Royals to review SA Mandela film
DATE NIGHT: WILLIAM AND CATHERINE TO LEAVE PRINCE GEORGE AT HOME WHILE THEY POP OUT TO SEE A MOVIE
P Important fundraising aspect to Leicester Square premiere.
rince William and Duchess Catherine (right ) will attend the royal premiere of Mandela: Long
Walk to Freedom next month. The royal couple will leave their three-month-old son, Prince George, at home to walk the red carpet in support of the annual royal film performance – which benefits the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF) – in London’s Leicester Square on December 5.
William, 31, and Catherine, 31, will be joined at the glamorous events by the stars of the new Nelson Mandela biopic, Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, director Justin Chadwick and the former South African leader’s daughter Zindzi Mandela (right).
The royal film performance has been an annual tradition since King George VI attended the premiere of A Matter Of Life And
Death in 1946. The regal premiere event helps raise funds for the CTBF, which supports employees in the film and TV industries and their families through times of hardship. This year’s royal premiere will also benefit The Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, Mandela’s charitable organisation for children in South Africa.
Prince William walked the red carpet without his wife – who was pregnant at the time – for the royal premiere of The Hobbit:
An Unexpected Journey last year.
– Teamtalk.