After rubbing shoulders with Hollywood A-listers at the Bafta Film Awards in London, the Prince of Wales congratulated the winners before heading straight home to Windsor for an early night.
Prince William has made the daily school run a priority while his wife the Princess continues her recovery from abdominal surgery, so the next day, he drove Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis to school at Lambrook, putting parenthood first.
And it was his strength of feeling “as a father” that prompted him to make a powerful statement the following day – one that quickly dominated the news agenda.
The Prince was visiting the British Red Cross headquarters in central London, to hear about