LONDON — King Charles III made a cameo look on “American Idol” after the royal coronation live performance in his honor.
Charles and Queen Camilla walked right into a room at Windsor Castle on Sunday the place “Idol” judges Lionel Richie and Katy Perry — who carried out on the live performance of eclectic acts — have been showing just about on the expertise present.
The king, sporting a darkish blue go well with and tie, named-checked one in every of Richie’s signature songs, which he carried out on the present, asking if he was planning to do that “All Night Long.”
“I just wanted to check how long you’ll be using this room,” Charles joked.
The viewers laughed.
The live performance the day after the gilded coronation spectacle had the newly topped monarch and his spouse on their ft at one level swaying to the music. Other members of the royal household, together with 8-year-old Princess Charlotte and Prince George, 9, waved Union flags together with a crowd of some 20,000 gathered on the citadel’s east terrace.
Charlotte and her mom, Kate, the Princess of Wales, sang alongside as Perry, wearing a gold foil ball robe, carried out her pop hit “Roar.”
“Top Gun” star Tom Cruise appeared in a recorded video message, saying: “Pilot to pilot. Your Majesty, you can be my wingman any time.” The combined program additionally noticed performances by the Royal Ballet, Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls, opera singer Andrea Bocelli and British band Take That.
Even Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog made an look, joking with host Hugh Bonneville.
Richie and Perry, who’re judges on “Idol” and have been changed for the episode by Alanis Morissette and Ed Sheeran, have been on digicam in a room within the citadel with darkish crimson drapes and golden arm chairs when the king and queen entered.
Richie feigned shock and instructed the U.S. viewers that he and Perry wanted to vacate the room instantly.
The king thanked Richie and Perry for a “brilliant performance.”
“It’s a great treat to have you both here,” he mentioned.
Camilla, in a vibrant blue jacket, gave them excessive marks: “Fantastic, absolutely fantastic.”
Charles was not the one member of the royal household to make a joke of one in every of Richie’s hottest tunes.
Prince William, inheritor to the throne, earlier than delivering a heartfelt speech telling his father, “Pa, we are all so proud of you,” promised the viewers that, in contrast to Richie, he wouldn’t go on “All Night Long.”
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