Prince Harry and Meghan’s wedding singers bag £1m deal to star in iconic Coca-Cola Christmas advert
South London community group The Kingdom Choir will re-record the Holidays Are Coming anthem
South London community group The Kingdom Choir will re-record the Holidays Are Coming anthem
PRINCE Harry and Meghan’s wedding singers have bagged a £1million deal to star in Coca-Cola’s iconic festive TV advert.
The Kingdom Choir will be up against Take That for M&S and Elton John for John Lewis in the Christmas battle.
They have been asked to re- record the ad’s anthem Wonderful Dream (Holidays Are Coming) — for the first time in a decade.
The tune has been used to accompany the sight of twinkling Coca-Cola Christmas trucks travelling through snow.
The new commercial will launch across 16 European countries with a £50million budget later this month.
The Kingdom Choir is a local community group from Clapham, South London.
A showbiz insider revealed: “This is an incredible deal for the choir, whose lives have been transformed after Prince Harry and Meghan chose them to sing Stand By Me at their wedding.
“The money is something they could never have dreamed of just a few months ago.
"But they can use this to really try and launch their career.”
Their performance during the royal wedding ceremony at Windsor Castle on May 19 was watched by two billion people around the world.
They will release their debut album, called Stand By Me, later this month after being signed by Sony Music.
The 20-strong choir will be reunited with Harry and Meghan when they perform at the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games in Sydney on October 29.
Conductor Karen Gibson formed the Christian group in 1994.
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