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Prince Charles joins in traditional dance on royal tour of West Africa

Dance off: Prince Charles in Ghana (Picture: Rex Features)

Prince Charles has showed of some of his smooth dance moves as he toured the West African country of Ghana with Camilla.

On the second stop on their tour, Charles and Camilla arrived in Accra where they walked down a red carpet at the start of their five-day stay.

High school students lined the roads from the airport waving flags to greet them.

Charles then joined in with traditional Ghanaian dancers who celebrated the royal's arrival with a cultural display.

Pictured in a grey suit and suave pair of sunglasses, Charles nodded his head in time with the traditional music as tribal dancers performed around him.

Prior to the trip, Prince Charles said he was delighted to be returning to Ghana which he first visited more than 40 years ago.

This is The Prince of Wales’s first visit to Commonwealth Nations after it was decided in April this year that he should succeed Her Majesty The Queen as the Head of the Commonwealth.

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attend an Art, Music, Dance and Youth Exhibition in Jamestown in Accra, Ghana (Getty Images)

The British royals began their West African tour in Gambia, a former colony that has rejoined the Commonwealth following the ouster of its longtime dictator.

Prince Charles and Camilla head next to Nigeria, another former colony with a huge diaspora community in the United Kingdom.

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