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Lionel Richie Previews Performance astatine King Charles' Royal Coronation
Lionel Richie is genuinely acceptable to impressment the crown.
The singer-songwriter—who volition beryllium 1 of the performers astatine King Charles III's May 6 coronation—recently shared his ain tips for navigating royal protocol. After all, the instrumentalist had to larn immoderate lessons the hard way.
"There's alway thing wherever I go, 'Oh, I didn't cognize that,'" Lionel exclusively told E! News' Chief Correspondent Keltie Knight successful an occurrence airing April 17 astatine 11 p.m. "Be prepared, conscionable beryllium definite to conscionable accidental sir and ma'am—forget everything else. Just retrieve sir and ma'am, and you benignant of locomotion your mode through."
As for what other fans tin expect from his performance, Lionel admitted that Charles personally requested a circumstantial way that helium agreed to perform.
"And the reply is yes, I volition bash it," Lionel said astatine the 2023 Breakthrough Prize ceremony. "We volition not uncover due to the fact that it's wholly enveloped successful secrecy. So, each I tin archer you is I'm precise blessed to beryllium there."
Though the setlist is decided, different details are inactive coming together, including his wardrobe.
"I don't adjacent cognize what we're going to finalize," Lionel admitted. "All I cognize is we've got this fantastic invitation. I'm pulling from everywhere."
What Lionel is certain about, though, are his precocious hopes for however the monarchy volition alteration with Charles, who ascended arsenic king aft the decease of Queen Elizabeth II successful September 2022.
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"I'm precise blessed for him," Lionel said of Charles. "He's benignant of waited successful that 2nd presumption for a precise agelong time. And I deliberation what we're gonna get present is the caller mentation of the royal family. I'm looking guardant to spot what he's going to bring to the table, and I tin archer you close now, he's gonna alteration it up a small bit."
Charles and Queen Camilla's ceremony will beryllium the archetypal coronation the United Kingdom has seen successful 70 years. Among those attending volition beryllium Charles' siblings—Princess Anne, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward—and his 2 sons, Prince William and Prince Harry.
Click present for everything determination is to cognize astir the coronation.
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