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One is jamming: Charles and Camilla give the bongos a whirl at the Bob Marley museum
Last updated at 17:52pm on 13.03.08At the home of the King of Reggae, the Prince of Wales tries his hand at bongo drumming.
Charles and Camilla were guests of Bob Marley's widow yesterday at the mansion in Kingston, Jamaica, which is a shrine to the island's most famous son.
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Charles and Camilla got into the rhythm with their mentors at the museum
They were on a visit to Jamaica's capital during their official Caribbean tour.
The first in line to the throne and his wife were treated to performances of Marley's music and work to try to transform the deprived Kingston suburb of Rose Town was shown to the couple.
The Prince and Duchess are said to be fans of the reggae star's hits which include classic songs like No Woman No Cry, Jamming, Buffalo Soldier and One Love - People Get Ready.
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The Royal couple sat next to Rita Marley as they watched performances of her late husband's music
Charles and Camilla looked relaxed as they chatted to the musician's wife, who married the star in 1966 and became part of his famous backing singers, the I Threes.
A choir of youngsters sang songs made famous by Marley while a drum player beat out hypnotic rhythms before the group went into the museum which also served as the headquarters of the reggae star's label Tuff Gong.
The house, which has converted into a museum, was filled with memorabilia, artefacts and mementoes of Marley's life and music from gold and platinum discs to his bed and hammock.
Marley's posthumous compilation album released in 1984 is the best-selling reggae LP ever with sales of more than 12 million copies.
Marley was born in the rural Jamaican parish of St Ann in 1945 but when a young boy, he moved with his mother to Trenchtown, a poor area of the Jamaican capital after his father died.
He began recording music in the early 1960s and also became a Rastafarian - a religious group that worship a former Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie as a god.
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Bob Marley made Jamaica famous through his music. Prince Charles tried a rasta hat (the wrong way round) on a previous visit to the island in 2000
His first international success was a single No Woman No Cry and Marley went on to become not just a musician but a motivator for peace in his country which, in the 1970s and early 80s, suffered from wide scale violence mainly between followers of opposing political parties.
Charles' organisation the Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment has been involved in trying to revitalise the area plagued by crime and unrest for decades.
Later the royal couple met Jamaica's governor general Sir Kenneth Hall and the leader of the opposition Portia Simpson Miller.
The royal couple have been touring the Caribbean on the luxury yacht Leander for the past eight days to promote the issues of sustainable development, environmental protection and youth opportunity.
The Prince and Duchess have learned about a range of projects from initiatives to protect marine wildlife and conserve historic buildings to schemes aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship and tackling crime.
