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Escher Walcott

Mercury Prize 2022 food sent to charity after awards show postponed following death of Queen Elizabeth II

Mercury Prize 2022 nominee Self Esteem helped ensure that food from the postponed ceremony did not go to waste

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The 2022 Mercury Prize Awards gave leftover food from the ceremony to charity on Thursday night, after the event was postponed following the news of QueenElizabeth II’s death.

Nominees and select guests had not long sat down at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London, when a announcement was made advising that in light of the monarch’s passing, the evening would not be going ahead as planned, including a formal meal.

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