Do the Charleston with Buck Pal pop

When the king of the island nation of Britain pays tribute to the king of reggae Bob Marley, you know that things have considerably changed in Buck Pal. In an Apple podcast, Charles Mountbatten-Windsor, who goes by the nom de guerre of Charles III, described the musician's 'marvellous, infectious energy' after playing Marley's 1980 classic 'Could You Be Loved'. The 'Jama-icon' isn't the only musician Mountbatten-Windsor played and praised in 'The King's Music Room'. There's Oz pop queen Kylie Minogue's 1988 rendition of the 1962 song 'Loco-Motion' - probably an influence of first wife Diana nee Spencer - as well as the 1980 Diana Ross hit, 'Upside Down', which the host rightly describes as 'absolutely impossible not to get up and dance' when played.

The attempt to present a starchy institution as a more flesh'n'blood - even pop music-loving - entity is sweet. It's not so much to showcase Mountbatten-Windsor's taste in non-classical music - with muzak-master Michael Buble making his list, it isn't that tasteful - as much as to show that he's 'with it'. A predilection for dance music begs us to reconsider the stuffiness associated with the Buck Pal crowd. Two notables are absent: Elton John, a favourite of Diana's; and The Sex Pistols, whose 1977 iconic-iconoclastic 'God Save the Queen' may have missed those famous royal jug ears.