Revealed: How Harry and Meghan curled up to watch The Voice Kids at Kensington Palace – as finalist
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Revealed: How Harry and Meghan curled up to watch The Voice Kids at Kensington Palace – as finalist
Revealed: How Harry and Meghan curled up to watch The Voice Kids at Kensington Palace – as finalist Donel Mangena says the Duke told him he was the newlyweds’ favourite Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are fans of The Voice Kids, a finalist on the show has revealed Donel Mangena appeared on Lorraine on Friday, and told how he met the royal newlyweds backstage at the Queen's 92nd birthday celebration at the Royal Albert Hall back in April, ahead of the show's finals
The 16-year-old, from Manchester, said Harry told him 'we've got our money on you' when they met, while the Duchess squealed and gave him a cuddle when they were introduced Donel, who was chatting to stand-in host Christine Lampard about his journey on the TV talent show, said his encounter with the glamorous couple was one of the best moments of his life Donel, who said he is still in touch with his mentor Will I Am, opened up about performing for a royal audience on April 22nd Explaining how he went into Zoe Ball's dressing room backstage, he said: 'It was all so chilled, I was surprised there was no one there checking there wasn't a stray safety pin on the floor!' 'Harry and Meghan walked in and I expected a handshake but Meghan screamed my name and ran over to give me a hug
'Getting a hug from Harry and Meghan was crazy! Harry was like "you're a star of the future, we've got our money on you And speaking about the moment Harry introduced him on stage before shaking his hand, he added: 'Twitter went crazy at my handshake with Harry 'I saw the Queen and Theresa May in the audience and that's when it kicked in It was an amazing feeling!' Donel, who was odds-on favourite to win the competition but eventually finished in second place behind 18-year-old winner Ruti Olajugbagbe, was invited to perform at the Queen's 92nd birthday celebrations by Prince Harry
The invitation was announced by Mangena's coach on the ITV singing competition, Will On the royal invite, Will am said: 'I'm like 'get the hell out of here bro you got a letter from Prince Harry to go and perform at his grandmother's birthday … who just happens to be the Queen The young singer – who said he wants to be bigger than Michael Jackson – performed alongside the likes of Sir Tom Jones at the star-studded event At the time he called the invitation 'pretty cool', adding: 'But it's all about working hard and concentrating on Saturday
Donel performed a version of Pharrel's 'Happy' on the night before proudly sharing pictures of the evening to his social media accounts Speaking about his newfound fame at the time, He revealed girls had started crying in front of him following his new-found fame and said he was inspired by Chris Brown, Michael Jackson and Usher 'I see myself in Usher I use Michael Jackson inspirations … I want to achieve as much or even more than him but I use Michael Jackson inspirations which I incorporate into my own style because I don't want to be someone else,' he said, He added: 'That's my dream to be global and if I carry on working hard then that could be what can come but for me it's God first, family first, music first and working to be the best and not changing who I am as a person and hoping the world can love me for who I am
