ROYALTY AND MUSIC

Grey River Argus, 30 May 1935, Page 3

ROYALTY AND MUSIC

The news that the Prince of Wales has composed a march for the bagpipes, reminds us that His Royal Highness is about the most accomplished performer in the Royal Family. He has learned to play the pipes, by no means an easy instrument, and before that he mastered the banjo and the Jukulele (writes M. Lindsay Pearse, in the Melbourne “Argus”). He was taught to play the ukulele by Kai Keech, an acknowledged expert. If various forms of instrumental niusi.-* pall, the Prince of Wales is capable of entertaining his friends with con juring tricks. He is one of the keen est amateur magicians in England. An amusing story is told of the Prince of Wales as a banjo player. When His Royal Highness was at Oxford it became known that certain undergraduates, rather extreme in their views, had invited a Communist agitator to visit them in college to expound his views. Hosts and guests were equal ly surprised when the Prince of Wales, complete with banjo, entered the room, saluted everybody with a mischievous grin, and sitting down, began to play and sing “The Red Flag.” There was a little conversation after this impromptu show, and before he left, the Communist had modified his views, at least of some representatives of mon archy.