Aussie soap star spotted behind Kate at Wimbledon
The Princess of Wales has received a standing ovation upon her arrival at Wimbledon with daughter Princess Charlotte.
And while most eyes were on the royals, seated just behind the mother and daughter was Australian soap star Bec Hewitt and her husband, tennis great Lleyton Hewitt.
The Aussie celebrities joined in on the standing ovation for the royal and watched on as the royals took their seats one row in front of them in the royal box.
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Seated just behind mother and daughter was Australian soap star Bec Hewitt and Lleyton Hewitt. Mike Egerton/PA Images via Getty Images
Also seated in the VIP section of the stands was Tom Cruise, Benedict Cumberbatch and Julia Roberts.
Bec was dressed stylishly in a black jacket over a polkadot dress teamed with large black sunglasses. She completed the look with gold cross earrings.
Lleyton opted for a dark suit and colourful tie.
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Bec was dressed stylishly in a black jacket over a polkadot dress. AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth
Bec, 40, has been a beloved star in Australia since her TV debut in 1998 on Home and Away before kickstarting a music career with singles All Seats Taken and On the Borderline.
At just 16, Bec (then Bec Cartwright), met 18-year-old tennis star Lleyton Hewitt at the 'Starlight Cup', a charity tennis match organised by the Starlight Children's Foundation.
The year was 1999, and while Bec was well-known to LleytonHome and Away as teenager Hayley Smith Lawson, Lleyton was not so well-known to Bec.
The pair were partnered up together, however were each in relationships with others at the time. Bec texted to congratulate him on his Wimbledon win shortly after.
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Lleyton opted for a dark suit and colourful tie. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
Also seated in the VIP section of the stands was Tom Cruise, Benedict Cumberbatch and Julia Roberts. Karwai Tang/WireImage
They were next in touch in 2005 when Lleyton reached out to Bec about a TV project he was working on in Australia.
"We decided to catch up and it went from there. And from the first time we saw each other [at that time], I think we saw each other every day," Bec says.
The Aussie celebrities joined in on the standing ovation for the royal. Clive Brunskill/Getty Images
In July 2005 the pair married at the Sydney Opera House and enjoyed a lavish wedding reception at Taronga Zoo. Just two months before, they announced they were expecting their first child, Mia.
Mia is now 16 and the eldest of three children, 13-year-old Cruz and 11-year-old Ava.
Cruz Hewitt and Lleyton Hewitt attend Tennis Australia's Legends Of Lawn Barbecue. Getty Images for Tennis Australi
In April 2021, Cruz won the Under 12s Australian Claycourt Championships title in Canberra, with his father watching on proudly.
It could be that the parents will one day be watching their son at Wimbledon.
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