Ant and Dec, Lionel Richie and Dynamo amongst celebrities invited to King’s coronation

Ant and Dec, Lionel Richie and the magician Dynamo are among the many well-known faces who will probably be on the King’s coronation on Saturday.

They are on the visitor listing due to their reference to the Prince’s Trust – and younger individuals who have been helped by the charity will even be there.

Ant and Dec are at present internet hosting I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here, however have been invited of their capability as goodwill ambassadors for the belief.

They have hosted the charity’s awards 10 occasions and are concerned in a programme to make the media trade extra accessible.

Declan Donnelly mentioned: “We’re incredibly proud to have partnered with the Prince’s Trust on this project over the last two years – and we hope we can help change many more young lives together in the years ahead.”

Singer Lionel Richie will even witness the King‘s large second – the day earlier than he performs on the coronation live performance at Windsor Castle.

The US star is chairman of the belief’s international ambassador group, which works on points similar to youth training and employment.

The Prince’s Trust has supported greater than 1,000,000 younger folks within the UK because it was established 47 years in the past and now works in additional than 20 nations.

Another musician with a sought-after coronation ticket is Stereophonics singer Kelly Jones.

The belief gave the Welsh band a grant earlier than they have been signed so they might purchase tools and carry out stay.

TV magician Dynamo was additionally helped by the charity, getting recommendation and a start-up mortgage that helped him on the street to stardom.

“The Prince’s Trust gave me the support no one else would and it changed my life – that’s real magic,” mentioned Dynamo, actual identify Steven Frayne.

Vogue’s UK editor Edward Enninful – one of many belief’s international ambassadors – has additionally been invited, as has award-winning hairstylist Charlotte Mensah – whose 1999 mortgage helped her arrange a salon in London’s Portobello Road.

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Among the younger beneficiaries of the belief set to be on the coronation is Hassan Alkhawam, 24, who began a brand new life in Northern Ireland after escaping the Syria conflict along with his household in 2017.

He will be part of greater than 2,200 folks on the Abbey, together with representatives from 203 nations, heads of state and neighborhood and charity staff.

It’s a considerably slimmed-down occasion in contrast with the greater than 8,000 company on the Queen’s coronation in 1953.