Believe it or not: The party doesn't start till the King presses play

King Charles casually hopped onto the DJ decks at Buckingham Palace, with DJ-actor Sir Idris Elba right beside him. At a garden party celebrating 50 years of The King’s Trust, the monarch surprised guests by “pressing play” on a live DJ set. Thousands watched, umbrellas up in the rain. Royal protocol, but make it party mode.King Charles just dropped the beatThe moment unfolded when Charles joined Elba and a young DJ, Christian St Louis – who trained through the Trust – at the console. The King had apparently been talking about DJing earlier, then actually followed through. “He did press play – and as any DJ will tell you, that’s the hardest part,” Elba quipped. As for whether the King was into the fast, electronic set? “Well,” Elba added with a laugh, “he didn’t exactly stick around.”A knack for DJingThis wasn’t a one-off. Back in March, King Charles had already tested his DJ skills during a visit to Manchester’s Aviva Studios. His partner? The same 22-year-old trainee Christian St Louis, he tried mixing tracks himself – admitting he was still “getting the hang of it” as onlookers teased the complexity.