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divdiv class=story-body readability=23 span class=story-date#13; span class=date26 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time23:33 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13;!-- This is the embedded player component --#13;#13;#13; #13; #13;#13;#13;#13;!-- wwrights check --#13;!-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13;#13;#13;#13;div class=videoInStoryB readability=1#13; div id=emp-25115598-2 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/71368000/jpg/_71368978_71368977.jpg alt=Taylor Swift, Jon Bon Jovi and the Duke of Cambridge/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionThe Duke of Cambridge joined Jon Bon Jovi and Taylor Swift on stage/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13;#13;/div#13;!-- end of the embedded player component --#13;#13;!-- Player embedded -- #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1The Duke of Cambridge has surprised guests at a Kensington Palace charity event by performing alongside US singers Jon Bon Jovi and Taylor Swift./p#13; pHe joined the stars to sing Bon Jovi's 1980s hit Livin' on a Prayer at the gala for homeless charity Centrepoint. /p#13; pDressed in full dinner suit, Prince William took to the stage during the finale of the Winter Whites Gala./p#13; pEarlier, he met young people Centrepoint has supported through housing and other opportunities./p#13; pThe evening began with Prince William meeting Bon Jovi and Swift in the Kings Gallery at the palace's State Apartments./p#13; pThe duke has a long association with Centrepoint and as a child was taken on private visits to the charity's hostels by his mother, Diana Princess of Wales./p#13; #13; pHe has been a patron of the charity since September 2005./p#13; pAnd he presented the Centrepoint Great Britain Youth Inspiration Award to Bon Jovi for his humanitarian work./p#13; pBon Jovi founded Soul Foundation in the US in 2006 which aims to break the cycle of people falling into poverty and homelessness./p#13; pThe rock star told the guests: Nights like this happen once in a lifetime but the chance to affect change can last a lifetime. Each one of you tonight have that chance to affect change./p#13; pSwift, who performed her hits Trouble, Love Story and 15 at the event, said she was honoured to take part./p#13; pThis is my first time playing at Kensington Palace or any palace for that matter, she said./p#13; pShe added it was important the gala concert was supporting at-risk youth, who were dealing with more than most people were at what was already a difficult age./p#13; pOther guests at the event included the actor Benedict Cumberbatch, and singers James Blunt and Tinie Tempah./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center