King Charles III is sharing his taste in music in a special collaboration with Apple Music, ’The King’s Music Room’, to celebrate Commonwealth Day 2025. A musical journey that reflects His Majesty’s personal taste, the collaboration brings together a mix of classic and contemporary songs that hold personal meaning for the King.
The show is shaped by his extraordinary experiences from around the world. In the broadcast, which His Majesty recorded to mark this year’s Commonwealth Day, The King also shares anecdotes about his encounters with some of the artists featured and reveals why the songs help form the soundtrack to his life.
“Throughout my life, music has meant a great deal to me. I know that is also the case for so many others. It 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.”
Premiering on Apple Music 1 on Monday, March 10, the playlist features a range of songs from artists such as Bob Marley, Kylie Minogue, Anoushka Shankar, Raye, Siti Nurhaliza, Diana Ross and Ghanaian music legend Daddy Lumba, all introduced with anecdotes about his own experiences with the talent over the decades.
The inclusion of Mpempem Do Me by Daddy Lumba comes as no surprise, as he requested and danced to the song a couple of years ago during a dinner ceremony held for him during a visit to the Commonwealth country.
Check His Majesty King Charles III’s Playlist below.