Prince William has been honorary president of BAFTA since 2010. Since 2010, he’s skipped the BAFTA ceremony seven times. William hasn’t been to the BAFTAs since 2020. To be fair, I think he was scheduled to go in 2021, but he pulled out at the last minute because of Prince Philip’s passing. Last year, William skipped the ceremony for no reason at all – he didn’t have a schedule conflict, he wasn’t jet-lagged from a recent vacation, nothing. He just skipped because he’s lazy as f–k. Well, good news, I guess. William and Kate will attend next Sunday’s BAFTA ceremony.
Kensington Palace has confirmed that Prince William and Kate Middleton will attend the BAFTA awards on Feb. 19 after skipping the ceremony for two consecutive years. William, the president of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, hasn’t attended the film awards since 2020.
William and Kate understandably missed the April 2021 ceremony due to the death of Prince Philip the day before. Last year, however, they were also absent from the ceremony. A BAFTA spokesperson told Variety at the time that this was due to “diary constraints.”
The couple’s absence is normally conspicuous as they tend to occupy the front-row ground level seats at Royal Albert Hall. Their attendance usually adds an extra layer of logistical considerations and, some might argue, glamour to the festivities.
At this year’s awards — which have relocated from Royal Albert Hall to the Royal Festival Hall in Southbank — the Prince and Princess of Wales, as they are now called, will watch the ceremony, and then go backstage to meet with the winners and the EE Rising Star Award nominees.
Variety understands that the couple’s attendance at the awards has only been confirmed in recent days. A strict royal rota is likely to be in place, meaning William and Kate will only engage with a select group of journalists on the ground. The couple have made a number of public appearances in the new year, but they have yet to address any of Prince Harry’s bombshell accusations in his memoir “Spare,” which was published in early January.
LMAO: “Their attendance usually adds an extra layer of logistical considerations and, some might argue, glamour to the festivities.” SOME MIGHT ARGUE. Not Variety. Not the film industry. But *some* people might argue that Kate’s buttons, jazz hands and gurning add some glamour, not to mention William’s glamorous constipation-face. Let me look up the host of this year’s BAFTAs… oh, it’s Richard E. Grant. He’s something of a royalist, isn’t he? Perhaps that’s the key – last year’s host was Rebel Wilson, and my theory was that William didn’t want to be roasted by Rebel. Richard Grant will probably eschew all royal jokes, or all jokes about William, in any case. Oh, but wait – Alison Hammond is co-host? Ruh-roh. Maybe it will get interesting after all.
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- Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge arrive for the BAFTA 2019 Awards at The Royal Albert Hall in London, Sunday Feb. 10, 2019.
I do wish that Kate would forgo the stuffy, overly done up-dos and go with something sleeker and more modern. Le sigh….
She will because that is exactly what she has been doing. Didn’t you notice she has meghanfied her hair?
I hope Kate gets a Best Actor Award for COPYKATEING Meghan 🤣
I wonder if rebel Wilson refused to sign that agreement about not making fun of them or whatever so they passed.
I also wonder how much of this is because they think H&M are going to make an appearance at the Oscars and they want to “out-glam” them. (I don’t think they will be at the Oscars, but I can see the Waleses thinking that).
W&K waited until after the nominees were announced before agreeing to go. IMO if Harry and Meghan’s documentary series had been nominated, W&K would not have attended. Next year, they’ll wait until after the nominees are announced too. If the Invictus documentary is nominated, W&K will be ‘too busy’ to attend BAFTA 2024. I would not be surprised if William (again) used his position to force any nominations for Harry and Meghan projects to disappear.
Right, I can’t imagine a world where W&K are in the same room as a Sussex nomination. I doubt the BAFTAs would allow a nom to happen regardless of royal attendence. I don’t think they’re stalwart or dependable at anything, patron or not. If there were even a whiff of controversy of some sort they’d sniff in the other direction like a cat suspecting a trick in its food. A host who adlibs? A lack of star power in the nominations? A wiglet handler on honeymoon? Oh the horror!
