Partly upstaged by a magnificently bored prince and princess, it was the tried and tested likes of Elbow and Rod Stewart that went down best at this jubilee pop bash
he last time the exterior of Buckingham Palace and the Mall was turned into a concert venue – for the Gary Barlow-curated diamond jubilee celebration in 2012 – the Queen arrived midway through: a canny bit of timing that meant she got there in time for Kylie, Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney but missed Jessie J, as well as Gary Barlow and Cheryl Tweedy’s unprovoked assault on Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now.
She missed a show that grew more visually spectacular as night fell, and attempted to be all things to all people – selections from musicals and appearances by dancers from the Royal Ballet next to Craig David and TikTok-boosted teen pop star Mimi Webb. There was fun to be had watching the audience looking utterly baffled by Stefflon Don – this visibly wasn’t the Brexit they voted for – although even the most ardent republican might be forced to admit that the breakout stars of the TV coverage were Prince George and Princess Charlotte, eight and seven years old and visibly bored senseless by the whole thing: you were struck by the feeling that their parents might just give in and hand them their iPads at any moment.
Presumably mindful of hymning the nonpareil greatness of a former colony in front of Buckingham Palace, Alicia Keys changed the lyrics of Empire State of Mind so they reference London instead of New York.
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