King Charles makes request for Sugababes CD at red carpet event
King Charles III has been revealed as a fan of the Sugababes as he made a request for their hits to play at his King's Trust Awards ceremony.
The monarch met with Hollywood royalty and a number of other celebrities at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday evening.
The group gathered to celebrate the recipients of awards at the upcoming King's Trust Awards ceremony.
George Clooney and Amal Clooney, Dame Joanna Lumley, Joseph Fiennes, and Declan Donnelly were at the red carpet event, along with the girl group Sugababes.
King Charles chatted with Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan, and Siobhan Donaghy, who will open and close the ceremony at London's Royal Festival Hall.
The King then chatted to Radio 1 DJ Melvin Odoom, who revealed that he told the King he was taking requests as he'd be preparing a set for the red carpet.
Melvin later told PA News Agency: 'He asked for the Sugababes CD to be played.'
He joked that he'd take the request, albeit an out-of-date one: 'I didn't want to say to him we don't use CDs anymore, I'm using USB, but I'll drop the Sugababes.'
The awards will be presented at the Royal Festival Hall on Thursday, June 26.
The babes themselves later responded to the news that they had a fan in the King: 'That's very, very cool to know the King has requested us.
'We said to the King we've been around for 25 years and he was like wow, he was a bit taken aback.'
They added that they had an idea in mind about which CD they might send to the King first.
'He said he wanted a CD and we think we'll introduce him to Overload first, he was really lovely.'
The girl band caused chaos at Glastonbury earlier this year when they performed on the West Holts stage. Despite being the festival's third-largest stage, it simply did not have the capacity to host the huge number of fans eager to see the stars perform. More Trending
Fans had to be turned away from the performance by security due to fears of overcrowding – and many were fuming that they were forced to miss out.
The girl group is set to give the Worthy Farm festival a miss this year after touring throughout April.
The current group members are the original ones from when the band was first formed in 1998. Siobhan left the group in 2001, with Mutya leaving in 2005, and Keisha leaving in 2009.
After three different formation variations, the girls returned to the original lineup in 2011, reclaiming the rights to the name the Sugababes in 2019 – and the rest is history.
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