Celebrity / Kate Middleton Kate Middleton Gets a Little Cheeky With William Princess of Wales busted patting William's butt while walking the red carpet at the BAFTAs By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff Posted Feb 20, 2023 12:02 PM CST Copied Prince William, left, and Kate, Princess of Wales, arrive at the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Sunday. (Chris Jackson/Pool Photos via AP) Prince William and Kate are running the risk of losing their stodgy-old-married-couple image, with People reporting that the latter got caught playfully tapping the derriere of the former as they walked the red carpet at Sunday night's British Academy Film Awards. The moment was predictably caught on camera and promptly went viral; the Daily Beast suggests that the Waleses could use the lighthearted publicity in the wake of weeks of bad press that followed the release of Prince Harry's memoir, Spare. Go ahead, watch it on endless loop here. (More Kate Middleton stories.) Report an error