LONDON, ENGLAND, March 5, 2009: Prince Charles and his wife Camilla Parker-Bowles visited the massive Swaminarayan temple in northwest London Wednesday to celebrate Holi with all the color, music and dance of the festival.
The royal couple watched as white-robed students at the nearby Neasdon school celebrated Holi by throwing colored powder and water at each other while Indian music played. Hundreds of other pupils and dignitaries also observed the celebration.
Charles, the heir apparent to the British throne, and his wife were not doused in color themselves, but they participated at the end of the event by throwing flower petals over the powder-covered youngsters.
Earlier, Charles and Camilla toured classrooms at the school and met three and four-year-olds from a nursery class.