The 27-year-old has become obsessed with the music since his trip to Jamaica earlier this year — where he met Rita Marley, widow of legend Bob.

Harry has been learning how to mix records old-school style on the decks, getting tips from a club DJ who is a close pal. And recently he has been adding to his huge house music collection with reggae on vinyl, snapped up from specialist online stores.

A source said: “Harry has always been interested in music, but Jamaica was a real eye opener. He started looking into reggae as soon as he got back to the UK.

Prince of Wailers … Charles in hat in 2000

“Meeting Rita Marley was a great inspiration too. She seems to have had a big impact on him.”

Harry’s dad Prince Charles wore a Rasta hat given to him by Rita in 2000 when he visited Jamaica — where the word for feeling good is “irie”.

The young prince now hopes to get good enough to play at parties. The source added: “He’s unlikely to ever DJ in public — but if he did it’d be the party of the year.”