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Katy Perry looked similar a manner queen astatine King Charles III and Queen Camilla's coronation successful London May 6. The California Gurl volition execute astatine the coronation performance connected May 7 alongside Lionel Richie.
Katy Perry Talks Being Asked to Perform astatine King Charles' Coronation
Katy Perry is acceptable to roar at King Charles III's coronation.
The "California Gurls" vocalist made a spectacular entranceway astatine Westminster Abbey successful London connected May 6 for the ceremonial event, which volition officially crown King Charles and Queen Camilla as monarchs nearly 8 months after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Katy, 38, shined agleam arsenic a firework successful a light-purple short-sleeve skirt acceptable paired with a head-turning fascinator and matching gloves. Other stars to be successful grant of the caller King of England included Emma Thompson and Lionel Richie. (See each the guests get here.)
Katy—who Charles appointed arsenic ambassador to the British Asian Trust successful 2020—took a speedy interruption from her PLAY residency amusement successful Las Vegas to be astatine the royal festivities and will soon instrumentality the signifier at a peculiar coronation concert successful his honor. On May 7, she'll execute connected the grounds of Windsor Castle, joining a philharmonic lineup that besides includes Lionel Richie and Andrea Bocelli.
The "Dark Horse" artist recently told E! News she's grateful to beryllium an ambassador of the enactment and execute astatine the celebration.
"It's an enactment that helps extremity kid trafficking, which is massive," Katy shared connected the American Idol reddish carpet connected April 24. "It truly aligns with each of the different things that I bash with UNICEF and conscionable being a mother. These are my values. And I'm truthful gladsome I get to beryllium determination and correspond that. He asked maine to bash that and asked maine to sing, and I was like, ‘Yes!'"
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During the coronation connected May 6, Charles and Camilla traveled successful what's known arsenic The Coronation Procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, which has been the mounting for the sovereign's coronation since 1066. It's determination that Charles, 74, is taking the coronation oath and being crowned king.
In September, Charles ascended to the throne immediately after serving arsenic heir evident for 70 years, the longest in British history.
"The decease of my beloved Mother, Her Majesty The Queen, is simply a infinitesimal of the top sadness for maine and each members of my family," he wrote successful a statement astatine the time. "My household and I volition beryllium comforted and sustained by our cognition of the respect and heavy affection successful which The Queen was truthful wide held."
Elizabeth's eldest son has continued to grant her representation done his official portraits as king and even the invitation to his coronation, the archetypal successful British past since hers successful 1953.
Keep speechmaking to spot each impermanent who attended King Charles and Queen Camilla's coronation.
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Katy Perry & Edward Enninful
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Jill Biden
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Emma Thompson
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Lionel Richie
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Nick Cave
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Dame Joanna Lumley
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