Stick to the day job, Wills! Moment royal tried his hand at DJing... only for Kate to prove she had a natural talent for it - after Prince said he once dreamt of being behind the decks

He will one day be the King of Britain - yet, the Prince of Wales once dreamt of an entirely different career path when he was younger.

Appearing on The Graham Norton Show on Friday alongside celebrity guests Cate Blanchett, Robert Irwin and Hannah Waddingham, Prince William discussed a range of topics from his love of Celebrity Traitors to his impressive Earthshot Prize.

However, the most surprising aspect of the royal's appearance on the BBC chat show was a piece of childhood trivia he shared about himself. Specifically, the prince revealed the job he would have loved to have had were he not to be next in line to the throne.

Prince William said: 'I did want to be a policeman when I was younger, I thought I could make a good one. And then I went through a phase of wanting to be a DJ – I wasn't very good.'

The prince even tried his hand at spinning and scratching decks along with the Princess of Wales during a royal visit to Australia twelve years ago, when on a trip to Adelaide they visited the Northern Sound System.

Introduced to DJ-ing by DJ Shane Peterer during the royal visit, Kate was first to hit the decks, showcasing a natural talent for spinning and scratching the decks. 

Her DJ debut was met with cheering and praise by the crowd watching. Even DJ Shane Peterer seemed to agree, he said: 'She was fantastic.'

Prince William, however, had far more difficulty with his first few attempts at 'scratching' the decks producing no sound at all. After some coaching from DJ Shane Peterer, the future King was able to 'scratch' the record.

While public engagements and charitable work might come under his daily duties, luckily for William he can keep far away from the DJ booth.

Since 2014, the prince has been involved in other music endeavours. In 2025, he visited Symphony Studios where he discussed the importance of music, particularly for children.

Prince William said: 'I started off playing piano, trumpet and the drums and then realised I had to memorise every tune and it just fell away.'

He added: 'I make sure my children learn music because I love music and it’s crucial, really important.'

His youngest son, Prince Louis, is learning to play the drums while Princess Charlotte is learning piano like her mother, Kate.

Despite the young Prince Louis' enthusiasm, Prince William revealed at an event in 2024: 'I spend my entire life with my fingers in my ears.'

Earlier this week while listening to the children at the Treehouse Children's Hospice in Ipswich, Kate said to another parent: 'Often in our household, the noisier the instrument the better.'

Like her mother, Princess Charlotte has begun to play the piano in public. At last year's Together At Christmas carol service she joined Kate for a duet to Holm Sound.

The Princess of Wales first performed the piano publicly during the Together at Christmas 2021 broadcast, performing a piano accompaniment of Tom Walker's For Those Who Can't Be Here. The princess has been playing the piano since she was ten years old.

Prince William joined The Graham Norton Show to promote the Earthshot Prize, an environmental solutions awards ceremony that takes place in November this year. 

Like his father, the prince is a keen environmental advocate. He launched the Earthshot Prize in 2020 which gives £1million in prize money to five winners respectively to projects aimed at solving environmental challenges.

This year's Earthshot event will bring in over 5,000 participants and is expected to reach its largest audience to date. 

The event will be streamed on Prime Video in more than 40 languages across 240 countries.