Naughty Boy ‘forever grateful’ for the King’s support of his music career

Music producer Naughty Boy mentioned he shall be “without end grateful” for the help he obtained from the King via the Prince’s Belief – which gave him the boldness to pursue his profession.

The charity arrange by Charles awarded the 40-year-old, who has labored with stars like Beyonce, a £5,000 grant in 2005.

He used it to arrange a studio in his dad and mom’ backyard shed.

Talking to Good Morning Britain, the DJ, whose actual title is Shahid Khan, mentioned he was born on a Watford council property and grew up pondering nobody was going to “shine a light-weight” on his expertise – till he obtained the grant.

The then-Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall with music producer Naughty Boy and Kanika Kapoor at Buckingham Palace (Alastair Grant/PA)

He mentioned: “I feel, on the time, once I had the Prince’s Belief grant it gave me confidence.

“It made me assume, ‘You already know what? There’s somebody on the market that truly thinks I’ve acquired an opportunity at this.’

“And that somebody was our now King, Charles, and I’m without end grateful for that.”

Khan went on to collaborate with a few of the world’s greatest artists, together with Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande and Jennifer Hudson.

He later turned an envoy for the British Asian Belief, which the King based in 2007, and has carried out for him on quite a lot of events, together with at Buckingham Palace.

Khan admitted he has damaged protocol now and again to hug Charles however mentioned he considers him a good friend.

The Prince of Wales meets Naughty Boy and Emeli Sande as he attends a reception for supporters of the British Asian Belief (Paul Edwards/The Solar/PA)

He mentioned though he feels it can take a very long time for the nation to get well from the Queen’s loss of life, he's wanting ahead to a future with Charles as head of state as a result of he believes he shall be a “numerous King”.

“I’ve seen how he was with the crowds, shaking everybody’s hand and being very human”, Khan mentioned.

“The very best factor that (has) come out of this it that we’ve gained ourselves a individuals’s King, particularly in a time like this, and a various King as properly.

“So I’m really wanting ahead to the longer term. Clearly, I feel it’s going to take some time to get well from the lack of the Queen as a result of I used to be serious about this yr’s Christmas message and that’s going to be bizarre, like yearly of my life I’ve seen the Queen at Christmas, who would ship a gorgeous message.

“So it’s a transition however I feel, as a nation, we’ll get there.”