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---------------------------------------- Royal family to sing on stage

by Richard Simpson

The Queen and the royal family will join Britain's biggest pop stars on stage to sing the Beatles' classic All You Need Is Love.

It will form the dramatic close to the three-hour Golden Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace on Monday and will be broadcast live to millions around the world on BBC radio and television.

The Queen will be joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, Princes William and Harry and eventually Prince Charles, who will join the others in the closing bars of the classic 1967 number one hit to give a tribute speech to the Queen as both a mother and a monarch.

Sources at the Palace have described the appearance as a " moving love in".

Artists on stage will include Sir Paul McCartney, who will sing the opening bars of the track he wrote with John Lennon. The piece will form the end of Sir Paul's performance at the £4 million garden party.

Prior to this, Sir Paul will be joined on stage by Eric Clapton to perform the song Here Comes The Sun - a tribute to the late George Harrison. The tribute will be a particularly special one for Sir Paul. Sources close to the performer say that he will be serenading his wife-to-be Heather Mills as he sings the track - it is one of her favourite songs and he is due to marry her three days after the concert.

Other artists on the Jubilee bill include Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, who will sing Good Vibrations and God Only Knows, and Ray Davies of The Kinks, who might raise royal eyebrows with his choice of song, Lola, which is about a transvestite.

There is little chance of those eyebrows descending when Ozzy Osbourne sings Black Sabbath's heavy-metal theme song, Paranoid. Sir Cliff Richard is bound to give a more clean-cut tribute. Canadian rocker Bryan Adams has confirmed that he will play for the Queen despite breaking his arm when a car hit him recently in Notting Hill. He will sing his Number one hit, Everything I Do.

Queen guitarist Brian May will play the opening chords of the National Anthem standing alone on the roof of the Palace as the dramatic start to the pop concert.

On a huge clear plastic stage in the Palace gardens, the remaining members of Queen will join in along with Phil Collins and a full orchestra. Other entertainers at the show include Sir Elton John, Tony Bennett, Tom Jones and Aretha Franklin. Younger talent include Pop Idol winner Will Young, SClub7 and Atomic Kitten.

However, the finale, watched by 12,000 guests picked from around the UK and millions more watching around the world, is sure to prove the biggest spectacular. The royal family will be led from their royal box to the strains of the Beatles' song to join the pop line-up. Organisers say this is the first time the Queen has ever gone on stage at a pop concert.

An organiser said: "This is a real first for the Queen and for the royal family. It shows how in tune she is with her country - it's a totally unprecedented move."