Camilla Parker Bowles has revealed the unusual way she is keeping fit during coronavirus lockdown.
WATCH: Duchess Camilla practises ballet moves at dance academy
The Duchess of Cornwall has been practising ballet and is also walking and doing pilates as part of her exercise routine.
Speaking in a video call, the 72-year-old grandmother told former Strictly Come Dancing judge Dame Darcey Bussell and broadcaster Angela Rippon how she started weekly Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) Silver Swans classes with a group of friends around 18 months ago.
Camilla said: “I do a combination of a bit of Silver Swans and a bit of pilates and a lot of walking which I love.
“We’ve all got to keep active. If we don’t we’ll seize up and won’t be able to get out of bed in the morning.”
On her future potential as a ballerina, Camilla said: “I’m very, very much a beginner and probably will always remain a beginner, but I do feel after a year, or 18 months, of doing it that maybe I’ve improved a tiny bit.
“But I’m certainly not going to be taking to the stage.
“I shall keep it in my own home very privately.”
The details come after Camilla gave royal fans a sneak peek into her life in lockdown.
The Duchess is isolating with her husband Prince Charles at Birkhall, on the Scottish Balmoral estate.
On Friday, she showed off personal photos while taking part in a call with The Silver Line, a loneliness charity set up by Dame Esther Rantzen.
In a snap shared to her Clarence House Instagram account, Camilla was pictured sat in her living room, taking the phone call with her dog, Beth in her lap.
In the background, family photos could be seen taking pride of place in the couple’s home.
One in particular, shows Camilla posing with her five grandchildren from her first marriage to Andrew Parker Bowles.
Camilla married Andrew in 1973, and they had two children, Tom Parker Bowles and Laura Lopes.
Her son Tom has children Lola, 13, and Freddy, 10, while her daughter Laura Lopes has three youngsters, Eliza, 12, and twin boys Gus and Louis, 11.
During the call, Camilla, who has nine grandchildren altogether, revealed that she’s missing hugs from her grandchildren the most during coronavirus lockdown.
She made the confession while speaking to to a 90-year-old widow, Betty, who regularly calls The Silver Line.
During the chat, the widow spoke of how much she was missing her grandchildren, and Camilla agreed.
“I really miss my grandchildren. That’s the really strange thing about it, not being able to see your grandchildren and giving them a hug,” she said.
She is also grandmother to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s children George, six, Charlotte, four, and Louis, two, and to Harry and Meghan’s one-year-old son Archie.
