The Prince of Wales is about to attend the EE BAFTA Movie Awards this Sunday, Kensington Palace has confirmed.
William, who’s President of BAFTA, will stroll the crimson carpet solo with out his spouse Princess Kate, who will stay at residence as she continues her restoration post-abdominal surgical procedure.
In recent times, the royal couple have normally attended collectively, however in January, Kensington Palace introduced that the Princess can be out of motion till at the very least Easter.
They missed the occasion in 2022 because of “diary constraints” and in addition pulled out final minute in 2021 as a result of sudden passing of William’s grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh.
William has been President of BAFTA since 2010, a task he succeeded from Lord Attenborough – the one non-royal president of BAFTA thus far. Earlier than that, Princess Anne held the function from 1972 to 2000, whereas Prince Philip was the primary President of BAFTA from 1959 to 1965.
All eyes have been on William and Kate final 12 months as they made fairly the doorway on the 2023 BAFTAs. The Princess appeared beautiful in a reworked Alexander McQueen one-shoulder robe and assertion black opera gloves, whereas William was sensible in a black velvet tuxedo from Tom Ford.
The Princess first wore the Grecian-style robe for the 2019 BAFTAs, with floral detailing on the shoulder.
Kate, 42, has not been seen in public since Christmas. The Wales household have been spending the kids’s half-term break at their nation residence, Sandringham.
She had deliberate belly surgical procedure in early January, which got here as a shock to royal watchers around the globe. She spent virtually two weeks in hospital earlier than returning residence to Adelaide Cottage to proceed her prolonged restoration.
William has been serving to to take care of his spouse in addition to their three youngsters Prince George, ten, Princess Charlotte, eight, and Prince Louis, 5. He briefly took a step again from official duties to give attention to his household however returned to the royal circuit final week by attending a charity gala with well-known faces together with Tom Cruise.
He’s additionally anticipated to step in for his father King Charles, because the monarch, 75, balances his work along with his most cancers remedy. Medical doctors discovered a type of most cancers whereas treating Charles for an enlarged prostrate final month.
9 months after William swore to be his father’s liege man of life and limb, his solemn coronation promise has by no means been extra necessary.
“I feel William has definitely realised this and the burden of the world is on his shoulders. He will be the King at some stage,” royal creator Robert Jobson advised HELLO! on this week’s difficulty.
“The expectation is on William’s shoulders and he should be feeling slightly like Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth when she was 25, out of the blue being catapulted into this job which turns into all consuming.”
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