Prince William, who announced his engagement to his girlfriend Kate Middleton this week, took time off from planning the wedding of the year to watch football on a British seaside resort on Saturday.

The prince, second line for the throne, the chairman of the Football Association, governing body for sport in England.

Wearing a hat and sunglasses, baseball has been spotted in the crowd watching William Bloomfield Road Blackpool fought Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 in English Premier League.

A spokesman for the office of the Prince of St. James's Palace said it was covered by a private weekend with friends who had been planned long ago.

William, 28, is a helicopter pilot search and rescue with the Royal Air Force on the island of Anglesey, northwest Wales.

He returned to his base at RAF Valley After announcing Tuesday that he would marry Middleton is in the jurisdiction of British or next summer and spending Wednesday working on wedding details.