The Princess of Wales is set to grace the red carpet at a major star-studded event next month at the BAFTA Film Awards, in her biggest comeback yet.
Insiders at the awards say they are “pulling out all the stops” to ensure the ceremony marks Princess Kate’s triumphant return following her cancer diagnosis last year.
The committee chair, Anna Higgs, is hopeful Kate will accompany Prince William at London’s Royal Festival Hall on February 16.
Last year, Kate missed the awards, before revealing in an emotional video to the public in March, that she was suffering from cancer.
As of September, Kate finished chemotherapy treatment and told the public she would focus on “staying cancer free”.
An insider told the Daily Mail: “BAFTA has close ties with William and Kate and is pulling out all the stops to try to secure Kate’s presence at this year’s awards. It sent her warmest wishes when she revealed her cancer diagnosis and hopes she will appear alongside William in what will be her big showbiz return since she’s been in recovery.”
They added: “Anything Bafta can do to work around Kate, it will do.”
The Princess of Wales first attended the event in 2017. The couple took a break in 2021, just before Prince Philip died, and again in 2022, due to diary constraints, before a return in 2023 when the ceremony paid tribute to the late Queen.
Prince William, 40, has been President of BAFTA since 2010. The awards are an annual celebration of the extraordinary skills, talent and craft of the film industry.
Their programmes are designed to “support talented film, games, and TV professionals on their journey to becoming industry leaders and changemakers”.
The BAFTA story began in 1947 when a group of well-known filmmakers, brought together by producer Sir Alexander Korda, formed the British Film Academy and director David Lean was appointed the Academy’s first Chair.