Lionel Richie has a special connection to the royal family that dates back decades. The iconic singer first met the late Princess Diana in 1986.
"I must tell you it is a pleasure to be with all of you but especially this gentleman, because his mother came to me...and she said, 'My favorite song is 'Hello.'' So I thought, tonight the dedication is to you, my friend.""I imagine the crowd here will be rowdier that what you'll have at Glastonbury," William joked.
For Charles' coronation concert on Sunday, the"All Night Long" singer will be joined by fellow"American Idol" judge Katy Perry and Andrea Bocelli, Take That, Sir Bryn Terfel, Freya Ridings and Alexis Ffrench. "And the answer is yes, I will do it," he said."We will not reveal because it's completely enveloped in secrecy. So, all I can tell you is I'm very happy to be there."
"I know what I'm going to do but when you ask, 'What is everyone else going to do?' Nothing. 'Who is everybody else?' 'Hmmm.' 'OK, well, what's the production going to be like?' [No response]," he explained."So we won't really know until we get there for the rehearsal to find out exactly how big."
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