The Prince and Princess of Wales were the guests of honour at the BAFTAs, marking their first joint appearance since the arrest of William’s uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
The Princess of Wales was left in “floods of tears” Prince William revealed during a glamorous appearance at the BAFTAs. The royal couple attended the glitzy awards bash in what was their first joint appearance together since the arrest of William’s uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
William, who is president of the arts charity, walked down the red carpet with his wife Kate, who dazzled in a pink Gucci gown, paired with jewellery once owned by the late Queen. The royal couple chatted to representatives from Bafta and the Southbank Centre before taking their seats in the star-studded auditorium for the awards ceremony.
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And the heir to the throne revealed that Kate had watched the hugely emotional film Hamnet on Saturday night and was left in “floods of tears”. But when asked if he had seen it, he tellingly explained: “I need to be in quite a calm state and I am not at the moment. I will save it.”
Chatting with the chairwoman of Bafta’s film committee, Emily Stillman, and executive director of the charity’s awards and content, Emma Baehr, Kate added: “Yes, I think it was a very bad idea actually… ended up with very puffy eyes.”
She said it was “really very very powerful”, praising the “fantastic” and “raw” music score and talking about its portrayal of “intergenerational grief”.
Ms Stillman had told Kate that the last time they met was when she was pregnant with Prince George in 2013 and recalled the princess doing Harry Potter spells. “I do remember that,” Kate said, adding that her children would love to have a closer look into the Bafta film world.
“They love the idea of being behind the scenes and finding out how it all happens,” she said. Kate told Ms Bedell and Ms Kirkby that “the children are getting into film a bit more”.
“It’s a really great way to have some of the hard conversations with them,” she added. “We have still got a long list of films we haven’t seen,” she went on. “Hopefully this will help.”
William and Kate’s BAFTAs apperance comes as royal sources have said the Prince of Wales is determined to help the King regain the trust of the nation, in the wake of the royal family being engulfed by the arrest of former prince Andrew.
Mountbatten-Windsor was questioned for 11 hours last week over allegations of misconduct in public office and the future king has quietly been drawing up plans to revolutionise the monarchy. William is understood to have a long-term goal centred on running the institution with a “corporate-like structure” to increase accountability to the public, sources have revealed.
The arrest last Thursday of the King’s brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, on suspicion of passing confidential information to his billionaire paedophile pal, Jeffrey Epstein, has brought into sharp focus whether the monarchy is fit for purpose.
One source said: “There is a clear acknowledgement that the issues surrounding Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have had an effect on public trust, and there is a united willingness to change that. The Prince of Wales has a clear focus and is determined to help the King in any way he can to restore that trust with the public and long term.
“Right now, the family and the country need stability, but there will come a time when he will bring in his own changes to ensure that accountability and purpose are front and centre of not only his role but the role of the institution.” William has in recent months, opened up about his vision of “change for good”.
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