The Queen is a fan of DJs

The Queen is a big fan of DJs – but anyone who wants to play at the enormous parties she throws for her staff at Buckingham Palace has to end the set with the National Anthem, it has emerged.

William Orbit, a music producer for pop sensation Madonna, claimed that he spun tunes for Her Majesty for her Christmas staff party at the Palace – and she was ‘evidently fascinated’.

But he said that aspiring DJs who want to perform for her have to end their set with the National Anthem.

Orbit, 65, also revealed that the 96-year-old monarch doesn’t hit the dance floor herself, adding that ‘she goes to bed at nine because she’s a bit old for dancing, then everyone starts going nuts’.

On his conversations with the Queen, he said: ‘She’s lovely. She always chats to you. She’s so beautiful and charismatic. We had a nice chat about DJing. 

‘At the end, I had my own butler. He says: “Mr Orbit, sir, I’m going to give you this CD of the National Anthem and when you play that, on my signal, the party’s over.”

‘Because the Queen is in the house, you play the whole thing and the flag rises, but when she’s not there they only play half it.’

William Orbit, a music producer for pop sensation Madonna, claimed that he spun tunes for Her Majesty for her Christmas staff party at the Palace

Describing the Palace parties, Orbit added: ‘Her parties for Palace staff are enormous. Every gardener, every security guard, it’s all in the Palace, in the ballroom.

‘You have to be working for Her Majesty for a year to be invited, and two years if you want your spouse to come.’ 

It comes after the Duchess of Kent, 89, revealed that she enjoyed gangsta rap music, counting among her favourites Ice Cube and Eminem.