Overview
- Kate hosted the fifth edition on December 5 for about 1,600 guests, bringing together volunteers, community workers, celebrities and members of the royal family.
- Prince William attended with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, who added their handwritten name loops to a public “Connection Tree.”
- Readings and performances featured Kate Winslet and Chiwetel Ejiofor alongside the Westminster Abbey Choir, Katie Melua and Bastille’s Dan Smith, with Prince William delivering a Bible reading.
- King Charles III and Queen Camilla were not present, and Buckingham Palace later shared highlights of the evening on social media.
- The concert will be televised on ITV1 on Christmas Eve, with coverage noting the absences of Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie after Eugenie posted that they wished they could have attended.