Judy Murray reveals the secrets of Wimbledon's Royal Box - and the one rule that leaves male guests VERY uncomfortable

Daily Mail​

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Judy Murray has opened up on the secrets of the Royal Box at Wimbledon as celebrity guests continue to flood into Wimbledon.
The Championships are well into their third day, with home favourites Jack Draper and Emma Raducanu preparing for their second round clashes after relatively simple victories in the opening round.
While there are 18 Championship grass courts at SW19, all eyes are often on the historic Centre Court, which plays host to the best stars the sport has to offer as they compete for glory.
Centre Court boasts nearly 15,000 seats, meaning lucky punters can be seen cheering on their favourites, and are joined by guests in the Royal Box at around lunchtime each day.
So far this week, the likes of John Cena, Thomas Tuchel and Olivia Rodrigo have all been present, with all three part of a star-studded line-up in the Box on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, however, Murray made an appearance, renown for her coaching work in the sport and her support for tennis-playing sons Andy and Jamie. And, before her trip, she opened up on the ordeal of the Royal Box on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with The National Lottery on Virgin Radio UK.
'Royal Boxing should be a verb, shouldn't it?' she said.' It should be a summer verb.'
She added: 'Well, you arrive usually around 11.30, so you go upstairs, they have a champagne reception, then you go in for lunch and you could be sitting beside absolutely anybody at lunch. There's no seating plan, it's just as you go into the room.
'It's in the clubhouse of the All England Club, and the first year that I went I took my mum, of course, and we sat with Jack Nicklaus. I sat with a few years ago a lady who was the first female Spitfire pilot. I mean it's just you could be with absolutely anybody and the stories are fascinating.
'It's really tough when the sun comes round because there's no escape and it's actually I think worse for the guys because they have to wear a jacket and tie and they're not allowed to take the jacket off unless the royalty in the box takes their jacket off first. That's the protocol.'
David Beckham was one of the stars in the Royal Box earlier this week and he was seen with his jacket on, as well as his arm in a sling after undergoing surgery.
A regular feature at SW19, the former England football captain jetted in overnight to attend the first day of the competition on Monday from Atlanta where his Inter Miami side were knocked out of the Club World Cup.
And it was there that Beckham bumped into another England sporting icon in Stuart Broad - as well as Gareth Southgate - who retired as the second-highest wicket-taker among all fast bowlers in Test cricket.