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(Video) Bahamian artist Lynn Parotti meets the Prince of Wales
May 10, 2013 - 5:33:01 PM

LONDON, England - Bahamian artist Lynn Parotti (second from right) meets the Prince of Wales at a Reception hosted by the Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall for British-Caribbean communities at St. James's Palace on Tuesday 7 May 2013.

The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall held a reception for British Caribbean communities at St. James's Palace in London.

Doreen Lawrence, the mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, and the comedian Lenny Henry were among 270 guests from business, sport, charity, politics and the media.

Photo Credit: The British Monarchy

After clapping and nodding along to reggae hits including Bob Marley's Every Little Thing, Lenny Henry joked to The Duchess: "It's going to kick off the minute you've gone."

Their Royal Highnesses met the High Commissioners from the Caribbean, before watching performances by the London Community Gospel Choir and the Pimlico Academy Steel Band.

The Prince, who had seen the steel band at an event in Pimlico at the end of last year had invited them back. They performed Whitney Houston's Saving All My Love for You.

The Prince also met Levi Roots, the musician and man behind Reggae Reggae Sauce and the English singer Beverley Knight.

LONDON, England - H.E. Eldred Bethel, Bahamas High Commissioner; and Mrs. Dawne Bethel, attend a Reception hosted by the Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall for British-Caribbean communities at St. James's Palace on Tuesday 7 May 2013 Photo Credit: The British Monarchy

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