Happy Birthday, Grandma’: Inside Princess Charlotte and Princess Catherine’s Moving Piano Tribute to Diana

London – On the evening of July 1, 2025, the familiar gardens of Kensington Palace were illuminated not by floodlights, but by the soft, gentle glow of candlelight. Here, in the quiet intimacy of her former home, the family of Princess Diana gathered to honor what would have been her 64th birthday, not with a grand ceremony, but with a deeply personal and moving tribute

At the heart of the remembrance was a moment of profound love shared between three generations. Ten-year-old Princess Charlotte sat at a grand piano beside her mother, Catherine, the Princess of Wales. Together, their hands moved across the keys, filling the warm summer night with the timeless melody of Elton John’s “Your Song”—a piece forever intertwined with Diana’s own story. The music then seamlessly transitioned into one of Diana’s cherished classical piano pieces, a private, tender homage to the grandmother Charlotte never had the chance to meet.