Blind pianist stuns and Kermit steals the show: Five takeaways from the Coronation Concert

From 13-year-old Lucy Illingworth's moving performance to Kermit the Frog's cameo appearance, royal commentator Afua Hagan shares her top five takeaways from the Coronation Concert.

Royal concerts are usually a glorious mash-up of British and international music with the aim of pleasing anyone and everyone’s musical tastes, and the Coronation Concert, held in the grounds of Windsor Castle to 20,000 flag-waving fans, certainly did not disappoint.

Here are my top five takeaways from the night:

The most moving performance of the night came from 13-year-old Lucy Illingworth, a blind and neurodivergent pianist who stunned the crowds with her rendition of Bach's Prelude in C Major.

The pianist, who is part of Queen Camilla's patronage the Amber Trust, was born with cancerous tumours in her eyes and is largely non-verbal. The newly crowned King and Queen were left speechless and visibly moved by the incredible performance.

The Coronation Choir gave us probably the most stirring performance of the night. The 300-strong choir made up of the best amateur choirs from up and down the UK, including a deaf choir, LGBTQ2S+ choirs, health-care worker choirs and refugee choirs, performed the Emelie Sande track "Brighter Days."

The Commonwealth virtual choir involved singers from more than 40 Commonwealth countries who submitted their participation via video. They sang along to Steve Winwood and his hit "Higher Love."