DUCHESS OF CORNWALL DANCES WITH STRICTLY COME DANCING JUDGE

CRAIG REVEL HARWOOD, THE 'STRICTLY COME DANCING' JUDGE, HAD THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL MOVING LIKE A BALLROOM DIVA WHEN HER GAVE HER AN IMPROMPTU CHA CHA CHA LESSON. THE MULTI-TALENTED CHOREOGRAPHER ENCOURAGED THE DUCHESS TO WIGGLE HER HIPS AND MOVE HER FEET TO A LATIN DANCE TRACK WHEN THE PAIR VISITED A LONDON SCHOOL ON WORLD OSTEOPOROSIS DAY. THE DUCHESS AND THE CELEBRITY DANCE INSTRUCTOR HELD HANDS AND SHIMMIED IN THE HALL OF ST CLEMENT DANES PRIMARY SCHOOL WHICH IS TAKING PART IN THE NATIONAL OSTEOPOROSIS SOCIETY (NOS) PROJECT. THE SCHOOL IS ONE OF SIX ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT IS RECEIVING A VISIT FROM REVEL NORWOOD AFTER WINNING A COMPETITION WHERE THEY HAD TO PROVE THEIR 'BONE HEALTH' CREDENTIALS. THE DUCHESS, WHO IS THE NOS's PRESIDENT, WATCHED THE CELEBRITY JUDGE PUT A GROUP OF AROUND 20 NINE YEAR OLDS THROUGH THEIR PACES. THE YOUNGSTERS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO DANCE TO HELP STRENGTHEN THEIR BONES AND KEEP THEM ACTIVE. THE 44 YEAR OLD CHOREOGRAPHER LIVED UP TO HIS STRAIGHT TALKING REPUTATION WHEN HE TOLD THE SCHOOL CHILDREN 'TIMING IS ESSENTIAL, YOU'RE ALL AHEAD OF THE BEAT', BUT ENDED BY PRAISING THEM AS 'FANTASTIC'. HE THEN TURNED TO THE DUCHESS AND TOOK HER HANDS AS SCHOOL GOVERNORS AND SENIOR NOS STAFF WATCHED LAUGHING. AS THE PAIR MOVED BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS THE CHOREOGRAPHER TOLD THE DUCHESS, 'NOW A LITTLE BIT OF HIP ACTION' AS SHE BEGAN TO SWAY HE GAVE HER SOME ENCOURAGEMENT SAYING, 'THAT'S FANTASTIC'. LATER THE STRICTLY COME DANCING JUDGE, WHO IS AN NOS PATRON, SAID: "I'D GIVE HER 10. SHE KEPT RHYTHM, HER TIMING WAS EXCELLENT, HER FOOTWORK WAS EXCELLENT. SHE HAS THE PERSONALITY FOR IT."