The Prince of Wales revealed that he tried his hand at being a DJ in his younger years, even bestowing himself with a different title amid his efforts.
“I went through a phase where I wanted to be a DJ, which didn’t go very well,” William admitted on the Oct. 23 episode of The Graham Norton Show. “And I came up with a name. I was called ‘DJ Xara’ with an X.”
The 44-year-old admitted “it wasn’t good,” much to the delight of his fellow red coach companions CateBlanchett, RobertIrwin and HannahWaddingham.
“DJ Zara?” Hannah asked. “That’s rubbish.”
Cate, meanwhile, was curious about the spelling, with William noting he put the “X” at the front of “Xara,” while making a crossing motion with his hands.
“And was that one of your moves?” Cate asked of the gesture, to which William quipped, “No, I didn’t do the move.”
And while he made an effort, his DJ career was short-lived, with William confessing, “I never got that good.”
But DJing wasn’t the only non-royal endeavor the future King of England pondered in his youth: He also thought he “could make a good policeman,” with Graham commenting William’s height would certainly have been an advantage.
“Exactly,” the prince laughed. “Being a policeman, I thought was quite cool.”
“I love it, the family love it,” he raved. “Charlotte and Louis are obsessed with it. It’s really good telly.”
And even a royal can be excited about meeting a celebrity (traitor), as William shared he ran into contestant RossKempfrom the most recent U.K. season after the first episode aired.
“I couldn’t help but try—in the most appropriate way—to touch him to see what reaction I got from him,” William said. “Turns out he was really jumpy!”
While it remains to be seen if DJ Xara will grace the stage again, keep reading for a look at some of William’s moments away from the turntables and with his family.
A Family Outing That Gets the Gold
The Wales family’s team of five consisting of Prince William, Kate Middleton, Prince George, Princess Charlotte andPrince Louisattended the August 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.As a cancer survivor, the Princess of Wales took part in the National Three Peaks Challenge—climbing the three highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales within 24 hours in June 2026—to support The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity. And her loved ones were there to show their support.
Per tradition, William, Kate and their kids joined royal family members in closing out the June 2026 Trooping the Colour ceremonial parade with a wave from the balcony of London’s Buckingham Palace.
The Wales family hopped over to St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle to celebrate Easter in April 2026.Advertisement
Coordinating in navy and green attire, William, Kate, George, Charlotte and Louis got into the holiday spirit by attending the December 2025 Together at Christmas Carol Service at London’s Westminster Abbey.
The couple and their two eldest children served up another sweet family moment at Wimbledon in July 2025.
Louis was captivated by the flypast he watched with his mom, dad and siblings from Buckingham Palace’s balcony that took place on the 80th anniversary of VE Day in May 2025.From singing “King of My Heart” to meeting the future kings of England! Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce snapped a selfie with William, George and Charlotte during one of her June 2024 London shows.Fast-forward two years later, and William appeared on Travis’ podcastNew Heights, with the episode dropping the same day the Kansas City Chiefs tight end wed the Grammy winner in July 2026.
For Father’s Day 2024, Kate shared this snap of William and their kids enjoying a day at the beach.”We love you, Papa,” the June 2024 post read, “Happy Father’s Day G, C & L.”
A then 5-year-old Louis sweetly stole the show during Trooping the Colour 2023.
It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
The Wales family shared jolly smiles as they headed to Christmas service at Sandringham’s St. Mary Magdalene Church in 2023.George enjoyed a slice of pizza while attending a London cricket match with his dad in July 2023.
Louis, George and Charlotte rode off to London’s Westminster Abbey for their grandfather King Charles III’s coronation ceremony in May 2023—though the monarch immediately acceded to the throne following the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022.
As part of the coronation activities, William and Kate reminded their kids of the importance of service by bringing all three of them to volunteer at the Big Help Out in May 2023.
Kicking off another year, William and Kate walked George, Charlotte and Louis to their “settling in” day at their primary school in the Berkshire countryside in September 2022.
Charlotte gave her dad a thumbs-up as they attended the Commonwealth Games’ swimming event with Kate in August 2022.While celebrating the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in June 2022, Louis sweetly wrapped his arm around his mom.He also joined his older siblings in a carriage ride to mark the momentous occasion.As William, Kate, George and Charlotte headed to 2022’s Easter service at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor, fans might have noticed some bunny was missing. However, the service may have been too long for Louis, who was only 4 years old at the time and already proving he could get into some adorable mischief.The family of five attended a performance of Pantoland at London’s Palladium Theatre in December 2020.Making his Trooping the Colour balcony debut nearly two months after his first birthday, Louis gave a little wave alongside his parents and siblings at the June 2019 event.Joined by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, King Charles III and Queen Camilla and the Middletons, William held the hands of then-3-year-old Charlotte and almost 5-year-old George as they walked into Chapel Royal at St James’s Palace for the July 2018 christening of Louis.Completing William and Kate’s family of five, Prince Louis Arthur Charles was born at St. Mary’s Hospital in London, the same place as his older siblings, on April 23, 2018.
Charlotte and Kate twinned in pink while attending Trooping the Colour 2017.Advertisement
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