The Duchess of Cambridge & Tom Walker – ‘For Those Who Can’t Be Here’ @ Westminster Abbey, 2021
Watch The Duchess of Cambridge and Tom Walker perform ‘For Those Who Can’t Be Here’ at Westminster Abbey for Royal Carols: Together At Christmas.
The performance took place in The Chapter House inside Westminster Abbey in December 2021. The song was played as part of the Royal Carols: Together At Christmas, a carol service that reflected upon the difficult past 18 months for people across our nation, and particularly for those who might be more vulnerable, isolated or have limited access to support.
#TogetherAtChristmas was a moment to recognise those who have struggled during the pandemic, as well as to celebrate the individuals and organisations who carried out inspirational acts of kindness and incredible feats to help those in need in our communities.
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She’s a talented human being in so many ways, yet so humble, i appreciate her more and more.
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William and childrens must be very proud of his wife and their mother.
If she had played something very difficult, there would be people accusing her of showing off.
Duchess Catherine is lovely. I didn’t know she was also a musician. Is there anything she can’t do well? ❤️
@Alla B You have a negative attitude. You sound not musician that’s why you know how the good Catherine playing the piano.
@Diana Ulun
Her playing was rated as “tinkling on the ivory” by one famous musician on TV!!!
Это невероятно!Потрясающе!Герцогиня Кэмбриджская прекрасна! 👏👏👏❤❤❤👑 😍😍😍🇺🇦
@L L она украинка
@L L 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦is Ukrainian flag 🤣🙋🏻♀️❤️
@Tania Pylypiv forgive me. merry christmas to our dear ukrainian friends, as well as our russian friends
@L L merry christmas ❤️🎄
Merry Christmas Ukrainians ❤️
This was beyond precious! Tom Walker is incredible! And the Duchess playing the piano awwwwww. Sending love to everyone, especially those who lost a dear one in 2021.
This is really wonderful, congrats to Tom , Catherine and the others who played and sang. Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas to you too ❤️💕
Her parents must be so proud of her and everything she’s achieved
As a person who completed piano exams, stopped playing piano for over ten years and recently did a diploma on piano, I am impressed with Duchess of Cambridge’s piano performance as I read she did Grade 3 piano exam and completed Grade 5 exam. And I am sure she had some difficulties as I heard she is performing after so many years just like I did. She was brave to be performing with the professional musicians and I admire her courage and really appreciate her and she is really a humble person. I hope the Duchess will continue playing the piano as obviously, she is a very talented pianist.
Erm, part of it is “muscle memory.”
I’m losing my sight as an adult, but still crochet, transitioning from depending on my sight to my sense of touch and “muscle memory.”
Oh can you imagine the stress she felt…she must have been ready to flop after all that was over. Bravo for her! xoxo
The song was well within Piano Grade 5 level. Lots of repetition. Slow pace. I felt nervous for her, reminded me of my past piano exams and performances. She did very well. Lovely piano to play on too.
@Strength Within Me Piano grade 3, music theory grade 5…..
@Strength Within Me I agree. It’s a very easy piece to play, left hand only needs to play a few keys, and if I wanna be picky, her rythme is not very consistent 😅. I finished level 10 in high school, started playing piano when I was 4, so this would be something I would play at 6-7 y/o 😆. But I do admire her courage to perform this knowing she’s not a great pianist and she did a good job overall!! Plus maybe she didn’t have much time to practice and perfect it too, who knows!
Speechless.
She’s an angel, pure beauty and grace. And so humble yet dignified. A perfect future Queen. Bless her.
@Elise McUk Amen!
@Sara V I think his smile meant “I know you were nervous but you did well”.
@Elise McUk Yes, that’s another possibility.
Hey “baddie”
Everything about this performance is magical. The very first time seeing Catherine coming into shot at the piano blew me away. Now 10 views later, it’s still special. 1.2million views in 19 hours. How many in a week? I’m guessing 75m.
Wow, this is certainly a newly-minted iconic Christmas song. Well done to all those who kept it top secret for weeks – the surprise of the Duchess playing really added to the impact of the whole performance.
You are Spot On!! I just stopped and hung on every word and every note played!! Amazing
@Holly Coulter It’s great reading comments of like-minded people. There must have been a collective gasp all over the land!
@az by world!
The smile they shared after the music stopped was just the perfect ending of this amazing performance!
Wow! That smile is one I will never forget! What a gift to give the world for Christmas! Thank you
This left me speechless. Just when you think that Catherine has reach her peak, she never stops surprising by her humbleness and sensibility. They could have done a “popular” Christmas song and they chose this instead and it shows just another kind of humanity. I am a Latin woman, but I’m so inspired by you, Catherine. You deserve to be queen of this world!