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King Charles braved the rain in east London today visiting the city’s first ever SXSW festival.

The Kingdom Choir, who performed at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s wedding in 2018, sang to Charles while he toured the event in Shoreditch.

Charles kept himself dry holding an umbrella while meeting key figures in the creative arts and technology industries.

This week, London has been filled with thousands people attending SXSW, a conference that began in Texas but has evolved into a broader cultural festival.

The focal point of Charles’s was the immersive art installation, centred around sustainability, a subject which the King is passionate about.

The exhibit, made by London artist Damien Roach, is called Grounding. It utilises AI and data to transform landscape images, reflecting the natural world’s constant adaptation and evolution.

In a previous video address, Charles compared the rise of AI to the discovery of electricity, the splitting of the atom, and the creation of the internet.

He went on to meet speakers for a panel session called ‘Love the Earth’, before visiting Spitalfields to see an art exhibition from Caribbean artists, about British Art and Culture.

SXSW has been in full swing all week. SXSW CEO Max Alexander told Metro, one of the conference’s media partners, that attendees will witness a historic ‘love letter to London’.

Idris Elba, Katherine Ryan, Erykah Badu, Alice Glass, and Sophie Turner are among the many actors, musicians, creative minds, and pioneering entrepreneurs who will be giving talks and performances until Saturday.

Earlier this week, Sadiq Khan opened the inaugural London festival during a panel with Tania Bryer at The Truman Brewery.

‘This week the creative eyes of the world will be on London as our capital becomes the first European city to ever host SXSW,’ he said.

SXSW London takes place from today (June 2) until Saturday (June 7) at venues across London.  For more information and tickets, click here.

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A man has admitted to killing his wife while she pushed their baby in a pram along a high street.

Kulsuma Akter, 27, was stabbed to death on Wigan Street, Bradford, in April last year, as she pushed a pram with a baby, who was unharmed.

Her husband Habibur Masum, a Youtuber, has admitted to manslaughter but denied murder.

He is facing trial on Monday, and is also charged with two counts of assault by beating and one charge of stalking.

Kulsuma was taken to hospital and later died from her injuries, while Masum was arrested 170 miles away in Aylesbury.

Monwara Begum, Kulsuma’s mum, said she has been left ‘heartbroken’ over her youngest daughter’s death.

She said: ‘I am in shock. She was my youngest daughter and I adored her greatly.

‘When she moved to the United Kingdom I was alone, but Kulsuma would call me every day by video. The only day I didn’t hear from her was the day she was attacked.’

Bradford Crown Court heard the allegations of assault and threats to kill relate to two days in November 23.

He ‘tracked her movements and located her at a safe house, sent her messages of a menacing nature which contained threats to kill another and photos and videos of the area and premises where she was residing’.

He is also alleged to have ‘loitered in the area of her temporary residence’.

The charge alleges he caused her ‘alarm or distress’ and to ‘fear that violence would be used against her’.

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