Meeting King Charles III

Last month Miss Coleman was very privileged and proud to represent St. Vincent’s Catholic Primary School at a special meeting with King Charles 111 when he visited St. James’s Church for the Concert Spirituel on June 6th, 2023.

King Charles III was very friendly and spoke enthusiastically about his passion for sustainability, including his ideas about food wastage-all which are causes that we are passionate about at St. Vincent’s too! It was such an honour to meet him and a very special memory. Thank you to father Philip for the kind invitation.

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King Charles III listened to music which was played at his coronation when he attended the first night of a new series of special concerts.  The concert, organised by Wigmore Hall, featured all four coronation anthems by George Frideric Handel, including Zadok the Priest.

The pieces were performed by leading French baroque ensemble Le Concert Spirituel, and conducted by Herve Niquet. During the concert Charles presented Judith Weir, Master of the King’s Music, with honorary membership of the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS), in recognition of her services to music.

The King also met a number of guests throughout the evening, including BBC Radio 3 controller Sam Jackson, rabbi baroness Julia Neuberger, Jeneba and Dr Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason and musicians of Le Concert Spirituel, as well as Miss Coleman!

​The concert began with a fanfare and a performance of the national anthem, sung by British baritone Roderick Williams.

His Majesty The King to this very special concert.”

Miss Coleman said: “I feel honoured to have met His Majesty The King at this very special concert which was held at our parish Church of St. James’s and thus so very special to our school.”

Thank you to © Matt Crossick/PA Wire for the wonderful photographs which captured this special memory.