WHERE WERE YOU WHEN Prince Charles did the Full Monty dance - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Celebrity WHERE WERE YOU WHEN Prince Charles did the Full Monty dance By You Magazine - April 21, 2019 The heir to the throne was hot stuff, remembers Michael Hogan. The lives of the king-in-waiting and unemployed steelworkers might seem a million miles apart, but they briefly collided in 1998 when Prince Charles reenacted The Full Monty. At a Sheffield showcase for the work of the Prince’s Trust – and encouraged by one of the hit Britflick’s stars, Hugo Speer – he busted out the moves from the film’s celebrated Job Centre scene. The Prince of Wales dances behind actors Hugo Speer and young people from the Prince’s Trust. Photo by Ken Goff Rota/GoffPhotos.com Ref: KGC-375. It saw Donna Summer’s disco anthem ‘Hot Stuff’ come on the radio and the budding male strippers absent-mindedly launch into the hip-thrusting routine they’d been secretly rehearsing. ‘I like the film so much, I’ve seen it twice,’ said the Prince of Wales, just to take us even more by surprise. At the time, I was working on a celebrity magazine and was thoroughly bored with seeing the same old paparazzi pictures of the royals on walkabout, or perhaps waving from limousine windows. This was something fresh, spontaneous and far more fun. It made me warm enormously to Charles – he wasn’t just an amply-eared toff who talked to plants, I realised, but a flesh-and-blood human being with a functioning sense of humour, just like the rest of us. Such relatable, relaxed moments paved the way for the 21st-century humanisation and reinvention of the Royal Family – a process that has been continued in such crowd pleasing style by Princes William and Harry, not to mention their wives. Sure, Charles’s weak attempts at pelvic gyration left a little to be desired, but his footwork was nifty, his grin broad and he threw himself into it with gusto. This was on the eve of his 50th birthday and he was evidently in party mood. ‘He’s a natural,’ said Speer. ‘He asked me for tips but didn’t need them. It looks as though he’s been practising in his bedroom.’ Hot stuff indeed. Also that month… Cher continued her reign at the top of the charts with ‘Believe’. A (non-musical) film adaptation of Les Misérables was released in the UK, starring UmaThurman and Liam Neeson. The government announced a bill to abolish the rights of hereditary peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords. Vincent van Gogh’s Self Portrait without Beard sold at auction for $71.5 million (£55 million) in New York. Actor Tony Curtis married Jill Vandenberg, his sixth wife, at MGM Grand in Las Vegas. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR 50 of the best celebrity Halloween costumes of all time Shirley Ballas ‘ Strictly gave me back my hope’ Davina McCall discusses how men can help women going through the menopause Popular in Celebrity Beauty vlogger Nic Chapman opens up about her diagnosis and troubled August 22, 2017 Quickfire with Strictly veteran Anton Du Beke December 5, 2017 Yolanda Kettle reveals what it’ s like playing the other woman February 12, 2018 The billion-dollar baby club The celebrity children living it large April 15, 2018 Tom and Giovanna Fletcher talk married life and working with your June 3, 2018 Jacqueline Gold ‘ I want to give women confidence’ July 15, 2018 Quickfire Comedian Alex Horne on Gary The Gorilla losing his trousers August 26, 2018 ‘ I’ m probably overindulgent with him’ Elizabeth Hurley reveals the most important September 30, 2018 One s best friends The Queen’ s corgis and their doggy dynasty October 28, 2018 Ruth Wilson will play her own grandmother in this new BBC November 21, 2018 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved