Coronation concert: Excited Royal fans gather at Windsor ready to watch Katy Perry perform to celebrate King Charles
EXCITED Royal fans are gathering at Windsor ready to watch Katy Perry perform as the country continues to celebrate King Charles.
Charles, 74, and Camilla will be joined by around 20,000 members of the public for tonight’s spectacular coronation concert.
The one-off show at Windsor Castle will see Katy Perry and Lionel Richie perform – who were also guests at the coronation on Saturday – and Take That.
There will also be appearances by Paloma Faith, Olly Murs, veteran rock guitarist Steve Winwood, Nicole Scherzinger, Andrea Bocelli, Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel and Chinese pianist Lang Lang.
Hosted by Paddington and Downton Abbey actor Hugh Bonneville, people planning on watching are in for a special evening.
Hollywood star Tom Cruise, Dynasty actress Dame Joan Collins, adventurer Bear Grylls and singer Sir Tom Jones will also appear via video message.
Ahead of tonight’s concert thousands of street parties took place as Brits basked in the sunshine.
And US First Lady Jill Biden was the star guest at Rishi Sunak’s gathering in Downing Street today.
Kate and William joined royal fans earlier as they geared up for the big bash tonight.
As cheers erupted the Prince and Princess of Wales greeted those who had made the journey to the castle.
They went up to speak to school friends Dion English, Sue Watson, and Lorraine Ramney, 54.
The Prince even tried some of Dion’s Purple Reign gin, which he then told Kate to try, and snuck off with one of their Return of the King beers.
Dion said: “I feel amazing that he tried my gin. He said it was very nice and he said ‘Kate, try this’.
“He took the Return of the King beer and said he’s going to ask his dad if he’s tried it.”
Lorraine added: “It was lovely of them to come over. They were lovely. Very friendly.”
Sue said: “They were asking us about why we were here.
“We wanted to be here to celebrate the coronation.
“I wasn’t expecting this at all though. It was lovely, really lovely.”
More than 3,700 lunch parties took place to mark King Charles III’s coronation.
The new monarch was officially crowned yesterday in a lavish ceremony in front of the world.
More than 18million Brits tuned in to see the new reigning royals at Westminster Abbey before they led a procession back to Buckingham Palace where they made a balcony appearance.
Thousands of fans cheered them from below as Charles and Camilla stood side by side donning their crowns and full regalia.
A spokesperson for the palace has today said the couple were “deeply touched” and “profoundly grateful” by the country’s support.
They said: “Their Majesties were deeply touched by the events of yesterday and profoundly grateful both to all those who helped to make it such a glorious occasion – and to the very many who turned out to show their support in such numbers in London and further afield.”
The coronation concert will kick off at 8pm.
Screens across the UK will be broadcasting it live from BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 2, and BBC Sounds.