The Duchess of Cambridge has been criticised for wearing a glamorous green Jenny Packham gown when she accompanied Prince William to the BAFTAs on Sunday, 18 February 2018.
The Duke of Cambridge is the president of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Female nominees and guests were encouraged to wear black at the BAFTAs to show their support the #MeToo and Time’s Up anti-sexual harassment campaigns.
Quite a bummer to see that the Duchess of Cambridge didn’t wear black to the #BAFTAs and not a #TimesUp pin on either Cambridge.
There is nothing political about standing up to sexual assault. This should’ve been an easy choice for them to make, and they failed.
— diane alston 👩🏾💻 (@dianelyssa) 18 February 2018
Feminists expressed their condemnation of the Duchess’ dark green gown on Twitter claiming that the #TimesUp and #MeToo were not political.
Disappointed in #KateMiddleton #DuchessofCambridge not wearing black to the #EEBAFTAs It’s not a political thing. Its a woman thing! #TimesUp #StandTogether
— Nikki Long (@Nikki_L87) 18 February 2018
However, these Feminists fail to understand that members of the British Royal Family only wear black when attending funerals or Remembrance Day services.
To wear black at any other time is a breach of royal protocol, which Kate clearly wanted to avoid.
Members of the British Royal family are also supposed to avoid all political statements and gestures.
Observers noted that the royal couple did not wear the Time’s Up lapel pin either.
Duchess of Cambridge being abused by ‘feminists’ on Twitter for not wearing a black dress at tonight’s #BAFTAS.
Apparently, she’s not allowed to exercise HER feminist right to wear whatever colour dress she chooses. pic.twitter.com/dJrldJpBph— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 18, 2018
Some have pointed out green was also the colour of the suffragette movement.
The Duchess wore a black belt with her empire line style gown, which she has accessorised with other outfits in the past.
The Duchess, now seven months pregnant, also wore an elegant emerald necklace with matching earrings, black shoes and carried a black clutch purse.
The actresses agreed to wear black tonight. The Duchess of Cambridge is not an actress, so it makes perfect sense for her not to wear black. Wearing dark green (a rather subdued colour) is a perfect choice. #BAFTA2018
— ♔ RoyalArjan ♔ (@RoyalArjan) 18 February 2018
A few people, including Piers Morgan, defended the Duchess of Cambridge on social media.
She can’t be seen to be politically involved with any specific cause. Royals are seen to be impartial. However, kudos to her wearing her black bow across the middle and wearing a dark a colour as possible. #Feminazis #BAFTAS #MeToo https://t.co/LMp23BuXfQ
— David Kelly (@DaveyKell) February 18, 2018
Royal commentator Robert Jobson sums it up on Twitter.
Why all this fuss about The Duchess of Cambridge wearing green? So she doesn’t take part in the political “Time’s Up protest” – Now she is abused online! This is McCarthyism-style bullying of the worst kind. Why must she make a political statement? Her work speaks for itself.
— Robert Jobson (@theroyaleditor) February 18, 2018
And …
The Duchess of Cambridge defied the Time’s Up protest by arriving at the BAFTAs in a green dress, instead of the black worn by the majority of the red carpet. She is now abused by so-called “feminists” – distrusting behaviour, perhaps it signals Time’s Up for them … #bullying
— Robert Jobson (@theroyaleditor) February 18, 2018
Diana Princess of Wales was criticised for her major fashion faux-pas by wearing a black Emmanuel gown at her first official engagement during the early 1980s.
