In the end, many of them responded. After the coronation of King Charles III, Saturday May 6, the festivities continued for the British royal family throughout the weekend. On Sunday May 7, a “big lunch” was thus organized in the streets of London, to which volunteers and even young British people were invited, followed, in the evening, a concert event to close this historic moment for Great Britain. While Ed Sheeran, Adele, Harry Styles or Elton John declined the king’s invitation to perform on stagefor scheduling reasons, the monarch was able to count on the presence of some British artists, but especially international ones.
Katy Perry and Lionel Richie ignited the scene
Thus, at the top of the bill, it is Katy Perry who has been announced for this concert event. Dressed in a sumptuous golden dress, the Californian singer resumed her famous hit Roar and attended, the day before, the coronation of the king in Westminster Abbey. A presence not so trivial, since she was appointed, in 2020, ambassador of the British Asian Trust, an association founded by King Charles III in 2007 to fight against poverty in South Asia. Also an ambassador, but from the Prince’s Trust, Lionel Richie sang during this concert, taking up his hit All Night Long. The ex-Pussycat Dolls Nicole Scherzinger, meanwhile, performed the song from the cartoon Mulanaccompanied by pianist Lang Lang.
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“Daddy, we’re all so proud of you”
As for British artists, if Charles III had to do without the Spice Girls, whom he had nevertheless had the honor of meeting several years ago, he was able to count on the presence of the group Take That, without Robbie Williams, as well as singer Paloma Faith. Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli also performed on stage, under the amazed eyes of the almost complete royal family. The occasion also for Prince William, who came with his wife Kate and their eldest children George and Charlotte, to deliver a moving speech to salute the commitment of his father towards his country and for the environment, “long before it was an everyday subject”. “Daddy, we’re all so proud of you“he concluded, after having had a tender thought for Elizabeth II, who looks at them “fondly” of “up there” and must be “a proud mother”.
Article written in collaboration with 6Medias.
