{"id":2211348,"date":"2025-12-24T20:56:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T20:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2211348"},"modified":"2025-12-24T20:56:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T20:56:29","slug":"catherine-and-charlotte-perform-piano-duet-for-christmas-carol-concert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/catherine-and-charlotte-perform-piano-duet-for-christmas-carol-concert\/","title":{"rendered":"Catherine and Charlotte perform piano duet for Christmas carol concert"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte have performed a piano duet together for a Christmas carol service.<\/p>\n

The mother and daughter did not appear live at the Together at Christmas event at Westminster Abbey earlier this month.<\/p>\n

But their performance of a piece of music by Scottish composer Erland Cooper was pre-recorded at Windsor Castle last week specifically for the event’s Christmas Eve broadcast on ITV1.<\/p>\n

Kensington Palace had teased the clip ahead of the programme with a video of Catherine and a then unknown person playing the piano captioned “a special duet…”.<\/p>\n

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In the clip, the pair can be seen sitting together at the piano to play Holm Sound, a piece it is understood, that they know well and have enjoyed playing together at home.<\/p>\n

The Princess of Wales used only her left hand, while Charlotte played with just her right in Windsor Castle’s Inner Hall.<\/p>\n

As they performed, footage was shown of guests arriving for the carol service – with the Prince of Wales and Catherine watching as their children tied paper chains bearing their names on a “Connection Tree” outside the abbey.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time Catherine – who has passed her grade three piano and grade five theory – has played at a carol service.<\/p>\n

At the inaugural event in 2021, she surprised audiences by accompanying singer-songwriter Tom Walker on piano<\/a> as he sang his Christmas song, For Those Who Can’t Be Here.<\/p>\n

Organisers said this year’s theme – to celebrate the “power of love and togetherness” in recognition of people across the country who contribute to society – was picked because people will be able to celebrate love in all forms in a world that can often feel fragmented and disconnected.<\/p>\n

It is understood that Catherine wanted to include the special performance to highlight the importance of connections.<\/p>\n

“The time, care and compassion you give, often quietly and unspoken, and without any expectation or recognition, make an extraordinary difference to the lives of others,” Catherine wrote in a letter that accompanied every order of service.<\/p>\n

As well as the mother-daughter duet, the 1,600 guests – ranging from royals to celebrities and local heroes – this year were gifted with a mixture of traditional and modern elements to include people of all faiths and none.<\/p>\n

Poems were read aloud by actors such as Kate Winslet and Chiwetel Ejiofor, while musical performances were given by the likes of Katie Melua, Dan Smith and Zac Abel.<\/p>\n

The Prince of Wales gave a Bible reading from the pulpit.<\/p>\n

Princess Charlotte and her brothers, Prince George and Prince Louis were also in attendance at the service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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