She bluffed all the British. In a gleaming and elegant dress, Kate Middleton performed the track “For Those Who Can’t Be Here” on the piano alongside pop star Tom Walker .
The newspaper The Independent relayed this unexpected performance, broadcast on national television during New Years Eve, Friday, December 24. On a stage set up in Westminster Abbey, the community singing service, the renowned singer and the Duchess of Cambridge jointly delivered a stunning performance. Tom Walker assured that the member of the royal family was “an amazing musician” who has “absolutely assured“on the big night. Kate Middleton prepared this lovely gift in secret.
A few days earlier, in the greatest discretion, she had joined Tom Walker in a recording studio to rehearse before the concert. The singer-songwriter has revealed that Prince William’s wife approached him, after meeting him at a charity event, to perform during the Royal Carols: Together at Christmas, hosted by the Duchess.
“She was excellent”
“I was really impressed because it’s one thing to play with me in a studio, just the two of us, but then to jump right into the game with a live string quartet, a pianist and two backing singers… I was really surprised how great she was at keeping the tempo because she had to start the song and lead it“said Tom Walker, who rose to fame with the hit. Leave a Light on.