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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nHumbling: Alicia Keys gave her followers a behind-the-scenes look at her recent performance at Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee festivities on Saturday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nCelebration: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II is pictured on the Buckingham Palace balcony during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant in London on Sunday<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Her eldest responded that it was ‘pretty cool’ as they sat on a golf cart.<\/p>\n
‘You can’t refuse the Queen. It’s against the law here,’ the preteen, who Keys shares with husband\u00a0Swizz Beatz, quipped.<\/p>\n
The No One hitmaker even revealed The Queen requested she play her 2009 track Empire State of Mind.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nFans across the pond: While reflecting on her setlist at the star-studded even in a new video, the 15-time Grammy winner, 41, marveled at how ‘every song was requested personally by the Queen’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSmiling: In the recording, she can be heard gushing about telling her boys ‘that the Queen requested the songs’ she would be sleeping at the Party at the Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSo many looks to choose from: Ahead of her big performance, she reflected on how she would be ‘playing with a 70-piece orchestra’ for the first time and the struggle to pick what to wear<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBeautiful in both: While trying on different looks, she had trouble choosing behind a gorgeous black cape dress or jumpsuit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Ahead of her big performance, she reflected on how she would be ‘playing with a 70-piece orchestra’ for the first time and the struggle to pick what to wear.<\/p>\n
While trying on different looks, she had trouble choosing behind a gorgeous black cape dress or jumpsuit.<\/p>\n
Before hitting the stage outside the palace, Keys said a prayer then went on to belt out\u00a0Girl On Fire,\u00a0Superwoman and more in front of a 22,000-strong crowd outside Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSweet: Her eldest said it was ‘pretty cool’ The Queen knew his mom’s music as they sat on a golf cart<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n‘You can’t refuse the Queen. It’s against the law here,’ the preteen, who Keys shares with husband Swizz Beatz, quipped<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nBlessed:\u00a0Before hitting the stage outside the palace, Keys said a prayer then went on to belt out Girl On Fire, Superwoman and more in front of a 22,000-strong crowd outside Buckingham Palace<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
At one point Alicia told the audience: ‘You know when I’m in London, I feel like I’m home. It reminds me so much of New York. I love you London’ – before playing a transition of the City Of Gods into Empire State Of Mind.<\/p>\n
The hitmaker told the crowd: ‘If you believe in hope, this song is for you. We’re never going to let go of our dream.’<\/p>\n
The singer’s performance was one amid many star-studded appearances at Saturday’s concert, with acts including Elton John, Queen, and Diana Ross.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nPerformance of a lifetime: At one point Alicia told the audience: ‘You know when I’m in London, I feel like I’m home. It reminds me so much of New York. I love you London’ – before playing a transition of the City Of Gods into Empire State Of Mind<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nSuperwoman: The hitmaker told the crowd: ‘If you believe in hope, this song is for you. We’re never going to let go of our dream’<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>\nMemorable: The singer’s performance was one amid many star-studded appearances at Saturday’s concert, with acts including Elton John, Queen, and Diana Ross<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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