Prince Philip: BAFTA praises Duke of Edinburgh for getting it through difficult times as Prince William pulls out of awards ceremony
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Bafta host Clara Amfo praises duke for guiding academy through ‘difficult times’
Updated: 10/04/2021, 10:56 pm
(Kirsty Wigglesworth/PA)
Bafta host Clara Amfo praised the Duke of Edinburgh for helping to guide the academy through “difficult times” during the event’s opening night.
This year’s awards are being handed out over two nights in largely virtual ceremonies, with behind the camera categories, including casting and make-up, announced on Saturday.
Philip, who died aged 99 on Friday, became Bafta’s first president in 1959, one year after the British Film Academy and the Guild of Television Producers and Directors merged to create the Society of Film and Television Arts (SFTA), a forerunner of Bafta.
Bafta offers ‘deepest sympathy’ to royals as William withdraws from film awards
Updated: April 10 2021, 3.59pm
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge take their seats as they attend the EE British Academy Film Awards in 2017 (PA)
The Duke of Cambridge has withdrawn from this weekend’s Bafta awards coverage following the death of his grandfather the Duke of Edinburgh.
This year’s film awards will be handed out over two nights in largely virtual ceremonies, with presenters attending London’s Royal Albert Hall in person for Sunday’s broadcast.
William, who is president of Bafta, was due to feature on Saturday in a pre-recorded conversation with costume designer Jenny Beavan and make-up and hair designer Sharon Martin, talking about filming in lockdown and the craft of film-making.