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.
royal events. Back in 2012 an unlikely friendship began when Princesses Beatrice and Eugene mistook the singer for their cousin, Prince Harry.
At a party the pair are said to have said that Ed was the spitting image of Harry, sparking the pairing between Beatrice and Ed. READ MORE: Prince Harry's secret nickname he used to be able to go on Facebook But it seems their friendship was put to the ultimate test when the royal accidentally sent him rushing to hospital a few years later.
In 2016, the Sun reported that Princess Beatrice sliced open Ed's face with a sword while she attempted to "knight" James Blunt at a party.
In a joke gone wrong, Beatrice swung the ceremonial blade over her shoulder to bring it down across the shoulders of James Blunt who joked he'd always wanted to be a 'Sir'.
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