Prince William dined at a gay restaurant while he was visiting Poland this week
Emily Baldwin On Wednesday, Prince William made a surprise visit to Poland. He checked in with some Polish and British troops working to help Ukraine. He visited some Ukrainian refugees living in and around Warsaw. He spoke to various officials and refugee charity people. And then William decided to grab a meal in Warsaw before he headed back home. William and some staffers decided to check out an establishment called Buetero Bistro. It’s one of Warsaw’s finest gay restaurants.
Diners in a gay restaurant in Warsaw, Poland were in for a royal surprise when Prince William arrived and sat down for a bite — reportedly he had a gay old time. Fellow patron Michal Zaczynski surreptitiously posted snaps of William on his IG story.
Buetero Bistro, which describes itself as a “queer space,” hosted William for a meal when, according to The Daily Mail, his team from Kensington Palace booked a reservation at the local restaurant, which was near where they were working, and the prince chose to join them.
“He asked them what they were doing and then asked to come along,” an insider told The Daily Mail. “It was a great night by all accounts. The team really appreciated him asking to join them.”
No one was more surprised by William’s arrival than the restaurant’s owner, Pawel Zasim, who shared that the reservation for 11 was booked for a woman named Daisy for her birthday. He had “absolutely no idea” who was about to walk through his door.
“But then a bodyguard appeared and said that this wasn’t going to be a Daisy birthday party, and then Prince William walked in,” Zasim recounted.
Willam ordered a “sandwich in a braided roll with pulled pork,” Zasim happily shared. “He ate everything, so I think he liked it.”
While no official statement has been made as to why William and his team chose an explicitly “queer space,” some are interpreting it as the royal’s allyship to the LGBTQ+ community in Poland, who certainly need and appreciate the support. Poland is considered one of the worst countries in the European Union when it comes to gay rights, as laid out by the 2022 ILGA-Europe report. The country does not recognize same-sex marriage, and the report warns that “an increasing number of Polish LGBTQ people are leaving the country as the political situation continues to worsen.”
I think William is – generally speaking – a pretty awful person, a racist and a violent psycho. But he’s actually shown pretty consistent allyship towards the LGBTQ community? Granted, he’s not turning up at Pride parades, but I don’t think he genuinely has any issues with the LGBTQ+ community. That being said, I’m not convinced that William was particularly aware that Buetero Bistro is a queer space. Is the restaurant advertised that way or is it more like an “open secret” sort of situation? Given Poland’s appalling record on LGBTQ rights, I’m thinking it’s probably the latter.
Prince William spotted having dinner with his staffer at a LGBTQ+ restaurant in Poland.
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Prince William dines at gay restaurant on surprise Poland trip
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- The Prince of Wales viewing military hardware with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Mariusz Blaszczak, during a visit to the 3rd Brigade Territorial Defence Force base, in Rzeszow, Poland, that has been heavily involved in providing support to Ukraine. Featuring: Prince William Where: Rzeszow, Poland When: 22 Mar 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
- The Prince of Wales viewing military hardware with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Mariusz Blaszczak, during a visit to the 3rd Brigade Territorial Defence Force base, in Rzeszow, Poland, that has been heavily involved in providing support to Ukraine. Featuring: Prince William Where: Rzeszow, Poland When: 22 Mar 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
- The Prince of Wales viewing military hardware with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Mariusz Blaszczak, during a visit to the 3rd Brigade Territorial Defence Force base, in Rzeszow, Poland, that has been heavily involved in providing support to Ukraine. Featuring: Prince William, Polish Prime Minister Mariusz Blaszczak Where: Rzeszow, Poland When: 22 Mar 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
- The Prince of Wales viewing military hardware with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Mariusz Blaszczak, during a visit to the 3rd Brigade Territorial Defence Force base, in Rzeszow, Poland, that has been heavily involved in providing support to Ukraine. Featuring: Prince William, Polish Prime Minister Mariusz Blaszczak Where: Rzeszow, Poland When: 22 Mar 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
- The Prince of Wales viewing military hardware with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Mariusz Blaszczak, during a visit to the 3rd Brigade Territorial Defence Force base, in Rzeszow, Poland, that has been heavily involved in providing support to Ukraine. Featuring: Prince William Where: Rzeszow, Poland When: 22 Mar 2023 Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages **NORTH AMERICA RIGHTS ONLY**
