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REVEALING SHE’S ‘SO, SO EXCITED’ FOR HER BIG DAY AT THE ABBEY PRETTY YENDE THE SOUTH AFRICAN OPERA SINGER TELLS HOW ALL OF HER DREAMS HAVE COME TRUE

When opera star Pretty Yende was invited by the King to sing at his coronation, she couldn’t quite believe it.

“I thought: ‘Oh my goodness, this can’t be true,’” the South African soprano tells HELLO!. “I thought it was a joke when my manager told me.

“I am feeling so, so excited now I’m over the disbelief that he really asked for me.”

However, 6 May won’t be the first time

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