Dragons leave Parade for Clarence House
Dragons prop Rhys Thomas and scrum half Andy Williams will join the entire Wales Grand Slam winning team and their back-up staff who have been invited to a Royal reception where HRH The Prince of Wales will personally congratulate them on their 2008 RBS Six Nations victory.
They have all been asked to Clarence House in London on Thursday, 29 May, for a lunchtime meeting with the Prince.
He is expected to congratulate them on their Grand Slam success and wish them well on their summer tour of South Africa where they will play a two-Test series against the Springboks for the Prince William Cup.
Injured players not included in the summer tour will be invited to the reception along with the squad selected to go to South Africa.
They will be joined at Clarence House by the Chairman of the WRU, David Pickering, President Dennis Gethin and Group Chief Executive Roger Lewis.
The Prince of Wales will be following in the footsteps of his son, Prince William, the Vice Royal Patron of the WRU, who congratulated the team at the Millennium Stadium as he handed captain Ryan Jones the trophy on the pitch.
The Royal link will continue in South Africa because the teams will be competing for the Prince William Cup which was unveiled last year.
Wales will be attempting to win back the trophy which was won by the Springboks last November at the Millennium Stadium.
