The King reveals his playlist, from Marley to Kylie

King Charles III is launching a idiosyncratic playlist of euphony that lifts his sprits and brings backmost important memories, including Bob Marley, Kylie Minogue and Grace Jones.

He was photographed astatine Buckingham Palace for the euphony project, the King's Music Room, with an "on air" motion connected the table of the royal DJ.

A video trailer shows the set for the changing of the defender extracurricular the palace playing Bob Marley's Could You Be Loved, successful a task to observe euphony from Commonwealth countries.

"So this is what I peculiarly wanted to stock - songs which person brought maine joy," the King said.

"Throughout my life, euphony has meant a large woody to me," the King says successful the video launching the project, which is simply a concern with Apple Music.

"I cognize that is besides the lawsuit for truthful galore others.

"It has that singular quality to bring blessed memories flooding backmost from the deepest recesses of our memory, to comfortableness america successful times of sadness, and to instrumentality america to distant places.

"But perhaps, supra all, it tin assistance our spirits to specified a degree, and each the much truthful erstwhile it brings america unneurotic successful celebration.

"In different words, it brings america joy."

The afloat prime of tracks, with much royal commentary, volition beryllium published connected Monday, for Commonwealth Day.

As good arsenic as reggae from Marley and creation euphony from Minogue, determination are expected to beryllium contributions from Nigerian-American singer-songwriter Davido and British singer-songwriter Raye.

The King saw Raye astatine a performance astatine a Christmas marketplace astatine the erstwhile Battersea Power Station, wherever Apple has its London headquarters.

The task is intended to beryllium a antithetic attack to Commonwealth Day, which sees the Royal Family gathering for a work successful Westminster Abbey.

It volition bespeak the King's philharmonic interests done his life, ranging from 1930s crooners to Afrobeat stars.

He is besides expected to stock anecdotes astir immoderate of the artists and reveals wherefore the songs assistance signifier the soundtrack to his life.

"This seemed specified an absorbing and innovative mode to observe this year's Commonwealth Day," the King said.

He has a longstanding involvement successful Marley and has visited the singer's erstwhile location successful Jamaica, which has been turned into a museum.

And extracurricular the palace windows, the set played Marley's message: "Don't fto them alteration ya, oh! Or adjacent rearrange ya! Oh, no!"