The Tamesis
Every year for the past five years, Kate Middleton Spend Christmas together The Carol Service has cemented itself as the unofficial Christmas kick-off for royal watchers. By now we’ve come to expect certain hallmarks of the evening, which usually occurs in early December and then airs on Christmas Eve: Westminster Abbey by candlelight, the moment when arriving guests don their perfectly tailored winter coats, and the appearance of the extended royal family.
What are we No However, we expect the most moving musical interlude of the evening to come not from a chart-topping guest artist, but straight from the royal box – or rather, the piano bench.
The Princess of Wales performed at the inaugural event in 2021, accompanying singer and songwriter Tom Walker to the Christmas song “For those Who Can’t Be Here,” in a surprising move that left many in the 1,500-strong congregation in tears. But this time, she has an even more unexpected companion: her nine-year-old daughter, Princess Charlotte. The two sat side by side at the Steinway piano and played a tender four-hand arrangement of “Silent Night,” giving us a rare and intimate glimpse into their close mother-daughter relationship.
