Prince William’s gaffe in front of actresses: this moment of embarrassment which did not go unnoticed behind the scenes at the Baftas: Femme Actuelle Le MAG

Prince William himself admitted: he did not have the time or opportunity to watch all the films competing in the categories of the 77th Baftas ceremony… Saturday February 17, 2024, the heir to the British Crown attended this prestigious evening of cinema and television awards, of which he is honorary president and where he met several actresses, notably Mia McKenna-Bruce. Distinguished for her role in How To Have Sexthe 26-year-old actress plays Tara, a 16-year-old girl who goes on vacation to Greece with her two best friends and who hides from them the rape of which she was the victim by another tourist. This drama addresses the issue of virginity, consent and the taboo of victims of sexual violence. Prince William, when meeting Mia McKenna-Bruce, told her that this movie looked “fun”, stating not to have seen him. “I haven’t watched your movie yet – I think you looked like you had a lot of fun throughout,” he said, quoted by Independent Tuesday February 20, 2024.

Prince William has ‘a lot of films to catch up on’

Many Anglo-Saxon media relayed this embarrassing moment backstage at the Baftas, at the Royal Festival Hall in London. On social networks, Internet users made fun of this clumsiness between the heavy subject matter of the film and Prince William’s innocent remark. In the video of this little blunder published by the Daily Mailwe see Kate Middleton’s husband meeting Ayo Edebiri (The Bear), Phoebe Dynevor (Bridgerton), Sophie Wilde (Everything Now) and Mia McKenna-Bruce (How To Have Sex). “I have a lot of films to catch up on. Normally I’m quite early on the awards ceremony, I see quite a few. I didn’t manage to see that many.”, he also admitted to the quartet of actresses nominated in the female revelation category. It must be said that these last few weeks have been complicated for the future king, between the announcement of his father Charles III’s cancer and the abdominal operation of his wife Kate Middleton, mother of their three children. A surgical procedure shrouded in mystery and which forced her into a surprisingly long convalescence period.