The couple met with essential transport workers at the station to thank them for their hard work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Shakin’ Stevens performed his festive hit, “Merry Christmas Everyone,” for the royals as they departed on their journey.
Over the next few days, ending on Tuesday, William and Kate will meet frontline workers, volunteers, care home staff, teachers, schoolchildren and young people and pay tribute to people who have gone “above and beyond,” as a royal source says, in local communities during the coronavirus pandemic this year.