BAFTA's Royal Connections

Her Majesty The Queen

The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh made the decision to gift the royalties from Richard Cawston's documentary Royal Family to the SFTA in the early 1970s, enabling the organisation take up residence at 195 Piccadilly.

Her Majesty The Queen

The Queen inspects a steenbeck in one of the viewing rooms at 195 Picadilly at the 1976 opening.

HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh

The Duke of Edinburgh was the organisation’s first president in 1959, a year after The Society of Film and Television Arts was formed.

The Earl Mountbatten of Burma

The Earl Mountbatten of Burma, The Duke of Edinburgh’s uncle, was BAFTA’s president from 1966 to 1972.

Princess Royal

HRH Princess Anne was Academy president between 1972 – 2001.

HRH The Princess Royal with Lord Grade

HRH The Princess Royal presented Lord Grade with the BAFTA Fellowship in 1979.

Timothy Burrill, HRH Princess Anne and Richard Attenborough, 1983

Richard Attenborough and Timothy Burrill, Academy Chair with HRH The Princess Royal, Academy President having received the fellowshiop at the Film and Television Awards in 1983.

BAFTA Los Angeles Royal Gala 1988

Sarah, Duchess of York with Prince Andrew, Duke of York at BAFTA Los Angeles' Royal Gala in 1988.

BAFTA Los Angeles Royal Gala 1988

Prince William

HRH Prince William walks the Orange British Academy Film Awards red carpet before his confirmation as the Academy's fifth President (BAFTA/Richard Kendal).

Prince William

HRH Prince William arrives on the Orange British Academy Film Awards in 2010 before his confirmation as the Academy's fifth President (BAFTA/Dave Dettman).

Prince William

HRH Prince William talks to film fans on the Orange British Academy Film Awards red carpet (BAFTA/Richard Kendal).

Prince William - Presenter - BAFTA Fellowship

Prince William says a few words about the British Academy Film Awards Fellowship (BAFTA/Brian Ritchie).

Prince William - Presenter - BAFTA Fellowship

Prince William says a few words about the British Academy Film Awards Fellowship (BAFTA/Brian Ritchie).

HRH Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge

HRH Prince William, The Duke of Cambridge with Uma Thurman

Prince William - Uma Thurman - BAFTA Fellowship

Uma Thurman warmly welcomes to the stage 2010's British Film Academy Fellow, Vanessa Redgrave (BAFTA/Brian Ritchie).

BAFTA Brits to Watch 2011

The Royal couple on the BAFTA red carpet in Los Angeles with Amanda Berry

BAFTA Brits to Watch 2011

The Royal couple were chaperoned on the red carpet by BAFTA CEO Amanda Berry

BAFTA Brits to Watch 2011

Academy President The Duke of Cambridge on the red carpet with his wife Catherine Middleton