Gillian Anderson at Prince's Trust gala dinner

The royal joshed with celebrities at the annual Prince's Trust Invest In Futures reception at the Savoy Hotel in London, and he was even privy to a few of magician Dynamo's card tricks. At his second black tie event of the week, Charles sipped a glass of water as he chatted to rock stars and actors including Gillian Anderson, who's one of the charity's ambassadors.

The dinner was hosted by Gandhi actor Sir Ben Kingsley and Samantha Bond and the lucky guests were treated to performances by pianist Jools Holland, Ronnie Wood, Melanie C and Dynamo. 

It is hoped the annual Invest In Futures dinner will inspire the financial community to help underprivileged young people into work or training.

The programme was launched in 2005 by Michael Marks CBE and has raised more than £16m for The Prince's Trust, royalcentral.co.uk reports. Prince Charles began The Princes Trust in 1976 and he has said: 'You can see how it is possible to turn young people’s lives around and give them self-confidence, self-worth and self-esteem.'

The Prince’s Trust has funded well over an estimated 500,000 projects and programmes involving young people in the past 39 years. The 2014 event, held in February 2014 at the Savoy hotel, raised £1.5 million.

Actress and her daughter Piper

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