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William will also present Dame Helen Mirren, who famously won an
Oscar and Bafta for playing his grandmother, The Queen, with the
Fellowship award.
Earlier this year, Helen revealed she was overwhelmed by the award,
which has previously been award to Alfred Hitchcock, Steven
Speilberg and Elizabeth Taylor.
“This is the greatest professional honour I can imagine, certainly
one I never dreamt of as a schoolgirl in Westcliff-on-Sea,
Essex.”
The Duke, who will be attending the event without the Duchess of
Cambridge, has been president of the Academy since February 2010
and has helped launched many BAFTA programmes including the ‘Give
Something Back’ campaign.
The campaign, which launched in October 2013, was set up to support
young people from all backgrounds in entering the film, television
and gaming world.
This year’s BAFTA awards sees Gravity lead with 11 nominations,
while 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle follow behind with
10.
The awards will be presented by Steven Fry and screened on BBC on
February 16.
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