LONDON ā Scottish singer Tom Walker praised the piano skills of the Duchess of Cambridge after the pair recorded a Christmas tune that was shown during a carol concert.
Walker, 30, performed a new song, āFor Those Who Canāt Be Here," accompanied by the 39-year-old Kate playing the piano, in a prerecorded segment shown during the concert broadcast on ITV on Friday.
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Walker said he had kept the performance a secret ā even from his mother.
āShe was in floods of tears watching it on the telly,āā he told the BBC. āIt was beautiful.ā
Walker had performed at a charity event in front of the duchess, and when asked to play at the carol service he offered to perform a song the public hadn't yet heard.
āSo I sent it over to the team and they absolutely loved it, and then a week later they came back and said āUm, would it be alright if the duchess played along with you?ā'' he recalled. āAnd I was like āWhat?'"
The pair rehearsed for a few weeks.
āShe picked it up so well, itās really not easy to go from not playing with other musicians for like 10 years to jumping straight in with like a whole band youāve never met and camera crews doing live takes thatās being filmed in Westminster Abbey so I thought it just went so well,'' he said. āSheās (a) very talented musician.ā
Kate and Prince William spearheaded the program, "Royal Carols: Together At Christmas." The Westminster Abbey event was attended by those who had spent time with Kate and William during recent engagements.
Walker rose to fame after the release of his single āLeave a Light On,ā in June 2018.