The legendary musician attended a party at Buckingham Palace for the King’s Trust, a non-profit organization celebrating King Charles III.
WASHINGTON — Months after musician Phil Collins opened up about his health problems, he made a rare public appearance at Buckingham Palace.
The legendary drummer, who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with Genesis and as a solo artist, recently attended a 50th anniversary party for King Charles III’s nonprofit The King’s Trust. Collins has long been involved with nonprofit organizations that support young people and became its first ambassador 40 years ago.
Collins attended the party with ex-wife Jill Collins, who shared a photo online Instagram The two of them, along with singer Rod Stewart and his wife, model and TV personality Penny Lancaster.
“Despite the downpour it didn’t seem to dampen the celebrations @officialphilcollins I was very proud and honored to be there and spend some personal time with King Charles, who seemed really happy to meet Phil, who was the first Ambassador 40 years ago and a Trustee even before that! ” wrote Jill Collins.
Jill Collins also said she and Phil Collins were planning an auction in November to benefit the King’s Trust. She said they will be donating hundreds of items from their personal archives and Phil Collins has designed a T-shirt that will be sold with proceeds going to the nonprofit.
In January, before his 75th birthday, Collins told a BBC podcast He has a live-in nurse who cares for him 24 hours a day.
“It’s an ongoing thing,” he said in an interview. people and Rolling Stone. “I had a 24-hour resident nurse to make sure I was taking my medications the way I was supposed to. I had challenges with my knees. I had everything that could go wrong, and I did.”
“I contracted COVID-19 in the hospital,” he said. “My kidneys started to recover. Everything seemed to converge at the same time.”
Collins explained that he has had five knee surgeries, only one of which has “worked” so far.
“I’ve had five surgeries on my knee now,” he said. “My knee works, I can walk, albeit with assistance, you know, crutches and stuff like that.”
This article includes previous reporting by Melissa Hernandez De La Cruz.
