Well well well. Taylor Swift’s European tour is in full swing, and she’s been in the UK for more than a week, performing first in Scotland, then Wales (Cardiff) and currently she’s taken up residence at Wembley Stadium (next weekend she’ll be in Dublin). European Swifties have had to watch North American, South American, Australian and Asian Swifties have all the fun for far too long, so the Europeans are really showing out. There are already European outlets doing pieces on the “Swift economic bump” that comes from the Eras Tour coming to town – a phenomenon familiar to North and South America, as it’s already been widely covered here. They seem shocked by it.
So, you get the idea. Taylor Swift is in London and of course the Windsors had to acknowledge her. The Royal Guards played “Shake It Off” outside Buckingham Palace on Friday, which should have been a big indication that one of the Windsors would turn out to Taylor’s Friday show. Well, it was Prince William. He took Prince George and Princess Charlotte to the Eras concert on his birthday. Kensington Palace and Taylor Swift BOTH posted different selfies that they took backstage. William, George and Charlotte even got to meet Travis Kelce, who was also there. KP posted their selfie with the message: “Thank you @taylorswift for a great evening! #LondonTSTheErastour.” Taylor’s message was “Happy Bday M8! London shows are off to a splendid start.”
In case you’re wondering, William and Taylor have met before. In 2013, she performed at a Kensington Palace gala to benefit Centrepoint. Taylor, William and Jon Bon Jovi were on stage together, singing “Livin’ on a Prayer.” I tend to believe that Taylor falls more on the royalist side of things anyway – she’s always seen herself as a princess, you know? I’m bringing up a few stories because I know they’ll get regurgitated by the British media: reportedly, the Duchess of Sussex asked Taylor to appear on Archetypes and Taylor turned her down (as Taylor says no to almost every pod request), and there was some talk that Meghan went to see the Eras Tour when it was in LA last year, but there were never any photos of that. There were plenty of photos and videos when Meghan went to multiple Beyonce concerts though, I’m just sayin’.
Last thing: there’s footage of William “dad dancing” during “Shake It Off.” He really decided to “shake it” and if you didn’t know better, you would think he had just been electrocuted. That’s not “dad dancing,” that’s some new category of awkwardness. We’ll see more of this throughout the year too – William out with the kids solo. This too is part of the deal worked out over the past six months. William has more access to the children.
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red, Instagram.
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The Duke of Cambridge (right) sings with Taylor Swift (left) and Jon Bon Jovi at the Centrepoint Gala Dinner at Kensington Palace, London.,Image: 549968270, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR 48 HOURS – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Photoshot – sales@photoshot.com London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Florida: +1 239 689 1883 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon
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The Duke of Cambridge (right) sings with Taylor Swift (left) and Jon Bon Jovi at the Centrepoint Gala Dinner at Kensington Palace, London.,Image: 549968282, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR 48 HOURS – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Photoshot – sales@photoshot.com London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Florida: +1 239 689 1883 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon
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The Duke of Cambridge (right) sings with Taylor Swift (left) and Jon Bon Jovi at the Centrepoint Gala Dinner at Kensington Palace, London.,Image: 549968286, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO UK USE FOR 48 HOURS – Fee Payable Upon Reproduction – For queries contact Photoshot – sales@photoshot.com London: +44 (0) 20 7421 6000 Florida: +1 239 689 1883 Berlin: +49 (0) 30 76 212 251, *** NO UK USE FOR 48 HRS ***, Model Release: no, Credit line: – / Avalon
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Denmark v England Euro 2024 20/06/2024. Group C Prince William in the stands ahead of the Euro 2024 match between Denmark and England at Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany on 20 June 2024. Editorial use only , Copyright: xNigelxKeenex PSI-19851-0046,Image: 883367551, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO/Nigel Keene / Avalon
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Prince William, Prince of Wales celebrate 1-0 of Harry KANE, England 9 in the group stage match ENGLAND – DENMARK 1-1 of the UEFA European Championships 2024 on Jun 20, 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany.,Image: 883554360, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO / Avalon
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Prince William, Prince of Wales celebrate 1-0 of Harry KANE, England 9 in the group stage match ENGLAND – DENMARK 1-1 of the UEFA European Championships 2024 on Jun 20, 2024 in Frankfurt, Germany.,Image: 883554394, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO / Avalon
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Fussball Euro 2024 Gruppe C 20.06.2024 Daenemark – England Prinz William auf der Tribuene *** Football Euro 2024 Group C 20 06 2024 Denmark England Prince William in the stands,Image: 883652658, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: imago is entitled to issue a simple usage license at the time of provision. Personality and trademark rights as well as copyright laws regarding art-works shown must be observed. Commercial use at your own risk., Model Release: no, Credit line: IMAGO/Markus Ulmer / Avalon
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