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Composer Says Princess Kate and Charlotte’s Christmas Duet Needed No Coaching and Was Filmed at Windsor

The pre-recorded mother–daughter performance opened the Together at Christmas broadcast on ITV and framed the service’s message of love and connection.

Overview

  • Scottish composer Erland Cooper said the Princess of Wales and Princess Charlotte were already “so good,” requiring no direction as they recorded his piece Holm Sound.
  • The segment was filmed in the Inner Hall at Windsor Castle, according to Cooper, who was invited to the shoot and described Charlotte as very confident.
  • The clip led ITV1’s Christmas Eve screening of the Together at Christmas service and was later posted by the royal family with the caption, “Love and connection through music.”
  • The duet uses a one-handed arrangement, with Kate playing the left hand and Charlotte the right, marking Charlotte’s first appearance among the event’s performers after taking piano lessons.
  • Kate narrates a brief reflection on simple acts of care, and the video also shows the Wales family at Westminster Abbey tying paper chains on a “Connection Tree,” even as some earlier reports differed on the filming location.