The new King and Queen of England aren’t afraid of just a little PR.
Viewers of Sunday night time’s American Idol episode received a royal shock when the newly topped couple appeared in a livestream alongside judges Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, who have been within the U.Ok. to carry out at King Charles‘ coronation.
In their Idol debut, the new King and Queen appeared from Windsor Castle. Before their on-screen entrance, Richie, 73, said the coronation was “unbelievable.”
“We’re making an attempt to determine what we will do to convey one thing totally different to the present,” he continued. Dressed in a glittering black jacket, Richie feigned nervousness as he welcomed his “surprise” into the room.
Perry, wearing a silky inexperienced robe and enormous pearl necklace and teardrop earrings, curtsied as King Charles and Queen Camilla ambled into body.
“I just wanted to check, how long you will be using this room for?” King Charles coyly requested the American Idol judges.
He and Queen Camilla thanked Perry, 38, and Richie for his or her performances.
“Thank you so much. You’re brilliant as always,” he advised the singers. “Fantastic, absolutely fantastic.”
Richie joked that King Charles was throwing a celebration “right next door.”
“Ah, you’ve heard about that,” King Charles replied. “We better take you to that, but you are busy with all these other things.”
Richie promised to affix the occasion as quickly as he and Perry have been completed with the Idol message.
Both American singers have ties to the British monarchy. Richie is a worldwide ambassador for the Prince’s Trust, a U.Ok. youth employment and training charity, whereas Perry is an envoy for the King Charles-founded British Asian Trust, which strives to remove poverty in South Asia.
While they carried out on the coronation, British singer Ed Sheeran, who was in New York for a copyright lawsuit, and Canadian artist Alanis Morissette lined Idol internet hosting duties.
At the Sunday night time coronation live performance, Richie performed the hit songs Easy (Like Sunday Morning) and All Night Long.
Perry carried out Roar and Firework as a part of her personal set. She took the stage in a big, gold Vivienne Westwood robe.
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