{"id":164303,"date":"2025-04-25T10:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T10:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/prince-william-surprised-by-king-charles-apple-music-playlist\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T10:40:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T10:40:19","slug":"prince-william-surprised-by-king-charles-apple-music-playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/25\/prince-william-surprised-by-king-charles-apple-music-playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William \u2018Surprised\u2019 by King Charles\u2019 Apple Music Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/prince-william\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Prince William<\/strong><\/a> revealed he was taken aback by his father <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/prince-charles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>King Charles III<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s music taste after the monarch released an Apple Music playlist in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was expecting a lot of classical music, so I was surprised.\u201d William, 42, said during a visit to Mentivity House, a youth center in London, on Thursday, April 24, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/828433\/prince-william-in-disbelief-over-dad-king-charles-latest-move-i-was-surprised\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Hello Magazine<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/king-charles-iii-shares-his-favorite-music-artists-announces-playlist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">playlist<\/a>, titled His Majesty King Charles III\u2019s Playlist, was released to mark Commonwealth Day on March 10 and featured artists including <strong>Beyonc\u00e9<\/strong>, <strong>Michael Bubl\u00e9<\/strong>, and <strong>Bob Marley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Adeyemi Michael, director of Mentivity House, asked William if he thought the king might have included some \u201cgarage and U.K. funky\u201d music.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/every-song-on-king-charles-iiis-personal-apple-music-playlist\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/every-song-on-king-charles-iiis-personal-apple-music-playlist\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Every Song on King Charles III&#8217;s Personal Apple Music Playlist<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tHave you ever wondered what the royal family listens to during their downtime? Now you don\u2019t have to speculate, as King Charles III released his own personal playlist on Apple Music to mark Commonwealth Day on Monday, March 10. The playlist, titled His Majesty King Charles III\u2019s Playlist, features some of the king\u2019s favorite music [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure he\u2019d know what that was,\u201d William quipped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout my life, music has meant a great deal to me. I know that is also the case for so many others,\u201d Charles, 76, said in a video message announcing the project on March 7.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has that remarkable ability to bring happy memories flooding back from the deepest recesses of our memory, to comfort us in times of sadness, and to take us to distant places. But perhaps, above all, it can lift our spirits to such a degree, and all the more so when it brings us together in celebration. In other words, it brings us joy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The king first shared the playlist during an Apple Music 1 radio special titled The King\u2019s Music Room. During the special, Charles was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/king-charles-iii-congratulates-incomparable-beyonce-on-winning-her-first-album-of-the-year-grammy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full of praise for Beyonc\u00e9<\/a> before introducing her song, \u201cCrazy in Love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Charles described the singer as \u201cso exceptional that I could not resist including her music.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/music-prince-harry-william-and-more-royal-family-members-love\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Royal-Family-Favorite-Music-landing.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Royal Family Favorite Music\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Royal-Family-Favorite-Music-landing.jpg?quality=40&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/music-prince-harry-william-and-more-royal-family-members-love\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Coldplay! Ellie Goulding! Abba! Music the Royal Family Loves<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tWhile it\u2019s unlikely that the royals have a Spotify Family plan, Prince Harry, Prince William and their relatives have disclosed their music tastes in the past. \u201cI used to play the piano, trumpet and drums when I was your age but I couldn\u2019t read music. There\u2019s only so much you can remember from the top [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As for William, the royal posed for selfies during his visit on Thursday and also spoke with young people supported by Mentivity, a charity that aims to empower young people through youth services, including mentorship schemes.<\/p>\n<p>He also took part in a soccer match organized in his honor, telling the group, \u201cI\u2019ll only be ten seconds, I\u2019m terrible at this,\u201d according to <em>Hello<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The prince was then involved in a roundtable discussion with local businesses about the value of apprenticeships and the barriers facing young people to gaining better opportunities.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/prince-william-surprised-by-king-charles-apple-music-playlist\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince William revealed he was taken aback by his father King Charles III\u2019s music taste after the monarch released an Apple Music playlist in March. \u201cI was expecting a lot of classical music, so I was surprised.\u201d William, 42, said during a visit to Mentivity House, a youth center in London, on Thursday, April 24, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":164304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-164303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}