King reveals his music playlist that ‘never fails to lift my spirits'
The monarch will tell the world he finds it 'absolutely impossible not to get up and dance' to Diana Ross's Upside Down while Kylie Minogue's The Loco-Motion gets him in the groove.
Songs from the 1920s and 1930s that his late grandmother, the Queen Mother, used to play 'never fails to lift my spirits', he will say, and discovering Highlife while travelling in Ghana gave him the 'urge to dance to that pulsating rhythm'.
The mix of music, which is presented by the King himself in a programme called The King's Music Room, will be available to hear in full on Apple Music in a special episode to mark Commonwealth Day on Monday.
Some of the artists are already known to be favourites of the King, including Bob Marley and Grace Jones, while others may surprise some.
He has included Beyoncé, despite the fact that the US is not in the Commonwealth, in honour of her 2003 performance for his Prince's Trust.
'Here is one of the Trust's most faithful supporters, the incomparable Beyoncé, with the song Crazy In Love,' he says.
'And incidentally, I would like to congratulate her for winning her first 'album of the year' Grammy.'
He met the singer at a reception in 2003, where he is reported to have told her that both his sons had her albums.
More recently, Beyoncé has been a vocal supporter of the Duchess of Sussex, including a portrait of her in her Brit Awards acceptance speech in 2019 and meeting at the premiere of The Lion King in London.
During Harry & Meghan, the Sussexes's Netflix documentary, the Duchess is seen receiving a supportive text message from the singer.
The King's playlist also names Canadian singer Michael Bublé, who recently appeared at Prince Harry's Invictus Games in Vancouver. The King chose Haven't Met You Yet as one of his 16 songs.
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