I don’t think the Netflix documentary was eligible for awards for this ceremony. It will be for the upcoming Emmys but that’s later in the year.
Wasn’t sure if it would fall under BAFTA or BAFTA TV (nominees announced mid-March), because I never know where streaming services are put in award season. They handed egghead a BAFTA tv award for the EarthSh!t event in 2021.
This BAFTA appearance confirmation tells me that Kate has invested in a new Meghan copy-keen outfit that she is just dying to make the front pages in. I’m predicting a Ripple of Hope Award rip-off.
Okay, yeah that’s a good guess. Those pretty blues. There’s also the all white off the shoulders from the ripple of hope awards but I’m leaning towards the blue also. Or maybe she’ll go further back in the megarchive. Meghan wore some really beautiful dresses while she was still a royal.
@Harper: great minds think a like because when i saw the headline i said the same thing to myself
That’s Kate and her team’s strategy. They do this because Kate will get clicks and be talked about by Meghan’s strong fanbase, something Kate doesn’t have; She will get the attention of the people who usually ignore her. The newspapers do the same thing. As someone on Twitter pointed out, the UK tabloids and Rota rats tweet and write these outrageous articles for the Sussex squad and Meghan’s fanbase because they know they will get clicks.
@Lulu: It’s not that deep. Sussex squad has nothing to do with Kate cosplaying Meghan. It’s just what she does. She copied Jecca, Diana and the Queen in the past. She does it because she thinks that will boost her popularity and generate photographs. She’s a very insecure person with no personality or style of her own.
@lulululubrown I thought the Sussex Squad decided to boycott Kate’s posts and not give her the engagement numbers she wanted. Has something changed or was not everyone on board with that? I agree with a boycott but I’m not in the squad
@Harper: I’d be shocked if Kate doesn’t consult her Meghan lookbook for her BAFTA outfit.
Well, I looked outside @ Amy Bee and hell hasn’t frozen over so I think we are all in agreement that the Meghan Mood Board will be on full display.
As CopyKeen sits at the table, “Now which one should I choose…..” 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
@harper we’ve still yet to see her discount keen edition of Meghan’s CJR gown. Interestingly enough, Jenny packham has a gown (the Marlowe) in their ss23 colloections thateerily similar. 👀
Eerily familiar….lol so did Packham copy CJR in the hopes that Kate would choose it, anticipating Kate’s usual copykeening. That would be funny. But Packham is a good guess.
I 🤔 she’ll rip 📴 the look Meg had at the NAACP. Prince wish he was Will is in a tux. So I agree a 👗
Yeah, I’ve been waiting for her to try and attempt that one. Sometimes she waits a year or two to steal a Meghan look, but make no mistake, she WILL do a one shouldered blue Grecian style dress eventually.
Yes Harper and next year we will see khates CREEPY clay video nominated and WIN, because it’s all a vanity project
Expect her to show up all blinged out and swanning about like a Rose Bowl Parade float in yet another super expensive bit of couture. she won’t be able to resist it.
I hope she does not recycle that dreadful golf gown
Gold gown from bond premiere
You mean the polka dot dress? I thought she copykeened Daphne from Bridgerton.
Williams. Smiles look so fake
It’s quite disgusting and I would love a crack at him for a few moments to wipe it off of him.
It’s astonishing to me that Bullyiam has been president since 2010 and has barely made consistent appearances, along with Keeny too.
Because they are
They are! It’s like he just parts his lips and bares his teeth. The smile never reaches his eyes. It is so disturbing and creepy.
Am I the only one feeling like they are so keeeeen on being seen at the BAFTA after that stupid article saying that Meg and Harry were snubbed at the BAFTA preview party 👀👀👀… Petty Patties this “family”…
Also that Variety article… so much subtle shade…my heart swells
Well to be fair to the lazy prince and princess of Wails I wouldn’t want to attend an event where I am going to be roasted. Perhaps they decided to attend after they were promised that no royal jokes will be told. The ones who are supposed to stoically endure being belittled and offended are the duke and Duchess of Sussex.
