Charles III dances to Beyoncé and Bob Marley: the King of England publishes his playlist

BarcelonaThe British Royal Family is continuing with its plan to turn Charles III into a close-knit king after years of a bad image. In this strategy, this Monday Buckingham Palace has made public the monarch's musical playlist, a selection of songs and musicians that includes representatives of all the countries of the Commonwealth. The list that Charles III has shared is part of a musical project that Buckingham has developed with Apple Music, The King's Music Room, a podcast program lasting more than an hour in which the monarch confesses that he listens to music by Bob Marley, Kylie Minogue or Beyoncé to cheer himself up.

Ahead of the release of the episode, Apple Music and Buckingham Palace have released a trailer showing the Royal Guard band playing Could you be Loved? by Bob Marley. These images are interspersed with a speech by the king from his office in which he explains the importance of music in his life. "That's what I wanted to share with you, songs that have brought me happiness," says the monarch.

"Throughout my life, music has been very important to me. I think this is also the case for many other people. It has this extraordinary ability to bring back happy memories from the deepest recesses of our memory, to comfort us in times of sadness and to take us to faraway places. But perhaps, above all, it can lift our spirits in an extraordinary way."

Although Charles III has a special fondness for classical music, in recent times he has broadened his musical tastes, if we are to believe the playlist shared from Buckingham. It is a selection of seventeen artists, including Diana Ross with the songUpside Downeither Kylie Minogue withThe Loco-Motion.Although the list is mostly made up of musicians who are part of the Commonwealth, there are some exceptions, such as Beyoncé. From the American one, the king (or his aides, such as the Master of the King's Music, the Belizean composer Errollyn Wallen) has chosenCrazy in love. In addition, the monarch takes the opportunity to congratulate Beyoncé for having won her first Grammy for best album of the year with Cowboy Carter.

This new communication strategy by Buckingham is reminiscent of that of Barack Obama, who annually shares his favorite songs and books of the year through social networks.