Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Queen vows to 'always be devoted in service' as she misses Commonwealth Service
ok.co.ukThe Queen promised to “always be devoted in service” to the Commonwealth in a statement released by Buckingham Palace on Monday 14 March, 75 years after she first made the vow.
Her Majesty’s declaration was published ahead of Monday’s Commonwealth Service, held at London's Westminster Abbey, after it was confirmed that the 95 year old would not be attending the event for the first time in nearly a decade.This was the first in-person Commonwealth service held since the pandemic and saw Prince Charles arrive to represent the Queen along with Camilla, Prince William, and guests including former archbishop Lord Sentamu and Tongan leader Elizabeth Kite.
Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter. Her Majesty referenced her Platinum Jubilee in the statement, speaking appreciatively of her role as Head of the Commonwealth as she addressed the significance Monday’s service.
She wrote in the event's programme: "In this year of my Platinum Jubilee, it has given me pleasure to renew the promise I made in 1947, that my life will always be devoted in service. "Today, it is rewarding to observe a modern, vibrant and connected Commonwealth that combines a wealth of history and tradition with the great social, cultural and technological advances of our time." The statement went on: “I have enjoyed the privilege of hearing what the relationships built across the great reach and diversity of the Commonwealth have meant to people and communities. “Our family of nations continues to be a point of connection, cooperation and friendship.
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