Updated On: 09 September, 2022 04:23 PM IST | London | IANS
The annual festivities were set for Saturday afternoon at the Maybourne Beverly Hills in the lead-up to Monday`s Primetime Emmys, reports Variety

Queen Elizabeth II
The BAFTA TV Tea Party scheduled for Saturday ahead of the Emmys has been cancelled in the light of Queen Elizabeth II`s death on Thursday. "In light of today`s very sad news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the annual BAFTA TV Tea Party will no longer be taking place this weekend," the statement read.
"We are deeply saddened by the death of Her Majesty The Queen, whose close association with BAFTA spanned 50 years. Our thoughts are with BAFTA`s President HRH The Duke of Cambridge and the Royal Family, to whom we offer our deepest sympathy," BAFTA`s statement further said.