The last time they were there, the entrance was so cringey! The silence. The expressions of the actors around them. Seriously, after how much shit talk there was over Meghan being an actress, they should be ashamed. But of course they’re not. Also, I like Allison Hammond but do not at all foresee her saying anything that would put her off-side.
Yeah I will forever love the audience for that – they made it clear how they felt about how Meghan was being treated by the RF. Everyone knew then that WanK were behind all the leaking and bullying.
kHate LOVES meeting celebs esp when she thinks they will fawn over her – it will be worse now that she has her precious Princess of Wales title. She’ll be expecting them to treat her like she is Di incarnate.
It will be interesting to watch how they are treated on arrival and what she is wearing – I wonder if Peggy will speak at this ceremony or if he thinks that being there is enough. Also wonder if they will show face at the annual event held at KP the night before.
A lot of that crowd will now have read Spare so I don’t think they will be much more enthusiastic for them unless the crowd is screened for royalists only.
Oohhhhh, good point @ Nic919!!!! I wouldn’t be surprised if one attendee hasn’t read Harry’s book.
There’s so much culture war surrounding Meghan and Harry now that there will be people intentionally cheering for that very reason. As much as they are more disliked now there’s a small segment of royalists that are determined to show that the royals are instead loved.
They will make sure to cheer even if the actors/nominees don’t care to.
The Baftas will also make sure the same silence doesn’t happen again.
@Jais I agree 1000% Allison Hammond is not going to say a thing.
I would love it if an American actor/actress (given the chance) would say something like…
As an American actor/ress, I’m absolutely thrilled! Anything can happen after all!
A bit of a twist of W’s words. pg.291 Spare
Does anyone else think it’s embarrassing that their attendance even has to be confirmed like this? You don’t see the presidents of other award ceremonies having to tell everyone they are attending their own event – it’s assumed, because that is the most basic part of the job.
I think this is a palace ploy to announce William is going so that he has no choice but to attend.
Fascinating that they gave “diary constraints” as their reason for not being able to attend last year when neither of them has anything in the Court Circular for the day of the BAFTAs last year.
That was also my thought. It seems strange to me that they would list “diary constraints” as their reason for not being there, even after an entire year. It seems like they should be able to at least list what the actual diary engagement(s) were that prevented them from going instead of still a year later referring to it as “diary constraints”. I also thought that it’s strange that it’s the Bafta spokesperson who made the statement and not KP. Their diary is through KP, so why would Bafta comment about diary conflicts and not KP?
It was Kate’s diary — as in she was too busy writing in her diary that night.
“Dear Diary, today I ate a lettuce leaf and half an apple. Then I took the kids for a nature walk and had them pose for some sweet photos but Louis had a tantrum and broke my camera. Afterwards I went to the gym and worked out, had the other half apple and went to the hairdresser’s for a new wiglet fitting. Then I sat over a gin and tonic looking through my Meghan style book and couldn’t land on the exact right Bafta dress so I said to William “Stuff it, you’re on your own tonight mate”. He got engorged (no, not THAT way…I mean with rage) and went down the pub. Think I’ll have another G&T and watch Suits.”
@Jaded this made me laugh so loud. It’s so true to life that now I’m wondering if you are Maria the Nanny in real life.
Hahaha. Snort. Thanks for the laugh.
Now, now..let’s be fair. The BAFTA’s were only 6 days before they left for the Caribbean Disastour. Kate needed extra time to coordinate her outfits to flags and to practice riding in a Jeep standing up for proper colonizer protocol. /s
It’s more likely she couldn’t time the botox and fillers to be decent for both the awards and then the trip for another two weeks later.
So those in the acting profession are ok just so long as they’re not marrying into ones family. Ok. Got it.
Alison Hammond is part delightful and majority doesn’t suffer fools. Interesting indeed.
Her interview with Harrison and Ryan is one I will always watch when it pops up in my algorithm.
