The Duchess of Cornwall was feeling the heat as much as the rest of the country as she and Prince Charles began the final day of their Welsh tour. The royal couple started the day on a tour of the village of Pendoylan in the Vale of Glamorgan.
Camilla told a villager it would be a good day to be on the beach as they arrived at the local primary school.
The prince and duchess are visiting Wales together for the first joint summer tour since their marriage.
They arrived by helicopter at Pendoylan at 1030 BST and then began a village walkabout.
Their first stop was at the primary school where the couple briefly chatted to crowds gathered outside.
As the heatwave continues across much of the UK, the main topic of conversation was the weather.
Villager Jean Cross said she talked about that with them and the fact that they could not come in clothes more suited to the heat.
 | The Prince and duchess on the final day of their visit to Wales. 
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Camilla told Mrs Cross: "It is very hot and it would be a lovely day to be on the beach"
At the school they spent 10 minutes watching the children perform in a marquee.
Parent Claire Coates from Pendoylan said they had been "fantastic" with the pupils.
"After the singing they went over and knelt with the children - it couldn't have gone any better," she said.
Heartfelt thanks
On leaving the school, they visited some almshouses before spending 10 minutes in the local church and a quick stop off at the Red Lion pub, before moving to the village green at stalls which had been set up there.
The Royal couple stood in silence together for the two-minute nationwide silence honouring the victims of last week's bombings.
 The duchess chats to osteoporosis patients at the University Hospital of Wales |
Prince Charles earlier told the crowd of around 300: "We have so greatly enjoyed being with you and express heartfelt thanks for taking such trouble over today.
"It is a real joy to see such a wonderful functioning village with such a sense of community."
There was an impromptu "three cheers" from the crowd as the visitors left for separate engagements in south Wales.
Prince Charles moved onto the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay, where he attended a seminar on planning and housing, while the duchess met osteoporosis sufferers and medical staff at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
Babs Evans, 60, from Caerphilly, said: "Her mother had the condition so it is very much something that concerns her.
"She asked if I was a sufferer and when I said I was, she told me I looked very well."
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