Queen Camilla beams and taps her feet as she watches village children sing

Heartwarming footage shows gleefully tap her hands and feet as children on the island of Samoa treat her to a special concert.

Village children performed several songs to demonstrate their reading and writing skills as . could be seen tapping her hands and feet as the school children sang "this little light of mine" and an uplifting song about overcoming adversity: "I will smile at the storm"

Afterwards the Queen was taken to the stage to view paintings and drawings the children had made at the school adjacent to the village hall. She said: "This is amazing. You obviously have a lot of talent.”

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Vesia Faatoafe, the wife of the village’s pastor, Reverend Semikueva Faletua, explained how the school’s literacy programme - the aoga faifeau - has been in place for more than 140 years.

One of the earliest primary education programmes in Samoa , established in 1893 by the London Missionary Society, and remains deeply embedded in Samoans’ Christian upbringing and culture.

After being told of Samoa’s 99 percent literacy rate, the Queen remarked: “That is very impressive, you can tell the children love learning here.” Elena Asi Tuiataga Blakelocke, President of the women’s committee, said the community would now view Camilla as a “Queen and a sister” of the village.

She added: “The Queen is very welcome here any time. If she comes back we will welcome her with open arms. We all feel so proud and have all been looking forward to welcoming them. The village bestowing a title on the king, we are all happy of what we have achieved today.”

The performance came after the King has been presented with a high chief title as part of his welcome to Samoa. Charles was bestowed the honour by Chief of Moata’a Village Tofaeono Iupati Fuatai who urged the monarch to "take a small part of Samoa away" with him.

The chief told of his admiration for the King and his efforts to highlight climate change throughout his life. The small Pacific island of Samoa is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change including tropical cyclones and storm surge, flooding, more severe and longer-lasting droughts.