I love that interview. It’s just fun to watch people cracking themselves up.
They are truly pathetic and terrified of regular journalists. The strict rota pr team will be in place🤣. What a statement. Of course Katie will cosplay Meghan since can’t seem to help her obsession. I hope someone trips and falls flat on their face. Figuratively or actually either is fine with me. I have no empathy or grace left to give these two hatefilled people.
Yeah, that statement was telling. A strict royal rota will be in place meaning the Cambridges will only engage with those reporters. I could feel the side-eye coming out of variety with that sentence.
Once again they validate everything The Sussex’s have said about the “invisible contract” these two are just horrible people. There is nothing redeemable about them imo.
Yep. Don’t even think about asking about the time William lunged at Harry & if he’s called to apologize yet. Or glad you could make it this year, where was it again that you were last year?
Allison Hammond is going to stick to the script. She doesn’t want ITV to fire her for insulting William and Kate. I’m hoping one of American actresses talks about how proud she is to be an actress in her acceptance speech.
“ Their attendance usually adds an extra layer of logistical considerations and, some might argue, glamour to the festivities.”
I’m enjoying the shade of this remark far too much. 😂
Yes. Of course they exude glamour to the festivities as people barely pay attention to them or give them a standing ovation…
Utter incompetence as well as fearful of any press coverage unless the are all boot kissers. Useless pair these two are.
I also enjoyed the part about how their absences were always noticeable, because they always sit in the front row on those few times they do go.
“…some might argue, glamour” is 100% shade and I love that for them. It’s not even “for some, glamour” which would imply that some people absolutely think they’re glamorous, it’s that some people if they aren’t wearing their glasses or paying attention very closely might mistakenly confuse them for a glamorous couple. L O L
Hmm, an award ceremony where winners are invited? Twisting celebrity arms to attend the next earth shot flop show?
I don’t understand why Kate’s hair/makeup/wardrobe people aren’t more openly dogged for shoddy work.
Sure, she has the final say so, but….. gawd. I would be so embarrassed to ever admit that that was my work.
Does the styling team presents the NDA as a condition for work…..
Which black artist are they going to seat them next to for the maximum “Were not racists” optics? Hope Viola and Angela have their best polite yet icy stares ready for those two.
Ah yes….another shining example of how NOT racist they are.
My heart goes out to the victim(s) that will be forced to sit in their immediate circle as they will certainly use them for their own “redemption”.
It will definitely be Viola and Angela with Tom next to them as well.
There will also probably be a joke at Harry’s expense which will be all over the headlines the next day. But hey it will help keep his book number 1 so I’m all for it
@Polo Can a joke be made about Spare without reminding the audience that W assaulted H?
🎶 Party for the wiglets 🎶
Will they ALL get to attend the BAFTAS?
Will there be another ugly belt from Kate’s Kollection of ugly belts?
Will the eyebrow have managed to finally make the leap and escape?
Though what I REALLY want to know is… what about the tights??!!
@Cathy love it! 😂
Yes Cathy 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Louder for those in the back please!!!!
Presenter: The award for Best Supporting Facial Feature goes to… Kate’s Left Eyebrow!
*Camera pans to Filler Lumps trying not to cry as Left Eyebrow runs to the stage. Wiglet keeps a stiff upper lip and politely claps*
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
In that first photo it looks like her right eyebrow was pulling up high; maybe her botox doc tried to overcorrect with the left? That happened to me at the hairdresser’s a couple of weeks ago, my hair kept getting shorter & shorter as she tried to even out the sides.
He still has time to whiten his teeth. I’m sure there is a private dentist who will see him without an appointment, being the Prince of Wales, you know.
Is there enough time to fix that messed up looking cap on Peg’s front tooth?
It’s so wonky looking in photos.
See I suspect that they are only going because they handpicked the media/tabloid so call journalists who can interview them. As in no real questions please. Just make us look glamorous and people will forget we are incandescent, butt clenching abusive , lazy , racist baby brains morons .
