England captain Harry Kane kisses his hand in celebration when he scores a goal – and there’s a sweet meaning behind the gesture
The World Cup 2026 has kicked off, with England beginning their campaign against Croatia on Wednesday, 17 June. And football fans have noticed that England captain Harry Kane wears a white bandage around his ring finger and kisses it when he scores a goal – and there’s a sweet reason behind it.
It’s claimed that Harry kisses the white bandage on his ring finger as a sweet gesture towards his wife, his childhood sweetheart, Kate.
After Kane was seen kissing his ring to celebrate a goal in celebration against Aston Villa back in 2019 – the year he and Kate married – she took to Instagram to share a photo of the moment, with a love heart as the caption.
One social media user previously pointed out: “For a while I wondered – what’s wrong with Harry Kane’s finger? He always has a white bandage on one finger.”
However, the fan then spotted that he “kisses it when he celebrates” and soon realised Harry straps a bandage over his wedding ring during matches. The fan continued: “It’s his ring finger. Can’t wear rings when you play so he does that instead, every game”.
Another fan previously took to X to say: “Still melts my heart that Harry Kane kisses his wedding ring every time he scores.” Another added: “Harry Kane always kisses his wedding ring. Cute.”
Harry and his wife Kate are childhood sweethearts. The pair began to date in 2005, but they’d known each other for longer than this and even posed for a photo with David Beckham seven years prior.
Discussing their bond, Harry has said: “When I was in school she was my friend. We always spoke, but just got closer and closer and it went from there.”
“She’s seen my whole career. Of course she’s finding it a little crazy.”
The pair are proud parents to four children, two daughters and two sons. The couple welcomed their first daughter Ivy in 2018, followed by second daughter Vivienne in 2018. They then went on to have two sons, Louis and Henry.
The family now live in Germany, after Harry signed for Bayern Munich, with Kate often sharing glimpses at their family life there.
Kate has travelled to the US to support Harry and the England team, along with other WAGs such as Megan Pickford, Tolami Benson, who is engaged to Bukayo Saka and Ollie Watkins’ wife Ellie.
