King Charles stops by Elton John’s podcast to talk music

King Charles stops by Elton John’s podcast to talk music King Charles III appeared on an episode of Elton John’s podcast, “Rocket Hour,” on Saturday to talk about the 50th anniversary of his charity, celebrating over the course of an hour some of the notable musical artists who have performed at its benefit concerts over the years. The British monarch played songs by artists such as Lenny Kravitz, Rod Stewart and the Beatles and shared stories about the events to benefit the King’s Trust (formerly the Prince’s Trust), which have featured iconic acts as varied as Phil Collins and Destiny’s Child. Charles’s charity is meant to help young people in need. Charles said on John’s podcast that the trust had in 1994 given a “small grant” to a musical group called the Rocket Baby Dolls, which eventually evolved into the band Muse. The actor Idris Elba has also said he received a scholarship to pay for theater travel when he was a young actor. Donors to Charles’s charity include British luminaries alongside corporations like Amazon, the Walt Disney Co. and investment firm BlackRock. (Amazon Executive Chairman Jeff Bezos owns The Washington Post.)