{"id":13383,"date":"2024-05-27T03:53:12","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T03:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=13383"},"modified":"2024-05-27T09:27:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T09:27:13","slug":"british-pakistani-opera-singer-receives-kings-commendation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=13383","title":{"rendered":"British-Pakistani Opera Singer receives King\u2019s commendation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"792\" src=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240527-WA0011-464x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240527-WA0011-464x1024-1.jpg 464w, https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IMG-20240527-WA0011-464x1024-1-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ISLAMABAD :&nbsp; British Pakistani Sufi Opera star Saira Peter has received a special letter of appreciation from Buckingham Palace for her recording of British national anthem \u2018God Save the King\u2019 following the coronation of HM (His Majesty) King Charles III. Upon receiving the recording, performed in soprano vocal range, the King sent Saira a letter conveying his good wishes and sincere thanks for her public services, including with it a signed photo card from himself and Queen Camilla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Created by request of UK Government offices at Hastings Town Hall (East Sussex), the recording is used across the region for official government events, including citizenship ceremonies. It follows Saira\u2019s performance of \u2018God Save the Queen\u2019 recorded in 2018, also by request of the government, making her the first Asian and the only Pakistani bestowed this honour. That recording likewise led to a personal letter of thanks from the late Queen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saira Peter, a woman of many firsts &#8211; Pakistan\u2019s first opera singer, world\u2019s first Sufi Opera singer and the first Asian to record the British national anthem &#8211; keeps making waves as she continues to boost Pakistan\u2019s image ever higher on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD :&nbsp; British Pakistani Sufi Opera star Saira Peter has received a special letter of appreciation from Buckingham Palace for her recording of British national anthem \u2018God Save the King\u2019&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":13407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,3],"tags":[913,914],"class_list":["post-13383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-international","tag-british-opera","tag-opera-singer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13383"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13408,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13383\/revisions\/13408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}