Prince Charles celebrates Hindu festival at school

The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall celebrated the Hindu festival of Holi at a Brent school.

The royal couple visited The Swaminarayan School in Neasden to watch youngsters perform in white robes before throwing coloured dyes and water on each other while traditional Indian music was played.

Hindu's celebrate Holi to mark the arrival of spring and the change of seasons by spraying colour.

However the couple were spared being covered in dye and instead threw flower petals over the children once they'd stained themselves in vibrant colours.

His Royal Highness and the Duchess of Cornwall were taken on a tour of the school which was founded in 1991 by Shri Pramukh Swami Maharaj, a spiritual guru of an international Hindu organisation known as BAPS (Bochasanwasi Shri Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha).

The school is a non-profit making independent school for children aged from two-and-a-half to 18.