Prince Charles left speechless by ‘cat organ’

The musician played for the royal couple as they toured Charles’s 12-day eco-garden party staged in the grounds of three adjoining historic houses – Clarence, Lancaster and Marlborough.

At first, Mr Dagg evoked polite laughter from Charles and Camilla with his rendition of A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square played on a saw with a bow.

But for the encore he brought out his ”cat organ”, consisting of a row of 16 squeaky toy cats, and played Somewhere Over The Rainbow, the tune made famous by Judy Garland.

The Prince was left red-cheeked, in a fit of giggles and wiping away tears as the musician, dressed in a bow-tie and waistcoat, squeezed the animals.

Mr Dagg was unfazed about the reaction to the sound he described as a ”cat-cophony” and said: ”It’s nice to make Prince Charles giggle a bit.”

The Duchess found something to smile about when performers from the hit BBC show Strictly Come Dancing – a favourite with the Royal Family – took to an uncommon stage.

Camilla Sacre Dallerup, 36, and Ian Waite, 39, danced a jive on a sustainable dance floor where generators in the floor turned their movements into electricity to power LEDs below their feet.

The Duchess, who broke her left ankle earlier this year, declined an offer to dance.

Waite said: “I was hoping to dance with two Camillas but she stated she did not want to because of her ankle.”

The couple spent around two hours touring the various exhibits and stalls and even found time to try their hand at sewing when they helped to make bags from recycled cloth.

Prince Charles had donated curtain material from his London home, Clarence House, and Buckingham Palace to the Morsbags organisation which runs the scheme.

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