Digital magic

AN IMPROMPTU performance by Bradford’s Dynamo proved too much for his host Prince Charles, who covered his face as the magician appeared to break his own fingers.
By The Newsroom
Published 21st Jun 2013, 01:01 BST

The stunt came just moments after Charles was left stunned by one of his card tricks at a Clarence House reception for the Prince’s Trust.

Dynamo, who set up as a magician with help from the charity, said: “He was saying ‘Your hands are really flexible, even with the shuffling’.

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“I said ‘Yes – look how flexible they are’, and then I broke my fingers and put them back together again.”

Dynamo, 30, whose real name is Steven Frayne, added: “Charles seemed to like (the fingers trick) but in a fashion that he couldn’t look at it.”

The event, attended by celebrity supporters also including US star Will.I.Am and Bond actress Naomie Harris, was held to celebrate the creation of 100 job ambassadors by the Prince’s Trust who, having all faced long-term unemployment before turning things around with the help of the trust, have supported 100,000 other jobless youngsters in their community.

Will.I.Am donated his £500,000 salary from last year’s BBC One series of The Voice to the Prince’s Trust.

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