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Royal Variety Performance | |
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Also known as | Royal Command Performance |
Genre | Variety show |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 91 (list of episodes) |
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Tonight at the London Palladium | |
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The Royal Variety Performance is a televised variety show held annually in the United Kingdom to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity (of which King Charles III is life-patron).[1] It is attended by senior members of the British royal family.[2] The evening's performance is presented as a live variety show, usually from a theatre in London and consists of family entertainment that includes comedy, music, dance, magic and other speciality acts.
The Royal Variety Performance traditionally begins with the entrance of the members of the royal family followed by the singing of the national anthem, "God Save the King", which was also performed by the participating acts as a traditional end to Royal Variety Performances; with the exception of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, as a result of which, "As If We Never Said Goodbye" opened that year's show instead, sung by that year's host, Jason Manford.
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