Buckingham Palace delighted fans across the internet on Friday after posting a video of the military band at the changing of the guard ceremony playing her hit song “Shake It Off.”
Swift is currently playing the U.K. leg of her worldwide concert show, The Eras Tour. She will play three shows at London’s Wembley Arena from June 21 to 23.
The changing of the guard happens four times each week at Buckingham Palace, in a ceremony which sees the exchange of military personnel taking sentry duty outside, protecting the palace and, when in residence, the king too.
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Detachments of guards on duty (identifiable by their scarlet tunics and bearskin hats) are made up of the seven regiments of the household division who stand on duty in rotation. The changing of the guard from one set of soldiers to another is accompanied by a full military band that plays traditional and modern tunes. It is watched regularly by millions of tourists each year.
A to the official X (formerly Twitter) account on Friday, featured a two-minute video of the band playing Swift’s 2014 hit song “Shake It Off,” captioned with the lyrics “Can’t stop, won’t stop groovin’ 🫡🥁🎺.”
The video title was a reference to Swift’s growing catalogue of rerecorded versions of her albums which feature the “Taylor’s Version” label.
“Changing of the Guard (Taylor’s Version),” the post read.
Regalrumination.com approached representatives of Taylor Swift via email for comment.
The palace’s tribute to Swift won praise from fans online who quickly shared the video and commented in large numbers.
“This may be my favorite tweet ever. Thank you!” wrote one X user.
“PERFECTION, no notes 😂🫡,” posted another, with a further comment reading: “@taylorswift13 you MUST see this!!”
Britain’s ITV network royal editor, Chris Ship, reposted the video, writing: “Shaking it Off in the Buckingham Palace forecourt this morning. Turns out, even the Changing The Guard are #swifties at heart.”
This is not the first time the monarchy has crossed over with the pop giant.
In November 2013, the star attended a charity gala dinner at Kensington Palace, co-hosted by .
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During the course of the event, the with Swift and Jon Bon Jovi, breaking into a rendition of the 1980s hit song “Livin’ on a Prayer.”
The event honored Centrepoint, the charity tackling homelessness, which William has been a patron of since 2005.
In 2023, another royal was linked to Swift, William’s sister-in-law, .
In August of that year, People magazine reported that Meghan visited one of the singer’s Los Angeles performances of the Eras Tour.
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