The annual Winter Whites Gala was held this evening in the King’s Gallery at Kensington Palace where approximately 200 guests including Centrepoint’s biggest donors mingled with The Duke of Cambridge. In addition to big name British celebrities including Michelle Dockery (bow down) and Colin Firth, two notable American singers had the pleasure of meeting Prince William – Jon Bon Jovi and Taylor Swift.
While I realize a fair amount of Cambridge fans from America are also major T. Swift fans, I was rather “blah” about the country star’s attendance. Bon Jovi on the other hand? Almost as good as when Prince Harry met Governor Christie.
I’m still trying to figure out why all royal bloggers who live within a 20-mile radius of Bon Jovi weren’t invited to the reception, but I sense I might be alone in this. Bon Jovi and his beautiful family attended the sold-out gala and after meeting Prince William, the rocker from New Jersey remarked, “I met his father and I met his grandfather. He’s still a young kid to me, but a nice young kid.“
Taylor Swift, on the other hand, had a bit more trouble keeping her cool after the seemingly awkward meeting – according to The Daily Mail’s Rebecca English – letting out an enthusiastic “awesome!” after William moved on. Her excitement is understandable and I for one and am just happy Miley Cyrus wasn’t invited..
UPDATE: At the end of the evening, Prince William and Taylor Swift joined the legendary Jon Bon Jovi for an acoustic performance of “Livin on a Prayer,” aka, one of the top ultimate New Jersey party songs. Be still my heart..
The Duke of Cambridge nailed it with his bow-tie and embarrassing dad dance moves, while T. Swift threw protocol to the wind and made that Kensington Palace stage, arms swinging in the air, stealing the microphone from Bon Jovi and making duck faces as she danced. This is not the MTV VMA’s, sweetie.
By the way, we are totally getting a new Taylor Swift song out of this – “Today Was a Fairytale Part Two.”
It is obvious at this point that the royals have a deep love for the Jersey Shore, they should just move here already.. am I right? 😉