Poem celebrates Prince William's 21st

LONDON, June 21 (UPI) -- Poet Laureate Andrew Motion wrote a poem to celebrate Prince William's 21st birthday Saturday.

Motion told the British Broadcasting Corp. the poem, called "On the Record," consisted of a "kind of rap" and a sonnet.

He also said he was inspired by vinyl LPs and 45s to write the poem with an "A side" and a "B side."

The first four lines of the A side begins, "Better stand back; Here's an age attack; But the second in line; Is dealing with it fine."

Side B calls the prince, "Your father's heir but true to your faith; A mother's son and silvered by her star."

The BBC reported that the tribute is designed to reflect the prince as a "new kind of royal figure" who retains traditional responsibilities.