Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known professionally as Katy Perry, is an American singer, songwriter, and television judge. After singing in church during her childhood, she pursued a career in gospel music as a teenager.
Perry signed with Red Hill Records and released her debut studio album Katy Hudson under her birth name in 2001, which was commercially unsuccessful. She moved to Los Angeles the following year to venture into secular music after Red Hill ceased operations and she subsequently began working with producers Glen Ballard, Dr. Luke, and Max Martin.
After adopting the stage name Katy Perry and being dropped by The Island Def Jam Music Group and Columbia Records, she signed a recording contract with Capitol Records in April 2007.
Prince Harry would have ‘regretted’ skipping coronation: ex-royal staffer
nypost.comKing Charles’ coronation about whether or not his youngest son, Prince Harry, and his wife, Meghan Markle, would attend the elegant affair.In the end, the Duke of Sussex, 38, went to the party solo — sans Markle, 41, who stayed home in California with their two kids.
Colleen Harris, Charles’ former private secretary, has now claimed that Harry would have expressed remorse if he never made an appearance on May 6.“He would have personally regretted it if he wasn’t there to support his father,” Harris told People recently.“I am delighted that Prince Harry was there,” added Harris, a public relations officer who was the first black member of the royal household. “Speaking as a mother, [I believe] it was the right thing … and the King [was] delighted.”Donning a Dior suit and his medals for the crowning at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, Harry took his place in the third row of the centuries-old church.He sat alongside his cousins, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, and their respective husbands.
Harry’s brother, Prince William, set up camp in the first pew with his wife, Kate Middleton, and their, kids Prince Louis and Princess Charlotte.The Invictus Games founder only stayed in his homeland for 24 hours, jetting back to Los Angeles right after the ceremony so he wouldn’t miss his son Archie’s fourth birthday.Before packing up his carry-on bag and heading to his British Airways flight, Harry reportedly spent just a half-hour at Buckingham Palace and didn’t see any members of the royal family after the event.He also opted to skip out on Sunday’s Coronation Concert — featuring gold-wrapped “Roar” singer Katy Perry and “All Night Long” crooner Lionel Richie — and did not pose for the official enthroning portraits taken at.
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