It was a memorable night jam-packed with glitz and glamour as the most talented stars in the business gathered for the BAFTA Film Awards at The Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday.
However it seems one photo in particular from the evening has taken the world by storm as fans went wild after Ayo Edibiri and Sophie Wilde met Prince William.
Standing alongside Phoebe Dyvenor and Mia Mckenna-Bruce, the two actresses, seemed overcome with emotion as they shook hands with royalty.
As Prince William burst out laughing Ayo, 28, looked completely shocked as she failed to hide the surprise on her face.
Meanwhile Sophie looked like she was on the verge of tears as she stood chatting to the Prince of Wales.
Fans went wild as they reacted to Ayo Edibiri’s panicked surprise while Sophie Wilde seemed close to tears as the pair meet Prince William at the BAFTA’s on Sunday evening (pictured Prince William, Phoebe Dynevor, Ayo Edebiri, Sophie Wilde and Mia McKenna-Bruce L-R)
Standing alongside Phoebe Dyvenor and Mia Mckenna-Bruce, the two actresses, seemed overcome with emotion as they shook hands with royalty
Taking to Twitter fans went wild for the snap as one account shared the snap with the caption: ‘I am simply begging you all to look at this photo of Ayo Edebiri meeting Prince William at the #BAFTAs’.
As fans pondered what could have caused such reactions one asked: ‘What are the girls scared of?’ while another asked: ‘why are their reactions like that, tho?’
Another joked: ‘Their reactions are sending me,’ and another teased: ‘They were stunned by his royal aura’.
Another penned: ‘They all look alarmed’.
Wondering what Prince William said, one commented: ‘Prince was funny I think,’ and another speculated: ‘I wanna know what he said so badly the reactions omggg’.
Another joked: ‘I think the prince just told his favourite joke his grandfather told him.’
While another teased: ‘He seems like the kind to laugh at his own joke before he’s even finished telling it, and it isn’t even good. So cringe.’
Referencing the time Ayo gave a shout out to Ireland while accepting a Critics Choice Awards for best actress in comedy, another wrote: ‘That Irish traditional suspicious look Ayo is giving when meeting the British royals.’
Taking to Twitter fans went wild for the snap as one account shared the snap with the caption: ‘I am simply begging you all to look at this photo of Ayo Edebiri meeting Prince William at the #BAFTAs’
As fans pondered what could have caused such reactions one asked: ‘What are the girls scared of?’ while another asked: ‘why are their reactions like that, tho?’
Wondering what Prince William said, one commented: ‘Prince was funny I think’
Other fans commented on Phoebe’s forced looking smile as they asked: ‘is she being held hostage?????!?!!?’
Speaking to the actresses Prince William made a gaffe after saying Mia’s movie looked like it was ‘a lot of fun’, despite not having seen it.
Mia won the award for EE Rising Star for her role in the drama How To Have Sex – which ends with her character being raped.
The star, 26, won the prize after her performance as Tara, a virgin who goes on holiday with friends to Greek island Malia where she is raped by a fellow tourist.
The actress said she hoped the film would improve society’s ‘conversation we’ve been having around consent’ and help ‘people talk about situations they’ve been through’.
William greeted the Rising Star nominees by telling her: ‘I haven’t yet watched your film – I think it looked like you had a lot of fun all the way through.
Mia, 26, won BAFTA’s Rising Star award after widespread praise for her role in the coming-of-age movie How To Have Sex
The Prince opted for a velour navy blue dinner jacket, dickie bow and patent black brogues for the most glamorous night in the British film calendar
Mia, pictured as Tara in the award-winning movie How To Have Sex which sees her character ultimately realise she was raped by a fellow holiday-maker
The father-of-three, 41, shook hands with Mia and her fellow nominees – The Bear’s Ayo Edebiri, Phoebe Dynevor and Sophie Wilde – while admitting he had not watched any of their movies.
He said on entering the backstage area: ‘The category was so strong, all of you – it was like who is going to pull this off?
‘It was incredible. It was very close between all of you.’
After McKenna-Bruce urged him to watch How To Have Sex, he replied: ‘I’ve got a lot of films to catch up on.
‘Normally I get quite ahead of the awards ceremony, I get to see quite a few of them. I haven’t managed to get that many through.
