A young boy has just seconds to come to terms with the fact that he is going to sing live to a global audience of millions.

 

24th December 2023

Every Christmas Eve just after 3pm, a small choirboy steps up to a BBC microphone and sings the first verse of Once in Royal David’s City.

This tradition of opening the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols from King's College, Cambridge with a lone boy treble… pic.twitter.com/Oh84toVSs6

— A Cambridge Diary (@acambridgediary) December 24, 2023