Good for Prince William!
The royal shocked patrons at the Butero Bistro in Warsaw, Poland on Wednesday evening by sitting down for a meal with his team the night before his official visit to the nation (which was also something of a surprise, last-minute trip) kicked off!
The Duke of Cambridge dining at the little restaurant was a jaw-dropper for numerous reasons. First off, it’s not some fancy Michelin Star restaurant where you’d expect to see royalty dining. Will reportedly ate a pulled pork sandwich that costs less than $10 American! Second, well, how do we say this…? It’s so gay! LOLz!
The Butero Bistro advertises itself as “a queer space with comfort food” — and is an extremely LGBT+ friendly eatery. Having a safe space like that is a big deal in Poland right now — the country has some of the worst gay rights in all of Europe now, according to the 2022 ILGA-Europe report.
Will reportedly didn’t pick the venue, deciding to join Kensington staff at the restaurant they’d already booked at the last minute. An insider told DailyMail.com:
“The team from Kensington Palace booked a local restaurant near where they were working and the prince decided to join them. He asked them what they were doing and then asked to come along. It was a great night by all accounts.”
Aww! We just wish Princess Catherine could have been there, too! It’s so nice that Will had a gay old time there — we would have been sorely disappointed if he’d seen the place and gotten worried about the message it would send. After all, Butero’s LGBT-friendly status isn’t exactly a secret! Just check out their sign!
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Thankfully we even have some pics of Will’s night out! A local reporter named Michal Zaczynski snapped some surreptitious pics from the next table over and posted them to his Instagram Stories, captioning the cute photos:
“Warsaw can surprise. I ate dinner today with the Prince.”
See (below):
Zaczynski added:
“It is valuable that he supported the community so abused by the current authorities in Poland.”
We agree! But it’s not just Poland, sadly. The drag shows and other LGBT+ events held at the venue would be under attack pretty strongly in the US right now, too. So yeah, it’s helpful for public figures like Will to stand up — well, to sit down — and say there’s NOTHING WRONG WITH THIS!
BTW, the Butero Bistro was so proud of giving a member of the royal fam a good meal and a great time that they marked the occasion by labeling the chair he sat in!
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So cute! (We’re guessing they’ll replace the index card with a full-on plaque as soon as possible!)
What do YOU think of Prince William’s surprise trip to a gay bistro in Poland??
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