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King Charles paid tribute to the precocious Tina Turner astatine Buckingham Palace. The royal, 74, had the Band of the Welsh guards play 1 of Tina’s biggest hits ever — 1989’s “The Best” — conscionable days aft her decease astatine the property of 85. The show took spot during the changing of the defender ceremonial connected Friday, May 26. The set was besides joined by the First Battalion Welsh Guards Corps of Drums per video posted connected social media.
Simply the best! ❤️
At Buckingham Palace, the British Army’s @WelshGuardsBand played a peculiar tribute to 🇺🇸 euphony icon Tina Turner during the #ChangingOfTheGuard 💂♂️
— British Embassy Washington (@UKinUSA) May 26, 2023
King Charles antecedently met the vocalist erstwhile she performed successful London astatine his Prince’s Trust All-Star Rock Concert astatine Wembley Stadium backmost successful 1986 during his matrimony to precocious ex-wife Princess Diana. In a photograph snapped backstage, a smiling Charles was seen shaking hands with Tina, who hails from Brownsville, Tennessee. At the time, the GRAMMY victor would person been caller disconnected her smash deed “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” which was connected her 1984 medium Private Dancer.
King Charles paid tribute to Tina Turner aft her decease astatine Buckingham Palace. (SplashNews)
Outside of being a monolithic illustration topper, the opus is besides 1 of the utilized tracks successful selling and advertizing ever. “Simply the best/better than each the rest/better than anyone,” Tina belts retired connected the catchy stone way — 1 that was besides belovedPrincess Diana. The erstwhile couple’s eldest lad Prince William, 40, has antecedently shared that the tune reminded him of his parent arsenic she utilized to play it successful her car erstwhile helium and member Prince Harry, 38, were kids.
Tina Turner died astatine the property of 85 past week. (SplashNews)
“One of the songs I massively retrieve and has stuck with maine each this time, and I still, to this day, inactive rather bask secretly, is Tina Turner’s ‘The Best’ due to the fact that sitting successful the backseat [going to school], singing away, it felt similar a existent household moment,” helium said connected Apple Fitness+’s Time to Walk backmost successful Dec, 2021. “And my mother, she’d beryllium driving along, singing astatine the apical of her voice,” helium shared.
It turns retired the emotion for the opus went beyond conscionable their ain family, and adjacent got immoderate of the unit involved! “We’d adjacent get the policeman [security] successful the car: he’d occasionally beryllium singing on arsenic well. We’d beryllium singing and listening to the euphony close the mode up to the gates astatine schoolhouse wherever they dropped you off,” the Prince of Wales besides said.
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