King Charles III hails RAYE “a great ambassador for British music” 

King Charles III has shared his love of RAYE, and described the singer as “a great ambassador for British music”.

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The comments came as the King shared a personally-curated playlist of his favourite songs on a one-off radio show this morning (March 10).

Made in partnership with Apple Music, ‘The King’s Music Room’, celebrated music from across the Commonwealth and saw him offer a first-hand explanation about how the songs included came to form the soundtrack of his life.

Among those listed was RAYE, who King Charles praised as being one of the names best highlighting the musical talent coming out of Britain.

“I was particularly pleased to meet RAYE, when I visited Battersea Power Station in December to see how my Princes’ Trust – now renamed the King’s Trust – continues to help young people, very nearly half a century since I first founded it,” he began.

“Anyone who saw RAYE perform at the Grammy Awards will know that she is a great ambassador for British music.”

He continued, sharing how the singer’s mother’s Ghanaian heritage brought back fond memories for him. These included the time he was given a bow and arrow at Balmoral by the then-Ghanaian Prime Minister, Kwame Nkrumah. “I went straight out and fired into a nearby pine tree and then couldn’t get the arrow out again,” he recalled (via The Mirror).

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