Zero interest in the Bafta awards. It is a pretty easy check mark on W&Ks job list.
Show up, pics taken w/millionaire actors, say a few words. Done.
You know Team W&K are fine tuning, controlling every detail. They need a win in their PR.
Strict rota presence = fear for being called out for what Harry said in Spare. The Wailes have set themselves up to get some bad press after the event because it will be written they ducked questions about Harry’s memoir. It would be a hoot if William was asked by a reporter when was your first time.
Isn’t everyone associated with BAFTA lucky that the Wails are showing up. Since the Wails are greedy & don’t like doing charity work, I hope they get snubbed. They don’t deserve adulation from anyone.
i could never waste a dime to see an overrated unattractve mean good for nothing characters like them!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a fun article. I liked “the Prince and Princess of Wales, as they are now called”. It shows that the Americans need to be clued in, because the majority don’t pay attention to the royals. They sure made a point of driving home the fact that WanK didn’t attend last year because of ?????
Well, we can only hope that Variety has an article afterwards for our entertainment.
I literally just keep writing the Cambridges😂. Mostly bc I’m used to it and it’s easier. I guess I could call them the Cornwalls? I realize they are now the wales or whatever but I’m just not gonna call them that. Sorry not sorry.
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is nominated for several technical BAFTAs. Given the other CB article today about Tom Cruise and the speculation about wooing the Wales over to Scientology, William and Kate might be more eager to go this year because they will get to show how buddy-buddy they are with Cruise.
Imagine the future head of the Church of England being a Scientology supporter?
Given how susceptible W&K are to flattery and celebrities? I could see it happen, esp. a shadow Scientology support like Will & Jada Smith.
Courting a high profile member of Co$ is such a bad PR move. Apparently, in their minds, associating themselves with Scientology is better than having a WOC in the family. They’re so diverse! smh
I’m so happy they are going to this event, that they are also doing more events and are trying to make celebrity connections. The more they do the more we see how boring, average, awkward, uncharismatic, bland vanilla, teethy bald nothingness they truly are. They really think just doing this stuff means they are nailing it lol and they just didn’t feel like it before lol. Lets wait until they get what they wanted and everyone will know their own glaring insignificance.
Thanks for the laugh.
Attention is like oxygen for those two, I guess with brand new titles, time to have overdone dress and makeup.
Vanity is in the air ……..
It is time for the peacock strut…..
I swear to God he’s re-growing his hair! Look at all those thin strands crossing over his head!!!! He’s going all Hollywood because Tom Cruise is his bestie and he’s re-starting his sporadic attendance at the Bafta’s. Where is the dignity, the gravitas of the Crown? But if he’s going Hollywood, he REALLY ought to whiten his yellow teeth. That is de rigueur.
Another excuse to spend thousands of pounds on more new clothes and sky high heels to loom over the top of everyone there. Looking down on people with her hyena mouth seems to be her standard. Nothing genuine except fot the desperate need to find every camera lens
It couldn’t have anything to do with the few actors who have given back their awards from the royal family since the Queen has died could it. Or the few who just said don’t give me one. Maybe Charles if figuring out people don’t like him and the fondness for the Queen isn’t passing on to him and William.
So the system works just as Harry said: “A strict royal rota is likely to be in place, meaning William and Kate will only engage with a select group of journalists on the ground.”
@Isabella I love that its armature as eff with the RR. Yes, well played Harry. You can literally read what the RBF is doing day to day in the tabloids. They don’t have much sense of how to plant a story successfully LOL
Yet another article proving the Windsors are desperate to be seen rubbing elbows with celebrities.
Highly privileged couple will step out of their home in costume and get credit for working.
You have to bear in mind that most actors are gagging for a knighthood. So I think they will get a standing ovation. See Helena Bonham Carter’s embarrassing brown-nosing for proof, from advocating that The Crown carry a fiction warning (Republican Josh O’Connor passionately disagreed) to telling the papers that we have heard enough from a Prince Harry.