Taylor Swift grabs royal selfie at London concert
Taylor Swift captured the perfect royal selfie before her Wembley concert, posing with the Prince of Wales and two young music fans, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Kensington Palace posted a picture of the royal trio with the singer backstage before the concert on Friday night.
“Thank you Taylor Swift for a great evening!” the caption read.
For Prince William, bringing his two eldest children to the hottest show in town was a way to earn maximum dad points on his 42nd birthday. It capped off a busy birthday week, as he had just flown in from Germany, where he attended England’s Euro 2024 match against Denmark the previous evening.
Swift then posted another selfie, in which her boyfriend Travis Kelce joined in alongside Prince William, 10-year-old Prince George and nine-year-old Princess Charlotte.
“Happy Bday M8! London shows are off to a splendid start,” her post read.
Videos from later in the evening, widely shared online, appeared to show Prince William dancing to Taylor Swift’s upbeat song, “Shake It Off.”
Catherine, Princess of Wales, stayed home with six-year-old Prince Louis.
However, their youngest child did appear in an official photograph released earlier on Friday to mark William’s birthday.
Prince William and pop sensation Taylor Swift, 34, have known each other for over a decade.
In 2013, they both performed “Livin’ On A Prayer” with Jon Bon Jovi at a charity event at Kensington Palace.
Taylor Swift has been taking her Eras Tour across the UK, with shows in Edinburgh, Liverpool, and Cardiff, featuring hits from albums such as 1989, Red, and Midnights.
Almost 90,000 fans packed into Wembley Stadium on Friday, with some queuing from just before dawn.
It was the first of Swift’s eight shows at the stadium, split between this week and August.
Other notable attendees on Friday included Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness and model Cara Delevingne were also in the audience, along with Swift’s parents, Andrea and Scott.
Swift called London, where she spent a period living earlier in her career, “the most exhilarating city in the world.”