Prince William has spilled the beans on Prince Louis’ favourite pop band while at an awards ceremony this evening.
The next in line to the throne told American band OneRepublic that his youngest son, aged five, was a fan tonight as they performed at his Earthshot Prize awards event in Singapore. William met the popstars backstage after the show at the 1,500-capacity Theatre at Mediacorp.
The prince congratulated them on their performance that opened the show but also revealed that Prince George prefers a more rock and roll band. He said: “I can’t thank you enough. You were amazing. What a way to start the show. That was incredible.”
He them told them: “Louis, my youngest, loves your songs” but admitted that Prince George, 10, is into the legendary Australian band AC/DC, reports the the Express. On a night when the main topic was the urgent action needed to combat climate change and other environmental threats to the world, William, 41, told British indie band Bastille that their performance of their hit song Pompeii – about the disaster that befell the Roman city when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79AD- to close the show had profoundly affected people around him in the audience.
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He said the song, performed by the band with the Voices of Singapore choir and singer Freya Ridings, had been the perfect way to end the show. “You guys blew it away. Honestly, it was incredibly moving, it was very powerful, and I didn’t want it to stop. And everyone in front of me was crying. I mean I didn’t see behind me but there were tears everywhere. It was so powerful and a great way to finish the show. So thank you so much.”
South African actress Nomzano Mbatha, who presented one of the awards, told William she was in tears at the end. “It was incredible,” she said. The prince thanked co-hosts, actors Hannah Waddingham and Sterling K. Brown. “You were brilliant. The chemistry was oozing,”
Sterling replied: “We had a good time. There were a couple of snafus but we made it through.” William was enthusiastic about the Earthshot finalists, how they were the real heroes of the evening, and how he hoped scaling up their businesses would help solve some of the world’s environmental problems.
“I think we raised the bar this year. Best one yet,” he told the performers. Earlier on, William congratulated the winners, who stood waiting for him, clutching their awards, which are made from recycled materials, including brass sourced from water pipe fittings, household waste and minute metal elements filtered from wastewater sludge.
The Prince, who had met the finalists earlier in the day before the results were announced, was in an ebullient mood, strolling in clapping his hands and smiling broadly. “Hey, well done. I’m so pleased for you. I tried to keep a straight face seeing you all today. I tried to give nothing away. I hope none of you read me.”
He told them: “I’m so proud of all of you. Really well done.” William, who congratulated them on their speeches, added: “I hope you feel the love and support out there. Because that is what is there. It’s for all the hard work you’ve done.”
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