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On 2nd August 2024, Teal appeared as a special guest as part of BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. The evening celebrated Sam Smith’s debut album, ′In the Lonely Hour′. She sang two songs with them accompanied by the BBC Concert
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Teal lives in a village near Bath with her partner Amanda Field. In 2007, she said that, although she had lived in Bath for more than a decade, she still feels like a
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