Charles wants Jools Holland song on visit to radio station
THE PRINCE of Wales asked for a tune by Jools Holland when he visited a community radio station with the Duchess of Cornwall.
Presenters from Sheppey FM, in Sheerness, Kent, had researched some of Charles’s favourite songs before the couple’s visit.
Tracks played during the 46-minute royal tour were an eclectic mix, including Givin’ Up, Givin’ In by The Three Degrees, La Vie En Rose by Edith Piaf, Upside Down by Diana Ross, and Charles Trenet crooning
La Mer.
But when Charles and Camilla went into the studio and the Prince was invited to pick, he came up with something not on the list.
“I tell you what… if you’ve got anything by
Jools Holland,” he said, giving a namecheck to his friend, who is a regular visitor to Sandringham, Norfolk when Charles is in residence during the summer. “He lives in Kent,” the Prince said.
Presenters Maz Camilleri and Anna GillinghamSutton,
who said they had researched the Prince’s favourite songs on Google, found him a song featuring Holland and Ruby Turner, You Are So Beautiful.
The Royal couple began a day of engagements in Kent at Sheppey Matters, a community health organisation set up in Sheerness in 1994 to encourage healthier lifestyles because of concerns about high rates of illness in the area.
They met organisations, including a men’s mental health group and a support group for families affected by ADHD and autism.
They also met Syrian refugee Osama Khaled Sharkia, 25, and his family who have been helped to settle by the Kent Refugee Action Network.