Prince William recalls 'dodgy car boot sale' CD job in Wales

The Prince of Wales once sold CDs from a “dodgy car boot sale” as a boy.

William let slip the part-time job during a visit to Monmouthshire reported on 2 October 2026. He was in Skenfrith to hear about flood defences and meet local families and conservation volunteers Hello! Magazine.

Rob and Helen Wyatt told him their family had lived through four major floods in six years. Then Rob added a memory of his own. He had first met William years earlier at Glanusk Estate, when the young prince sold him a CD from a bric-a-brac stall.

He remembered it. “Dodgy car boot sale, yes, I remember that,” William replied.

Asked if he still sold discs, he joked the trade had slowed. “No, I don’t sell… it’s dried up a bit that one, perhaps I should reopen it.” He added of his time at Glanusk: “I got up to a lot… we had some fun round there.”

Glanusk, near Crickhowell, is the family home of his former nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke, now known as Alexandra Pettifer. She looked after William and his brother Prince Harry for much of the 1990s and retired in 1999. The estate is also known as the venue for the Green Man Festival, an annual music and arts event.

Her late mother, Dame Shan Legge-Bourke, was Lord Lieutenant of Powys — the monarch’s representative in the county — for 20 years until retiring in 2018.

The CD story was not the only stop. At Great Tre-Rhew Farm, William met representatives from the environmental charity Stump Up for Trees. He joined volunteers harvesting seeds from a field maple tree and planted a sessile oak.

What makes this stand out is how ordinary it sounds. A future king, behind a stall, selling music. For fans, this means a rare, unscripted glimpse of a royal childhood in Wales.