Kate wows royal fans with surprise performance

Catherine made a surprise appearance playing piano to accompany Scottish pop star Tom Walker as he sang his poignant hit For Those Who Can’t Be Here.The Duchess, who has been playing piano since she was a child, came up with the idea of accompanying Walker on the piano after music brought “great comfort” to her during the lockdowns.She came up with the idea for the performance following a meeting with Walker when she heard him play at a charity function in October. The song was written by Walker for “anyone raising a glass around the table remembering those who can’t be with us” this Christmas. The Christmas Eve carol concert was televised by ITV because of the royals’ feud with the BBC over its recent documentary about Princes William and Harry.The Duchess wore a red Catherine Walker coat and sapphire diamond fringed earrings, on loan from the Queen.The concert was not live, having been filmed earlier this month.Speaking after the recording, Walker said Catherine “completely nailed” her performance.“It was truly an honour playing alongside The Duchess for Royal Carols: Together at Christmas,” the singer said.“Without doubt, it was a once in a lifetime experience. So I think we were both really nervous that it wasn’t going to go quite to plan and one of us would let down the other person or whatever, but she was absolutely fabulous – she smashed it.“I thought she absolutely smashed the performance; it‘s not easy to just jump behind a piano with a bunch of musicians you’ve never played with before and record live takes to camera, but she completely nailed it.“She’s such a lovely, kind and warm-hearted person and she took the time to thank everyone personally for the opportunity to play together.”The performance was kept under wraps until the Duchess took to social media several hours beforehand with a post.Posting early on Christmas Eve UK time on the Duke and Duchess’s Instagram account, a short video showed Kate sitting at the piano in Westminster Abbey.