A uncommon sighting on the rugby for JK Rowling as she helps Scotland
She as soon as asserted that the wizarding world had a particular affection for the Scottish rugby crew.
And yesterday muggle JK Rowling additionally confirmed her assist for the Bravehearts – cheering them to victory over England within the Calcutta Cup along with her husband, Neil Murray, who was sporting a kilt within the household tartan.
The couple joined practically 70,000 followers at Murrayfield for a gripping match because the Scots beat the Auld Enemy 30-21 for his or her fourth win in a row towards their southern neighbours.
Ms Rowling wrapped up in a protracted black coat as they braved Edinburgh’s chill for the tense Six Nations match, the place the face worth of the costliest tickets was £162.75.
Despite being English, the Harry Potter writer, 58, has lived within the Scottish capital because the early Nineteen Nineties and began following the nationwide crew after marrying Dr Murray, 52, in 2001.
JK Rowling (pictured) was seen cheering the Bravehearts to victory over England within the Calcutta Cup along with her husband
JK Rowling and Neil Murray arrive for the Guinness Six Nations match on the Scottish Gas Murrayfield Stadium
The couple joined practically 70,000 followers at Murrayfield for a gripping match
The Scots beat the Auld Enemy 30-21 for his or her fourth win in a row towards their southern neighbours
Dr Murray performs keyboards within the band Fat Cops, which additionally options Pub Landlord comic Al Murray on drums and former Bluebells frontman Bobby Bluebell.
The kids’s writer shocked followers when she was first seen backing the Scots towards England six years in the past, telling them ‘after years of not caring about sport I got emotionally invested in Scotland’.
Rowling famously produced her first Harry Potter books on an outdated typewriter in Edinburgh cafés whereas she was a struggling single mum. Now she lives in a surprising £2.25 million mansion with Dr Murray and three kids in one of many metropolis’s swankiest neighbourhoods.
Among different well-known faces within the crowd was actor Gerard Butler, one other common at Murrayfield.
England have now received solely one of many final seven conferences with Scotland.
