Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE (born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. In early 2011, Sheeran independently released the extended play, No. 5 Collaborations Project. After signing with Asylum Records, his debut album, + (pronounced "plus"), was released in September 2011. It topped the UK and Australian charts, reached number five in the US, and has since been certified eight-times platinum in the UK.
The album contains the single "The A Team", which earned him the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically. In 2012, Sheeran won the Brit Awards for Best British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act. "The A Team" was nominated for Song of the Year at the 2013 Grammy Awards, where he performed the song with Elton John.
Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest son of Elizabeth II. He has been Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay since 1952, and he is the oldest and longest-serving heir apparent in British history.
He is also the longest-serving Prince of Wales, having held that title since 1958. Charles was born at Buckingham Palace as the first grandchild of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. He was educated at Cheam and Gordonstoun schools, which his father, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, had attended as a child. Charles also spent a year at the Timbertop campus of Geelong Grammar School in Victoria, Australia.
Skipping another affair? After Prince Harry and Meghan Markle publicly attended the Service of Thanksgiving as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, the twosome were notably absent from her “Platinum Party” concert — though other royal family members were in attendance.Following a packed schedule of Jubilee activities, Buckingham Palace played host to a star-studded “Platinum Party at the Park” concert on Saturday, June 4.
The show — broadcast live for U.K. viewers on the BBC — featured performances by Adam Lambert and the band Queen, Sir Elton John, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ed Sheeran, Diana Ross, Sir Rod Stewart, Alicia Keys, the cast of the West End’s production of Six and more.“20 years ago I decided I wanted to pick up a guitar because I watched the Golden Jubilee on tv, saw Eric Clapton play Layla and said ‘that’s what I wanna do.’ 10 years later I played ‘The A Team’ at the Diamond Jubilee, and now 10 years on I’m playing the Platinum Jubilee this Sunday,” the “Shivers” musician, 31, captioned a Friday, June 3, Instagram post, teasing his number. “Life is weird how it keeps coming full circle in lovely ways.
Tune in on Sunday and see ya there.”While the musical performers belted out the iconic hits, many of the 96-year-old sovereign’s relatives enthusiastically watched from the crowd. Prince William and Duchess Kate — who attended a Cardiff Castle event in Wales hours earlier — sat in box seats alongside their eldest children: Prince George, 8, and Princess Charlotte, 6. (Their youngest son, Prince Louis, 4, was absent from the musical event.) Prince Charles, Duchess Camilla, Prince Edward, Princess Anne, Princess Beatrice, Princess Eugenie and more members of The Firm were also spotted.However, the BetterUp
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