<P> In 2003, a long - standing tradition of Centre Court players bowing or curtseying to the Royal Box was discontinued by order of the Duke of Kent, President of the Club since 1969, who deemed it an anachronism in modern times . The only exception would be if the Queen or the Prince of Wales were to attend . Andy Murray and Jarkko Nieminen elected to bow when the Queen visited The Championships for their 2010 second round match, as did Roger Federer and Fabio Fognini at their second round match, watched by the Prince of Wales, in 2012 . In December 2016, it was announced that the Duchess of Cambridge would succeed The Queen as Patron of The AELTC and The Championships, effective January 2017 . </P> <P> Black players were not allowed to play at the Club until 1951, and Jews were not admitted until 1952 . According to Angela Buxton, the Jewish former British Wimbledon doubles champion, it also has led to her exclusion . Buxton said in 2004, reflecting on the fact that the All England Club, almost 50 years after Buxton's 1956 Wimbledon triumph with Althea Gibson, had still not invited Buxton to join: "I think the anti-Semitism is still there . The mere fact that I'm not a member is a full sentence that speaks for itself ." Buxton told New York Post reporter Marc Berman that she had been on the "waiting list" since she applied in the 1950s . "I wish it still wasn't such an elite sport," Buxton told Berman . "I wish we could bring it down to a common baseline . It's going that way . It's still not there ." </P> <P> In 2006, Chairman Tim Phillips said that paying men and women equal prize money at The Championships was something they "fundamentally don't think would be fair on the men ." (due to men playing best - of - five sets, and women only best - of - three). The Championships introduced equal prize money the following year . </P>

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