Plenty about the Top Gun sequel has garnered anticipation, not least because Covid has consistently pushed the release date, which coincidentally finally landed around the time of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. At the Diamond Jubilee, we had Paloma Faith discuss both royal matters and her new album during the BBC’s questionable coverage. At the Royal Windsor Horse Show this year, we had Tom Cruise introduce, for reasons only the cynical can decipher, the Royal Horse Artillery next to other celluloid luminaries like Omid Djalili and Martin Clunes.
The elision of the world of celebrity with that of the royals is not always smooth, or indeed wise. And yet a successful meeting of these two spheres did occur this week on the Top Gun: Maverick premiere’s red carpet when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge showed up, and show up is exactly what Prince William did. His customary undone jacket aside, he looked splendid.
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