Moments before King Charles III's coronation service began at London's Westminster Abbey on Saturday, 6 May, South Africa's Pretty Yende performed before guests in a history-making moment. | News24Arts
Ahead of the, likely, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity – the last time the world saw the crowning of a British monarch was 70 years ago – Yende told News24 exclusively as she became the first Black woman to perform at one such occasion:
"I take every opportunity I get. Whenever I'm invited or given a task, I do the best I can because I know that it's not only for me but for so many of us."Ahead of the coronation, Yende said in an interview, per Aljazeera:"I'm too excited to be nervous.""It's an incredible time of my life as a young girl, as a South African, as an artist, only joy floods my heart. For me, it's a soul's business.
Speaking to News24's royal reporter, Bashiera Parker, Yende revealed how, as she takes the world by storm as a"superbeing", she always makes sure she's got a little piece of home with her. "What I do more often than not is to always try and bring with me, when I travel, some spices from South Africa so that when I cook, I have some sort of familiarity of the person that is always there and has always been there."
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