Four schoolchildren from South Oxhey had a 'once in a lifetime opportunity' to meet Prince William.

Amy Vaughan and Dylan Martin-Hughes, both aged nine and from Woodhall School, Thomas Brooker, ten, from Greenfields Primary School and Ellis Knight, eleven, from Warren Dell Primary School, met the Duke of Cambridge at the Imperial War Museum on Wednesday, November 12.

Nine-year-old Dylan asked Prince William if he could give his son, Prince George, a Christmas present and presented him with five "jingle bells".

John Rugg, from SkillForce said: "’Prince William said, 'Thank you Dylan. These are wonderful. Kate and I can place these in Prince George’s pocket and we will always know where he is in the house’.

"When I said, excuse me sir, everyone was thinking, what is he going to say? But when they realised what it was and his reaction to it, it was fantastic.

"He must have spent three hours meeting people and to spend 15 minutes with our little group and talking to them, finding out what their interests were - I was thinking, this is the future King of England, giving four of my pupils 15 minutes of his time. It was just fantastic.

"I cannot thank him enough and to take on that present and put it in his own pocket, it was just a fabulous moment."

The four pupils showed the Prince part of their Remembrance project, a Poppy Man suit, which was made as a tribute to the servicemen and women that lost their lives during World War One and other subsequent conflicts.

The schools were chosen because they are receiving a year-long Junior Prince Award educational course from charity SkillForce, of which the Duke of Cambridge is a royal patron.

Mr Rugg, added: "This was an absolute honour and privilege for me and my schools from South Oxhey to be chosen and given this once in a lifetime opportunity to represent SkillForce in meeting the Duke of Cambridge and present him with some of their school work.  

"All the pupils from all three schools had worked extremely hard in producing a very high standard for their remembrance assemblies.  

"I am very proud to be associated with the schools and all the pupils are superstars and are a credit to South Oxhey and Watford.  Well done to everyone".     

SkillForce are an independent education charity that aims to teach pupils in both primary and secondary schools various "life skills", such as First Aid.

Schools involved in the project arrange with the charity what subjects they would like to be covered.