His grandmother famously wakes to the sound of bagpipes, and now Prince William reveals that his favourite morning music also owes something to Scotland.
He said that the Cambridges begin their week with Thunderstruck by AC/DC’s Australian rock band, formed in the Scottish brothers Angus Young and Malcolm Young.

Prince said that the Cambridges begin their week with Thunderstruck by AC/DC. This track was written by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, both from Scotland.
‘There’s nothing better, when you’re a bit bleary-eyed after the weekend and trying to get yourself back into the grind of the week, than listening to Thunderstruck,’ he says of a track that reached No13 in the UK charts in 1990.
The Prince adds: ‘It absolutely wakes you up, puts your week in the best mood possible, and you feel like you can take on anything and anyone… It’s a difficult song not to dance to or to nod along to.’