With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, England was ruled by Charles III, the former Prince of Wales. The current monarch was with Maradona in 1986, when the Argentine star wore the Tottenham shirt, in a match that served to honor Osvaldo Ardiles, a former Spurs player.
After the departure, there was a small ceremony at Buckingham Palace and Guillermo Coppola, ex manager di Maradona, recalled an insult that the late world champion made to the then prince.
I was all very excited, until the moment came when Diego called me and said: ‘Coppola, say that little nose to take your hand off my shoulder’. I looked at him shocked, I didn’t know what to do. The “big nose” Diego Maradona was talking about was Prince Charles of Wales, “he said Corriere dello Sport.
We recall that Diego Maradona has always had a troubled relationship with England, probably driven by the war for the possession of the Falkland Islands, between Argentina and the United Kingdom. On the pitch, the former champion scored the famous hand of God in front of the English in 1986, in a game in which he also scored the goal of the century. More recently, in 2018, he didn’t hesitate to talk about a “monumental theft” when England beat Colombia at the 2019 World Cup with a penalty against Kane.
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