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The story behind Stand By Me: why Ben E King's anthem of commitment is no soppy royal wedding ballad


Ben E King Credit: Redferns

Neil McCormick, Music Critic
19 May 2018 • 12:33pm

Is there any more romantic song than Stand By Me? It is one of the imperishable anthems of pop culture, an absolutely perfect distillation of human need: direct, elegiac and deeply emotional. When The Kingdom Choir sing it for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in St George’s Chapel, with all those towering, resonant gospel harmonies teasing out every nuance of longing and carrying it up towards the heavens, I doubt there will be a dry eye in the house.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/story-behind-stand-ben-e-kings-anthem-commitment-no-soppy-royal/

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A black Episcopal priest will speak at the royal wedding. Here’s why that’s important.

Bishop Michael Curry will speak at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding.

By Tara Isabella [e-mail]@vox.com May 17, 2018, 11:50am EDT


EpiscopalChurch.org

Royals watchers will be scouring every aspect of Prince Harry’s wedding to Meghan Markle for symbolic details. The bride’s dress, her hairstyle, and who walks her down the aisle will all be scanned for their significance. Analysts will be quick to jump to conclusions about what they say about the future of the monarchy.

But one decision that’s less obvious but no less symbolically important is Harry and Markle’s decision to have the head of the Episcopal Church, Bishop Michael Curry of Chicago, speak at the ceremony.
https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/5/17/17361848/michael-curry-episcopal-priest-royal-wedding

I'd guess, Bishop Michael Curry's speech (just completed) has been one of the most deeply emotional and
energetic ones ever delivered in St George's Chapel. Stand By Me is being sung now, by The Kingdom Choir.

Stand By Me Ben E King, 1961

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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-nehlen-meghan-markle-twitter-ban_us_5a81c9c3e4b08dfc930694cc
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