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Kate Beckinsale urges BAFTA board to change its email policy after receiving 'cold and distressing' message concerning her late stepfather's potential omission from show's In Memoriam - days after his death
The actress, 50, was left distraught after being informed Roy, who was presented with Alan Clarke Award by BAFTA in 1996, may not be included in the Award ceremony's In Memoriam segment.
'In lieu of an apology which is now redundant, I would like a public and permanent assurance that BAFTA make a major change to their policy of wording emails to anyone who has been bereaved; whether that person is a DP,a sound or vfx technician, costume department, editor, electrician ,grip or carpenter, let alone someone honoured in the way Roy had been' . After first learning of the news Kate wrote: 'Here is a photo just after I presented my stepdad with the lifetime achievement BAFTA for his incredible work in television from Colin Welland’s “Leeds United!” about the first all female strike in the clothing trade... After first learning of the news Kate wrote: 'Here is a photo just after I presented my stepdad with the lifetime achievement BAFTA for his incredible work in television from Colin Welland’s “Leeds United!” about the first all female strike in the clothing trade...
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