of the All England Club.

The Duchess told the children: "I love tennis, I think it's a great sport. I was really sporty when I was little, less so now that I've got lots of babies."

Kate has been a regular guest at Wimbledon since making her first visit as a member of the royal family in 2011.

The competition is heating up as Williams tries for her 24th Grand Slam title and eighth win at Wimbledon.

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She will take on a Centre Court bout against Giulia Gatto-Monticone of Italy later on, with Rafael Nadal playing Yuichi Sugita on Court No1.

Met Office meteorologist Mark Wilson told The Sun Online: "We're going to be seeing a bright start to the day.

"Temperatures are set to climb day by day this week, with more sun peaking through each day.

"We will see the strongest sunshine on Thursday - where temperatures will reach 25C in the south."

Yesterday saw teenage sensation Cori Gauff perform one of the great Wimbledon upsets by beating her idol and five-time champion Venus Williams.

The 15-year-old qualifier known as Coco outplayed Williams, 39, as she made a sensational Grand Slam singles debut with a 6-4 6-4 victory.

And yesterday we told how umpires have been banned from calling women players “Miss” or “Mrs” — and must use their last names only.

The hit on miss, announced at the start of this year’s tennis tournament, brings an end to 135 years of tradition.

But one tradition remains firm - Wimbledon is one of the only major sporting events in the UK that still sells tickets on the day of play.

All you have to do is get down to the All England Club and, in true British style, get in the queue.

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A limited number of tickets are available daily for Centre Court, No.1 Court and No.2 Court - except for the last four days on Centre Court, when all are sold in advance.

Each day there are also several thousand ground passes available.

These allow the user unlimited access to the outside courts and cost just £25 throughout the opening week of the tournament.

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