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Sunday 10 July
The Academy was honoured to welcome our President the Duke of Cambridge
with his wife the Duchess of Cambridge to the inaugural BAFTA Brits to Watch event in Los Angeles. The couple attended the event as part of their Royal tour in California, showing their support of British creative talent and BAFTA's year-round work.
Photography by Stewart Cook and Adrian Carr.
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Academy President The Duke of Cambridge on the red carpet with his wife Catherine Middleton
The Royal couple were chaperoned on the red carpet by BAFTA CEO Amanda Berry
Amanda Berry arrives with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge at the Belasco Theatre in LA
The royal couple on the red carpet
Fans who crowded outside the Belasco Theatre in LA were rewarded with a hand shake from the the Royal couple
The Duke of Cambridge meets Tom Hanks along with his wife Rita Wilson.
The Duke of Cambridge has a conversation with Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman
Kate Middleton wears a lilac Alexander McQueen gown
The Duke of Cambridge talks to Jennifer Lopez at the BAFTA Brits to Watch reception.
The Duchess of Cambridge meets Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson.
Barbra Streisand and James Brolin meet the Duke of Cambridge at the event reception in Los Angeles
BAFTA in Los Angeles Chairman Nigel Lythgoe chaperones The Duchess of Cambridge.
The Royal couple on the BAFTA red carpet in Los Angeles with Amanda Berry
BAFTA Chairman Tim Corrie watches on as the Duke of Cambridge greets Nigel Lythgoe, John Willis, Brian Walton and Rebecca Segal
The Duke chats with the ambassadors from BA.
The Duchess of Cambridge speaks to ambassadors from BA.
The Royal couple share a joke.
The Duchess looks on at the Royal Rota in Los Angeles.
The Duchess of Cambridge greets the owners of the Belasco Theatre, Mr. and Mrs.Kim
The Duke of Cambridge greets Mr and Mrs Kim
BAFTA's President - watched over by the iconic BAFTA mask - addresses the star-studded crowd.