Trends Reporter
Taylor Swift and her record-breaking Eras Tour took London by storm Friday.
The Grammy winner not only serenaded nearly 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium, but snapped a backstage selfie with none other than Prince William and two of his children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
“Happy Bday M8!” Swift wrote Saturday alongside her photo with William, who turned 42 this week. “London shows are off to a splendid start.”
Within hours, the picture had garnered millions of likes on Instagram. Though Swift’s boyfriend, Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce, was included in that photo, William also took to social media to post an alternate picture without him.
Swift was given a warm welcome across London, whose transportation system shared a redesigned transit map in her honor, replacing the names of regular stops and lines with references to her music.
The singer even received a tribute from Buckingham Palace, with a brass and wind band performing her 2014 hit “Shake It Off” during the Changing of the Guard ceremony.
“Can’t stop, won’t stop groovin,’” the royal family wrote online alongside footage of the performance.
The London Zoo marked Swift’s arrival in town as well, announcing on social media that anyone with Eras Tour tickets could receive a discount on entry passes this month. The zoo also shared three throwback photos taken during a visit from Swift years ago.
“She visited us in 2012, and now she’s back in London for the biggest tour of all time,” the zoo wrote, inviting Swift to stop by again.
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The singer’s Friday concert, the first of eight scheduled shows at Wembley in June and August, drew high-profile attendees like Labour Party leader Keir Starmer. Nicola Coughlan of “Bridgerton” fame, as well as actors Salma Hayek and Cara Delevingne, were also spotted in attendance.
“What better way to spend a Friday night than in the most exhilarating city in the world?” Swift reportedly told the crowd.
But the singer had to pause Friday’s performance — which followed sold-out U.K. shows in Cardiff, Liverpool and Edinburgh — at least four times as concertgoers fainted amid an ongoing heat wave.
Swift previously met with William during a 2013 charity gala at Kensington Palace, where she and Jon Bon Jovi brought him onstage for a rendition of “Livin’ on a Prayer.”
Another royal, Meghan Markle, attended an Eras Tour performance in Los Angeles last year.
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