Yesterday we were three of over 60,000 people who came to Wembley Stadium to witness two young men celebrating the lifetime achievements of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales on the 10-year anniversary of her tragic death and on what would otherwise have been her 46th birthday. We were joined at Wembley by a reported 15 million people from across the UK and over 500 million homes in 140 countries who watched from their couches.

With such coverage and attention there was no doubt that the Princes were going to represent big targets for the media and true to form there was much cynicism and scornfulness in today’s papers and news coverage. Its such a shame that it seemed necessary for people to put down the Concert for Diana and I can’t really understand why it just couldn’t be taken for what Prince William said it was all about, that is, it was about “.. all that [Princess Diana] loved in life – her music, her dancing, her charities and her family and friends.” Sure I was a little disappointed that the Princes couldn’t speak without their palm cards, and that Elton John, who opened and closed the show, didn’t sing his signature Candle In the Wind song but on the whole its hard to find criticism in an event that had such heart, paid such nice tribute to a lovely lady, and on the whole had such a well-rounded line-up of entertainment (including some singing, dancing and comedy from Ricky Gervais) that surely everyone’s tastes were catered for.

Most of the performers below:

Elton John	James Morrison	Lily Allen	Fergie
The Feeling	Pharrel Williams	Nelly Furtado	English National Ballet
Status Quo	Joss Stone	Roger Hodgson	Orson
Tom Jones	Will Young	Natasha Bedingfield	Bryan Ferry
Anastacia	Connie Fisher	Josh Groban and Sarah Brightman	Donny Osmon, Jason Donovan and Lee Mead
Rod Stewart	Kanye West	P. Diddy	Take That

Top performers for me were Lily Allen (who I really didn’t like before coming into this concert and now have come away with a grudging respect for her performance), Nelly Furtado, Kanye West (energy was awesome) and the Andrew Lloyd Webber medley performers including Anastacia, Connie Fisher, Josh Groban and Sarah Brightman, and the three Jasons. P. Diddy wasn’t too bad either.

Aside from the line-up there were a whole host of international stars who helped with the introductions including Dennis Hopper, Kiefer Sutherland, Simon Cowell, Randy Jackson, Ryan Seacrest, Gillian Anderson, Boris Becker, John McEnroe, Jamie Oliver, and David Beckham (who seemed bashfully sweet.)

More photos here.