As Britain gears up for the May coronation of King Charles III, big pop stars were set to be on the invitation list. These included: Adele, Harry Styles, Robbie Williams, Elton John, The Spice Girls. But all of them have reportedly refused to be part of the ceremony.
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The Sun reported that King Charles had requested the Spice Girls for a grand performance but all the members turned down the invitation. Other news outlets reported that Robbie Williams also declined the offer while citing his jam-packed schedule.
Elton John, who was a close friend of Princess Diana, was also approached to perform at King Charles' coronation, media reports said. However, the musician who had performed a special version of "Candle in the Wind" at Diana's funeral in 1997, declined the offer.
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Page Six reported, “Experts believe no one wants to perform because they therefore would be associated with the scandal-scarred monarchy."
{{/usCountry}}Page Six reported, “Experts believe no one wants to perform because they therefore would be associated with the scandal-scarred monarchy."
{{/usCountry}}The report quoted Simon Jones, a publicist for Little Mix, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson as saying, “The royal family has faced a number of PR disasters in recent times, and anyone performing at the show would have to consider whether there would be a backlash from appearing amongst their fans."
Head of leading British music PR company said as per the report, “These big symbolic associations carry a lot of weight and literally go down in history books in bold and underlined. I can understand why there’d be a big PR discussion around artists doing it or not.”