{"id":293608,"date":"2023-10-04T16:25:12","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/?p=293608"},"modified":"2023-10-04T16:25:12","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T16:25:12","slug":"lionesses-captain-leah-williamson-presented-with-obe-at-windsor-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allmysportsnews.com\/soccer\/lionesses-captain-leah-williamson-presented-with-obe-at-windsor-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionesses captain Leah Williamson presented with OBE at Windsor Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lionesses and Arsenal captain Leah Williamson is presented with her OBE by Prince William at Windsor Castle after England&#8217;s Euro 2022 final triumph over Germany<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The England and Arsenal captain was named with Lucy Bronze and Beth Mead\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Williamson led the Lionesses to a 2-1 victory over Germany at Wembley in 2022<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Leah Williamson has been presented with her Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Prince William at Windsor Castle following England&#8217;s Euro 2022\u00a0final triumph.<\/p>\n<p>The Lionesses captain was named\u00a0<span>in the King&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span>New Year&#8217;s Honours<span> list at the end of 2022 alongside her fellow teammates\u00a0<\/span>Lucy Bronze, Beth Mead, and Ellen White.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>England beat Germany 2-1 in the final at Wembley, with Chloe Kelly&#8217;s goal in extra-time giving the nation their first major honour since the men&#8217;s side won the 1966 World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson, who has won six major trophies with Arsenal,\u00a0was prevented from joining the Lionesses on their World Cup bid this summer after suffering a ruptured ACL in April.<\/p>\n<p>The Milton Keynes-born midfielder says she wants to be like a &#8216;new signing&#8217; when she plays again and is eyeing a January return to football.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/15\/76163189-12593535-image-a-33_1696430303132.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lionesses and Arsenal captain\u00a0Leah Williamson poses alongside her OBE at Windsor Castle today<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/04\/15\/76163185-12593535-image-a-34_1696430305905.jpg\" height=\"1000\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Prince of Wales awards Williamson the honour which recognises her services to association football<\/p>\n<p>OBEs are awarded for a distinguished regional or county-wide role in any field, through achievement or service to the community.<\/p>\n<p>White is England&#8217;s all-time leading goalscorer, while Bronze and Mead have been England&#8217;s standout players over the last two years.<\/p>\n<p>Mead was also awarded BBC Sports Personality of the Year, becoming the first female footballer to win the award.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dutch head coach Sarina Wiegman was made an honorary Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the Foreign Office list.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12593535\/Lionesses-Arsenal-captain-Leah-Williamson-presented-OBE-Prince-William-Windsor-Castle-Englands-Euro-2022-final-triumph-Germany.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lionesses and Arsenal captain Leah Williamson is presented with her OBE by Prince William at Windsor Castle after England&#8217;s Euro [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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