Camilla looks like she means business after Prince Charles gets friendly with a pair of beach babes
Royal gets an eyeful as he embarks on three-day tour of Devon and Cornwall
PRINCE Charles got more than he bargained for on a visit to re-open a pool in Cornwall today - when he was met by two tanned older ladies dressed only in Union Flag swimsuits.
The royal was seen leaving several bathing beauties blushing causing wife Camilla to take action - as she jokingly held a sword aloft during the reception of the 10th Anniversary of the Lord-Lieutenant's Fund for Youth.
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall were in the county for Charles to officially reopen the Jubilee Pool and to celebrate local talents in art, food and culture.
The art deco seawater lido suffered structural damage caused by the winter storms in February 2014 and was closed for the subsequent two summers, re-opening to swimmers in May.
On what has been the hottest day of the year so far it is no surprise that some were a little under-dressed to meet the Prince - but some local women took it a step further by donning swimming costumes made to look like the Union Flag.
As duty requires however, His Royal Highness took it in his stride, chatting with the ladies as he attended the event.
As part of the same three-day tour of their namesake county and nearby Devon, the Duke and Duchess visited the farmers' market outside St John's Hall in Penzance town centre where Prince Charles was caught out by a joke made by his wife.
The Prince had lifted up a spoon of rogan josh curry to smell the rich aroma when the Duchess of Cornwall told him that he'd got curry down his shirt - causing him to look down in horror at his crisp, white shirt only to realise he was being made fun of.
Charles, who was wearing a pebble coloured suit, looked surprised and looked down at his shirt but quickly realised Camilla was having him on.
The funny moment was spotted by June Hornby, owner of Ruby June's Indian Kitchen, who was running one of the stalls at the farmers' market.
"The Prince lifted the spoon up and had a sniff of the rogan josh," Ms Hornby said.
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"Camilla made a joke that he had dropped some on his shirt and he went 'oh' and looked, but Camilla had had a little joke."
Ms Hornby said she explained to the Prince that her business, which is based in Hayle, makes curries for the wholesale market and also sells them at farmers' markets across Cornwall.
During the tour of the market, the Duchess also paid £6 for two traditional steak Cornish pasties from the Cornish Hen Deli.
Camilla went inside the Hall - which is the largest granite building in the country - to meet local community groups and celebrate its reopening.
Later, the Royal couple visited the outdoor Minack Theatre to watch extracts of the Surrey Opera Company's performance of A Mid-Summer Night's Dream, and local children from the Minack Youth Theatre put on The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch.
Charles and Camilla sat perched on granite seats in the front row of the terrace to watch both performances and, due to the hot weather, the pair wore sunglasses and the Prince later donned a panama hat.
The Minack Theatre, which was built by Rowena Cade and her gardener Billy Rawlings, is perched high on the cliffs above the Atlantic Ocean and attracts more than 230,000 visitors a year.
During an interlude, actor Mark Harrandon - who performs at the theatre as Billy the Gardener - told the audience of the founding of the Minack and explained that Mrs Cade was a great lover of dogs.
Referring to The Queen, he joked: "Anyone know anyone who keeps their dogs running around their ankles all the time?"
The audience burst into laughter and the Prince smiled.
After the performances, Charles and Camilla met members of the cast and crew.
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