Prince William chose to spend the night alone while attending the 2024 BAFTA Awards at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Sunday. Prince William, president of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts since 2010, attends the Academy Awards-like ceremony every year to celebrate the year’s best films.

This year the heir apparent attended the ceremony alone, but his wife Catherine, Princess of Wales, has also attended in the past. Catherine – known to many as Kate – has been away from her public-facing royal duties for months as she recovers from abdominal surgery.

The Prince of Wales’ presence at the grand ceremony comes as the heir apparent makes an effort to return to a partial public role after taking three weeks off to care for his wife and three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. .

Catherine is expected to return to public duties in April, according to a statement sent to CNN by Kensington Palace at the time.

He returned to royal duties earlier this month as his father, King Charles III, underwent cancer treatment.

Buckingham Palace announced on February 6 that King Charles III had been diagnosed with an undisclosed cancer after undergoing surgery to correct an enlarged prostate at a London hospital last month.

Sunday’s Bafta Awards were hosted by British actor David Tennant.