Prince William and Kate Middleton will probably be no-shows on the 2025 BAFTA Awards.
Kensington Palace confirmed the Prince and Princess of Wales are usually not attending the BAFTA Movie Awards happening Sunday, Feb. 16.
William, who has been president of the British Academy of Movie and Tv Arts since 2010, will seem in a video bundle as a part of the awards and can go to the London Display screen Academy on Wednesday, the Put up can affirm.
Kate Mansey, royal editor for The Instances UK, claimed on X (previously Twitter) that the couple aren’t attending the occasion as a result of it takes place throughout their childrens’ faculty break.
“It falls on the first weekend of the half-term school holidays,” Mansey tweeted.
Mansey additionally mentioned that William, 42, “will focus his efforts on highlighting the next generation of film talent” as an alternative of going to the BAFTAs.
The Put up has reached out to Kensington Palace for remark.
William and Middleton, 43, who share children Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6, are usually regulars on the BAFTAs.
However William went alone final 12 months whereas his spouse was recovering from her belly surgical procedure.
On the time, Middleton hadn’t confirmed but that she was identified with most cancers. After present process chemo, the mother of three introduced final month that she’s in remission.
William walked the 2024 BAFTAs pink carpet on the Royal Competition Corridor and rubbed elbows with Hollywood royalty, together with Bradley Cooper, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Cate Blanchett and Emma Stone.
Middleton did go together with William to the BAFTAs in 2023, the place the princess wore a surprising white one-shoulder Alexander McQueen costume, whereas the long run king sported a black tuxedo with a velvet jacket
Earlier than that, the couple hadn’t attended the award present since 2020.
They missed the 2021 BAFTA Awards as a result of demise of Prince Philip, who handed away simply in the future earlier than the scheduled ceremony at age 99. In 2022, they have been unable to attend as a consequence of “diary constraints,” a rep instructed Selection on the time.
The 2025 BAFTAs are being hosted by David Tennant for the second 12 months in a row.
“Conclave” is the most-nominated movie, with 12 nods. “Emilia Perez,” “The Brutalist,” “Anora,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Wicked” and “A Complete Unknown” are additionally up for quite a few awards.
