Ally McCoist has admitted he was nervous after Prince William appeared on TNT Sports prior to Aston Villa's 3-1 Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain earlier this week.
On Wednesday night, William attended the fixture at the Parc des Princes along with his son, Prince George.
Their night got off to the dream start when Morgan Rogers put Villa ahead from close range in the 35th minute.
PSG rallied, however, with goals from Desire Doue, Kvicha Kvaratskhelia and Nuno Mendes giving them a 3-1 lead ahead of the second leg next week.
Ally McCoist has admitted he was nervous after Prince William appeared on TNT Sports prior to Aston Villa's 3-1 Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain earlier this week
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William, a huge football fans, wowed TNT Sports viewers when he appeared on the channel along with McCoist and Rio Ferdinand.
The royal fitted in seamlessly and spoke about both sides, while also discussing midfielder Vitinha - who was once on loan with Wolves.
McCoist, speaking to talkSPORT, has admitted he felt 'nervous' being around such an important figure.
"I was a bit nervous," he admitted.
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The Scot did, however, hail William for his punditry skills - insisting he was a 'different class'.
"He's a proper Villa fan, isn't he? He really, really is. He's a proper football fan," McCoist continued.
"If anybody watched him celebrate that opening goal with his boy, that's what dads and boys do.
“It was absolutely different class, it really was.
Prince William watched Aston Villa lose 3-1 to PSG in the Champions League on Wednesday night
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"And I don't mind telling you, big Rio and I were a little bit nervous before the interview because it's not every day of the week, you interview royalty live on television.
"But he was magic, proper knows his football, he was really interested heavily into the tactics as well.
“It was just a breath of fresh air, it really was great, and as I say when the camera is on him… and you watch him celebrate with his son with a goal, it's just brilliant.
"Because it's every dad and his boy. Every dad and his boy.”
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William is widely expected to attend next week's match between Villa and PSG in the Midlands.
He has been a regular at Villa home matches this term and will be hoping they can turn the tie around.
Before the first fixture, William acknowledged the brilliance of PSG and praised the Ligue 1 side for moving on without Kylian Mbappe.
Mbappe departed the French giants last summer in order to join Real Madrid but his old side, to their credit, have coped well in the time since.
Prince William wowed TNT Sports viewers when speaking before Aston Villa's Champions League defeat to PSG
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The Prince of Williams said: I think not having [Kylian] Mbappe there, I think the PSG guys have talked about that quite a bit in the media around not having the superstars maybe makes it a bit more of a gel.
"Vitinha in the midfield, I've been really impressed by, bearing in mind he was at Wolves two, three years ago, and he could hardly get a game and now look at him."
