Watch Kate Middleton Perform a Duet With Her Daughter Charlotte as a Surprise Christmas Eve Gift

A few hours before the concert was broadcast, the Prince and Princess of Wales had already announced on social networks that it would include “a special duet”. Many of their supporters guessed that Charlotte would accompany her mother at the piano, but others speculated that Middleton had asked one of King Charles III’s cousins, Gabriella Windsor, who suffered a devastating loss last year when she was widowed at 42 after the sudden death of her husband.

The Princess of Wales had already played the piano during this Christmas concert in 2001. On this occasion, she was accompanied by Tom Walker, with whom she performed the song ” For those who can’t be there” by this British composer. Middleton did something similar for the Eurovision Song Contest in London two years ago, opening it by playing a few Windsor Castle notes from the song that gave Ukraine victory the year before.

The Princess of Wales began taking piano lessons at the age of 10, the same age as her daughter today. Daniel Nicholls was her teacher and years ago praised her talent in the field Evening standard . “I don’t think anyone could have predicted she would go professional, but she was good and did what was asked of her,” said Professor Nicholls, who in 2011 gave his former student a piece he had composed for her wedding to Prince William.

Princess Diana also knew how to play the piano and demonstrated it publicly on one occasion. It was in 1988 during one of his tours in Australia. The then Princess of Wales was visiting a conservatory in Melbourne and played a piece by Sergei Rachmaninov, leaving everyone speechless. Now his granddaughter Charlotte is following in his footsteps.

This article was originally published by Vanity Fair Spain.