Royal couple bring smiles to market

The royal couple visited Brixton, in south London, to highlight work being done to help regenerate the deprived part of the capital.

Its residents gave Charles and Camilla a warm welcome, with many of the positive comments for the heir to the throne, who last visited the area in 1996 with Nelson Mandela.

But the Duchess also made her mark, carrying a Brixton 10 note – a scheme to keep local residents' money within the community – which, after visiting a butcher's stall, above, she used to buy a box of mangoes.

Camilla first squeezed some of the fruit she was offered by greengrocer Derek Chong and when satisfied handed over the note, given to her by one of the traders' representatives and accepted at about 170 local stores.

Mr Chong, 50, who has run his outdoor stall for 20 years said: 'She asked me what was nice, what would I recommend and I said we've got some nice mangoes.'