Oops. The Royal Family made a blunder on its website this week, prematurely announcing the dates for the annual Christmas Carols concert by the Princess of Wales. (Until this mishap, it had not been confirmed that Kate's "Royal Carols: Together at Christmas" concert would ever again take place, but it will this year.) [The Prince Richard and Duke and Duchess of Birgitte's upcoming plans stated that the couple would "attend a carol service to be held by the Duchess of Wales at Westminster Abbey" on December 8.

The Royal Family website publishes the official engagements of the Royal Family up to eight weeks in advance. Incidentally, the December 8 date coincides with the last two dates, "The concert has been held at the same time for the past two years, an effort spearheaded by Princess Kate to honor individuals and organizations throughout the UK who helped their communities during the COVID pandemic," People reported.

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester attended last year's carol concert, so their attendance this year makes sense. (The Duke of Gloucester is a cousin of Queen Elizabeth, a royal who works full time with his wife; according to People magazine, "the couple live at Kensington Palace and travel to events like Royal Ascot and Trooping the Colour.")

The first concert was held at Westminster Abbey on December 8, 2021, and was later broadcast on ITV that Christmas Eve. At this event, Kate sang "For Those Who Can't Be Here" accompanied by Tom Walker on the piano, surprising viewers with her first public piano performance; according to People, the idea for the duet came from Kate herself, who took piano lessons as a child, She said that throughout the pandemic, she found "great solace" in playing music.

"Music was very important to the Duchess [at the time] during the evacuation," one source said at the time. She also recognized the powerful way music could bring people together." For this reason, she was eager to participate in Tom's performance in this way."

Although Kate did not play the piano at the 2022 show at Westminster Abbey on December 15, the event "brought together members of the Royal Family and charity staff, community volunteers, frontline workers, military personnel, and others" to It was revived to "celebrate the joy that connection brings," Buckingham Palace said in a release at the time. Last year, Kate was joined by her two oldest sons, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, in addition to her husband, Prince William. (Prince Louis "may have missed the concert for reasons of closeness, as the evening event was past his bedtime," People reported.)

The concert was attended by Prince Charles, Queen Camilla, Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank, Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Zara and Mike Tindall, Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, Frederick Lord Windsor and his wife Sophie Winkleman, Lady Gabriella Windsor and her husband Tom Kingston were in attendance, making it a full-blown royal family event; Kate's parents, Michael and Carole Middleton, and her sister Pippa Middleton Matthews were also there to support . A message in the program read, "This carol service is dedicated to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and all those who are unfortunately no longer with us." (The values of duty, compassion, and faith that the late Queen held so strongly guided the creation of this service. "

The concert, now in its third year, is likely to be broadcast on ITV on Christmas Eve, as in previous years.