As a client of pop,King Charles’s credentials are peerless He was notoriously thronged by the Spice Girls in 1997, while a main playlist launched to memorialize his crowning included everybody from Kate Bush to David Bowie and the Pet Shop Boys (and the Spice Girls, certainly). But today, what Charles actually, actually desired was to natter with South Korean lady team Blackpink, leading lights in the blockbusting K-pop genre.
The Seoul four-piece went to Buckingham Palace to obtain honorary MBEs, having participated in a state reception the previous night. “I hope we haven’t ruined another engagement somewhere you are meant to be doing or rehearsals,” Charles quipped. (*5 *)
Honorary MBEs are simply the current awards …