Alexis Ffrench: Charles’ powerful voice championing conservation matches my own

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Alexis Ffrench said his own thoughts and feelings on environmental issues are “very much in tune with King Charles”. The 53-year-old, whose songwriting work has been “influenced by the natural world”, spoke about Charles’ history as an environmental campaigner. Ffrench, who most recently performed in front of the King during the Together At Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey curated by the Princess of Wales who he described as “gracious funny and charming”, recalled his first meeting with the then-Prince Charles as a teenager. “Of course great admiration for all the other artists on the stage as well, Andrea Bocelli, Sir Bryn Terfel, who went to the same college as me actually Guildhall School of Music many years ago.” He joked: “So I shall be there with my little autograph book at the side of the stage, I’m sure I’ll have a fanboy moment at some stage.”