King Charles Requested “You’ll Never Walk Alone”

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ET online reports:

Andrea Bocelli gave the newly crowned King Charles III exactly what he wanted with a stunning performance of a special song at the grand coronation ceremony on Sunday.

“The king asked for the song ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone,’” Bocelli explained. “I think he likes this song also for the meaning… ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ means you will never be alone. It’s an encouragement, for himself.”

The song itself famously comes from the iconic Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Carousel, from 1945, and has been covered to great fanfare by many renowned artists who, like Bocelli, reimagined it in a different style.

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