Katherine Jenkins breaks down in tears on This Morning recalling first time she sang new national anthem
thesun.co.ukKATHERINE Jenkins shed a tear today recalling the first time she sang the national anthem following the Queen's death. The classical singer was given the honour of singing the first recording of God Save The King while rehearsing for a performance for Songs of Praise.
She was asked by the BBC if she would be willing to sing the new anthem to play on Radio 4 a few hours later. As Katherine discussed the national anthem changing to 'God save our gracious King' her voice broke and she became visibly consumed by the emotion of the memory on air.
Katherine shared: "It was in a little church in Sussex. To sing it for the first time with the new words, was an emotional moment." Presenter Phillip Schofield remarked in wonder: "You saw that you were getting emotional just now.
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