LONDON, April 26 (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles and his spouse Camilla unveiled the stage for subsequent month’s 2023 Eurovision Tune Contest throughout a go to to the venue within the northern English metropolis of Liverpool on Wednesday, saying he could be watching.
Charles and the Queen Consort, whose coronation will happen just a few days earlier than the competitors, additionally met Britain’s entrant Mae Muller and took half within the recording of a phase for the youngsters’s tv leisure present Blue Peter.
“We’ll be watching with nice curiosity, egging you on,” the king instructed Muller.
Liverpool is ready to host the competitors, on behalf of final 12 months’s winner Ukraine after it was unable to stage the competitors due to the Russian invasion. Britain was the runner-up final 12 months.
[1/3] Britain’s King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort meet the presenters and invited viewers of TV present ‘Blue Peter’, as they go to the host venue of this 12 months’s Eurovision Tune Contest, the M&S Financial institution Enviornment in Liverpool, Britain April 26, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Noble/Pool
Following a countdown by onlookers, Charles and Camilla unveiled the competitors stage by urgent a big pink button which initiated a sequence of vibrant dancing stage lights and a pulsating beat.
Subsequent month will see a sequence of celebrations throughout Britain, with the formal coronation ceremony for Charles at Westminster Abbey on Could 6 and a live performance the next day after at Windsor Citadel.
In February, Britain’s authorities mentioned it could make 3,000 tickets for the Eurovision Tune Contest obtainable to displaced Ukrainians and supply 10 million kilos ($12.47 million) of funding to assist host the competitors.
The tune contest shall be hosted between Could 9 and 13.
($1 = 0.8022 kilos)
Reporting by Farouq Suleiman, Enhancing by Kylie MacLellan
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