Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William to attend Top Gun premiere in London

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set to attend the London premiere of the new Top Gun, Maverick film next week.

The event is in partnership with the Film and TV Charity, which works to support those who work behind the scenes of the TV and cinema industry in the UK.

Catherine and Prince William will be met by the Lord Lieutenant and the CEO of the charity before heading down the red carpet.

They will also have the opportunity to speak with film executives, including director Joe Kaczenski.

The royal couple will have the chance to mingle with big screen stars at the Leicester Square Paramount Pictures premiere.

They will be handed programmes and posies before heading in to view the film itself.

The new film stars, Tom Cruise and Miles Teller, will also be present to greet the Duke and Duchess.

Reportedly, the Montecito duo Harry and Meghan are not invited to the premiere.

While Harry and Meghan were banned from the Jubilee balcony, Tom Cruise will lead an A-list cast of talent celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee on UK broadcaster ITV.

Philips Gofield and Juliet Chingham will host the live ITV broadcast The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebration.

The celebration will feature guests including Jo Ando, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Anton Deck, Joan Collins, Mo Farah, Maureen Lipman, David Jason, Alan Titchmarsh, Kelly Holmes, Moira Stewart and Trevor MacDonald, with special performances from Kiala Settle, Gregory Porter, and Catherine Jenkins as they pay tribute to the Queen's 70 years of service.

A theatrical arena event will include 1,300 performers and 500 horses and is made up of four acts, each overseen by a different event host, confirmed to be Tom Cruise, Damien Lewis, Jo Ando and Alan Titchmarsh respectively.

The celebration will take viewers on a ride through history, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I through to the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, culminating in a grand finale.

According to royal expert Hugo Vickers, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's return to the UK for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations is entirely due to branding.

Hugo told True Royalty TV's The Royal Beat, “I think it's entirely to do with branding because the further away that he, Harry, gets from the royal family, he turns into a guy in blue jeans, with a ginger beard, coming off a plane with a backpack on.

Which isn't very marketable in my point of view.”

Meanwhile, Russell Myers, Royal Editor of the Mirror, added, “I think they, the Sussexes, would have wanted to be on the balcony, of course.

There is an argument to say that they still need to be seen as royal.

This is one of the biggest events of the generation and they need to stay relevant.

They're not having a great time at the moment.

There is pressure from Netflix, who have dropped Meghan's debut show Pearl, and, I think they are potentially struggling to stay relevant.”

Furthermore, Angela Levin accused Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of threatening to spoil the Platinum Jubilee weekend.

The Royal Biographer told GB News that Harry and Meghan had an ulterior motive in coming.

Ms Levin said, “This notice confirms my idea that they had an ulterior motive in coming.

They want to come because they want to make it up to Netflix and get loads more money.

They can make sure they are thought of as royals and Netflix will come over and take snaps of them all the time.”

She continued, “Harry may go and make some more money by going to talk to some US TV station perhaps and saying all the things everyone said to him over here.

I find it all unbelievable and so despairing.

They will spoil the Jubilee because they will want attention, and if they don't have attention, they will complain.

It should all be about our Queen, who is having problems at 96 and that is not unusual.

I think it is so awful.