‘I feel very honoured’: South African soprano Pretty Yende sings at coronation

Pretty Yende singing the new composition Sacred Fire by Sarah Class at the coronation. Photograph: BBC

The South African soprano Pretty Yende grew up in a small town in eastern South Africa, 8,000 miles from where she sang on Saturday at the coronation of King Charles III.

“Generations from now they will read about the British monarchs … and they’ll see the name of a girl from the tip of Africa written in there,” the 38-year-old said last week.