Prince William and Princess Kate Middleton can be absent from the upcoming BAFTA Tv Awards.
As a substitute of attending, the Prince of Wales, 41, is anticipated to report a video message to be performed in the course of the occasion on Sunday, Might 12, per Deadline.
4 actors from Netflix’s The Crown — Dominic West (King Charles III), Salim Daw (Mohamed Al-Fayed), Elizabeth Debicki (Princess Diana) and Leslie Manville (Princess Margaret) — are nominated for awards on the BAFTAS on Sunday, which takes place at London’s Royal Competition Corridor.
Us Weekly reached out to BAFTA and Kensington Palace for remark.
William beforehand attended the BAFTA Movie Awards in February with out Kate, 42, by his facet. The awards present got here one month after Kensington Palace introduced she underwent a “deliberate” stomach surgical procedure.
“I’m sorry Catherine’s not right here. She does love the BAFTAs,” William advised Elaine Bedell, chief govt of the Southbank Middle, on the time.
Days earlier than the ceremony, Kensington Palace confirmed that William can be with out his common plus one. “The prince, president of the British Academy of Movie and Tv Arts (BAFTA), will watch the awards ceremony earlier than assembly class winners and EE Rising Star Award nominees,” learn an announcement to Individuals in February.
William has attended a number of engagements on his personal since Kate introduced in March that she had been recognized with most cancers following her stomach process. (After Kate started her remedy, she canceled all public-facing duties and isn’t anticipated to make a return till she is cleared by her docs.)
“My medical crew subsequently suggested that I ought to endure a course of preventative chemotherapy, and I’m now within the early levels of that remedy,” Kate shared in a worldwide video on the time.
Charles, 75, beforehand introduced his personal analysis with an unspecified type of most cancers in February. William, who’s first in line for the throne, has been feeling the strain amid his household’s well being woes.
“It’s been nerve-racking,” a supply advised Us in April. “William feels a profound sense of obligation to uphold the monarchy’s stability and encourage confidence within the public that every thing can be OK. It’s an immense duty.”
Earlier this month, William gave an uplifting replace when requested about his and Kate’s household, together with their three youngsters, Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, 9, and Prince Louis, 6.
“All doing nicely, thanks,” he advised onlookers on the opening of James’ Place Newcastle, a suicide prevention middle for males, per social media footage. “Sure, we’re doing nicely.”