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Royal visitors

Prince William — who is known to be an Aston Villa fan — and his oldest child, Prince George, were at Villa Park to see if the team could continue its regal form in the league. They weren't disappointed.

Villa climbed to sixth place after beating Nottingham Forest 2-0 and is on course for its highest finish since 2010, when it ended the season in that position.

Ollie Watkins continued his hot streak with a stoppage-time goal to seal victory and take him to nine in his last 11 games. Villa has won six of its last seven matches.

Relegation fight

Leicester might not be too good to go down, after all.

Without a manager after recently firing Brendan Rodgers, Leicester looks increasingly without hope of staying up after getting beaten 1-0 by lowly Bournemouth. It was the Foxes' seventh loss in their last eight league games.

Leicester stayed in next-to-last place, two points from safety with eight games remaining.

England midfielder James Maddison, one of Leicester's many established internationals, was to blame for the only goal after playing a blind back pass that was pounced on by Philip Billing. He slotted home in the 40th.

Leicester was joined in the relegation zone by Forest, which is tied for points with fourth-to-last Everton.

Bournemouth moved three points clear of the bottom three, as did West Ham, which won 1-0 at Fulham thanks to a Harrison Reed own-goal.

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