Idris Elba has revealed that the Duchess of Sussex asked him to play a song by the rapper Dr Dre when he was the DJ at her wedding to Prince Harry.

The Luther star said Meghan made a special request for Still DRE, a hit which was released in 1999 and features Snoop Dogg.

Asked what it was like to DJ for the couple after their nuptials in 2018 and what tunes filled the dancefloor, he told BBC Radio 1 Xtra: “Still DRE by Dr Dre went off! It was Meghan’s choice.”

Elba was a DJ long before he came to prominence as an actor.

He displayed both skills in his Netflix show, Turn Up Charlie, in which he played a down-and-out DJ trying to rebuild his music career while working as a nanny for the daughter of his famous best friend.

He went to the royal wedding in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle with his wife, Sabrina, alongside other celebrities such as George and Amal Clooney, Oprah Winfrey and Serena Williams.

During his appearance as a co-host on Radio 1 Xtra, he discussed some of the important moments in his life.

He talked to Top Boy star Ashley Walters, who asked him if he would take a role in the third and final series of the show.

“If there was a next season of Top Boy and we were casting for Dushane’s long-lost brother, are you taking it?” he said.

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Elba replied: “Did I just get offered a part in Top Boy on the radio?!

“You know what, every actor that watches Top Boy probably thinks the same; ‘Boy, I would kill that, you know, I would love to be in that’.

“So Ash Boy, it’s very tempting and you’re my boy, so if there was a thing for me to come in and just dip in and out, I feel like I would be honoured to be a part of that.”