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Queen's diamond jubilee: will.i.am proves he's pop royalty

will.i.am and Queen Elizabeth
'So good of you to keep Fergie busy': the Queen meets will.i.am. Photograph: Dave Thompson/AP

Unsurprisingly, the Daily Mail devotes acres of space to the Queen's diamond jubilee celebrations in Wednesday's paper. Paul Dacre's paper even finds a full page to lend to one question: "Just who is will.i.am?". The "attention-grabbing" popstar seemed ubiquitous at the royal events, the Mail reports, picturing the star of The Voice ("one of the most expensive flops in the corporation's history") alongside Robbie Williams, Sir Paul McCartney and even the Queen herself. "The question must have been asked in households up and down the land as American rap star will.i.am 'entertained' the royals at the Queen's diamond jubilee concert: why?" the paper wonders. Over to you, Gary Barlow.

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