Taylor Swift declined to perform at King Charles III's coronation: book

The claims about Taylor Swift declining to perform at King Charles III's coronation concert was made by Omid Scobie in his new book.

Pop superstar Taylor Swift declined an invitation to perform at King Charles III’s coronation ceremony in May this year, a new book has revealed. On the day of the coronation in London, Swift was performing at her concert in Nashville, Tennessee.

The claim has been made by British royal family expert Omid Scobie in his new book, “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival”.

Swift, 33, is currently holding her expansive "Eras Tour" which has 151 shows across five continents. The hysteria surrounding the singer's ongoing and record-setting world tour has been captured in a filmed version of her concert - "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" – which has been a huge hit among Taylor Swift fans, better known as “Swifties”.

Incidentally, singers Harry Styles, Adele, Robbie Williams and the band Spice Girls too had turned down performing at the coronation concert earlier this year.

Singers Lionel Richie, Katy Perry, Andrea Bocelli and the British band “Take That” topped the bill of performers at the event held at grounds of Windsor Castle, west of London.

The star-studded concert was watched by 20,000 people at Windsor Castle and millions more across the country and world.

Lionel Ritchie lit up the show midway through, performing hits like "Easy Like Sunday Morning" and "All Night Long", bringing the royals to their feet.

Nearly eight months after Queen Elizabeth II’s death, King Charles III was coronated as monarch of the United Kingdom and 14 Commonwealth countries, in a ceremony held for the first time in Britain in seven decades.