Royal tour: Duchess of Cambridge, Queen of the decks

The Duke, 31, told his wife "It's all yours", gesturing for her to come forward, but the Duchess, laughing, demurred and said: "William's got lots more experience than I have."

The 32-year-old, who wore a pale pink outfit by Alexander McQueen, took up the challenge first and, coached by DJ Shane Peterer, 28, started off hesitantly but soon got the hang of it.

As her confidence grew, she laughed and gave a thumbs-up as her audience cheered and applauded her new-found skills.

The Duke then stepped up to try scratching, moving the record backwards and forwards so the deck's needle made a noise in the groove.

But his efforts were not as good as his wife's, prompting Mr Peterer to suggest he should not give up the day job just yet.

The DJ said: "She was fantastic but he can fly a helicopter. So, horses for courses."

The royal couple went to the DJ-ing lesson at a community music centre called Northern Sound System, and were on a mission to see a different side of Australian life in Adelaide.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge unveil a plaque naming a plaza after their son in Elizabeth (EPA)

They went to the garden suburb of Elizabeth, built in an era of optimism in the 1950s and named after the Queen, to meet young people and promote efforts to regenerate the area.

Elizabeth is one of a number of once-thriving blue-collar suburbs which have seen the industrial jobs that attracted their original settlers disappear, leaving high youth unemployment and a reputation for crime and violence.

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Royal tour: Duchess of Cambridge, Queen of the decks