King Charles honors the late Tina Turner with musical tribute at Buckingham Palace

From a King to a Queen.

King Charles III honored the late Tina Turner, dubbed the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, with a musical tribute after she handed away on Wednesday.

The newly topped monarch allowed the Band of the Welsh Guards to carry out her 1989 hit “The Finest” through the altering of the guard in entrance of Buckingham Palace on Friday, based on video footage shared by Forces News.

The group was additionally joined by the First Battalion Welsh Guards Corps of Drums, Hey! reported, for the centuries-old ceremony, the place the King’s Guard arms over accountability for shielding Buckingham Palace and St. James’ Palace to the New Guard.

Charles, 74, first met the legendary singer in 1986, when she carried out on the Prince’s Belief All-Star Rock Live performance at London’s Wembley Stadium.

The Royal Guards.
The track was carried out by the Band of the Welsh Guards through the Altering of the Guards ceremony.
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“The Finest” is a track that holds pricey to different members of the royal household.

In a December 2021 episode of Apple Health+’s “Time to Stroll” collection, Prince William revealed that his mom, Princess Diana, would play the monitor for him and his brother, Prince Harry, whereas she was driving them again to boarding faculty.

Tina Turner performing at Wembley Stadium.
The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, who died of pure causes earlier this week, beforehand carried out for the royal household.
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“One of many songs I massively keep in mind and has caught with me all this time, and I nonetheless, to at the present time, nonetheless fairly take pleasure in secretly, is Tina Turner’s ‘The Finest’ as a result of sitting within the backseat, singing away, it felt like an actual household second,” the Prince of Wales, 40, shared.

“And my mom, she’d be driving alongside, singing on the prime of her voice.”

William, who was 15 when Diana died in 1997, continued, “We’d even get the policeman [security] within the automobile: he’d sometimes be singing alongside as nicely. We’d be singing and listening to the music proper the way in which as much as the gates at college the place they dropped you off.”

Then Prince Charles meeting Tina Turner in 1986.
Turner first met the monarch when she carried out on the Prince’s Belief All-Star Rock Live performance in 1986.
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“Once I take heed to it now, it takes me again to these automobile rides and brings again numerous reminiscences of my mom,” he added.

Turner died earlier this week on the age of 83 of pure causes.

A number of celebrities, together with Mick Jagger, Oprah Winfrey, Cher and Angela Bassett shared their reminiscences of the “Proud Mary” singer on social media, whereas a number of stars — similar to Beyoncé and Lizzo — honored the legend on stage.