VIDEO | From King to 'Queen': Charles III orders orchestra to play Tina Turner hit in her honor
In honor of the recently deceased music legend Tina Turner, her song "Simply The Best" was performed in the yard of Buckingham Palace by order of king charles the third (74), reports British Hello.
It is known that Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, who died last year, loved Tina Turner's songs, and the two met in 1989.
Now a slightly unusual cover of her famous hit was played in front of the British palace, performed by the Welsh Guards Band and the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards Drum Group.
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They attracted a lot of attention because they played the famous song during the ceremonial changing of the guard when the Royal Guards "hand over responsibility for the protection of Buckingham Palace and the Palace of St. Jacob" to a new group of soldiers dressed in colorful uniforms.
Footage of that performance spread across social media, and soon fans were commenting on the royal gesture.
"Fantastic processing, this made me cry", "Awesome tribute to the 'Queen of Rock'", "From the King to the Queen, kudos," wrote touched Twitter users.
By the way, Tina died on Wednesday, May 24, at her home in Switzerland, at the age of 83. The singer struggled with a series of health problems, and died of natural causes.
Although she was not active in music for a long time, and she held her last concert in 2009, her last studio album in 2000, Tina is a legendary singer who will forever remain in everyone's memory.
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