Prince William’s Singer Prince Mix-up Leads To Sweetest Apology
Sebastian Smith wrote to the prince after mistaking him for singer Prince during a cafe visit, prompting a lighthearted royal anecdote.
- Sebastian Smith, 22, has written an apology letter to Prince William following a mix-up during a recent visit to Ilminster, Somerset, which his family is sending to Kensington Palace.
- During Prince William's October 6 visit to Sweet Surprise cafe in Ilminster, Somerset, Sebastian, who has Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome, mistook the royal for the singer Prince and asked him to sing.
- On The Graham Norton Show last Friday, Prince William recalled the "lovely gentleman" who asked him to sing "Purple Rain," admitting he did not know the lyrics to the 1984 hit.
- Claire, Sebastian's mother, explained that her son is a devoted fan of the singer Prince and that the family helped him write the apology letter after the show aired.
- Sweet Surprise owner Jane Morgan called the Royal visit a "special day" for the cafe, which provides workplace education for adults with learning difficulties, emphasizing everyone was perfectly at ease.
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Prince William was a guest at the "Graham Norton Show" and told a funny anecdote: A man once held him at an event for US singer Prince – and promptly invited him to sing "Purple Rain".
The "Graham Norton Show" told the Prince of Wales about a funny encounter with a fan.
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