It’s an experience none of the 60-strong flamenco box playing group will forget – the King and Queen of Spain walked in among them, pulled up boxes of their own and joined in a rendition of the rumba classic ‘Ali Ali Oh’.
WATCH: King Felipe IV of Spain and Queen Leticia join in with public flamenco box playing performance in Cadiz
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