Prince William holds surprise visit at Rowley Regis school

Residents have given their opinions about the recent royal visit to a Rowley Regis school.

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00:00Daniel Wharton with the Express and Star. We're down here in Rowley Regis outside of St Michael's

00:04C of E High School. As you can see behind me there's a pretty heavy police motorcade. There's

00:08around six police motorbikes and one 4x4 vehicle behind me right there. That's due to the fact

00:14that the Prince of Wales, Prince William, is currently in the school talking to school

00:18children at the moment, getting a feel for the local area. We're down here talking to residents

00:22to get their opinion on obviously the royal visit. We talked to one resident over the road who

00:28didn't quite know that they were there until we told them. He said he's absolutely jubilant

00:32at the idea that somebody of that high of a calibre is currently in the area talking to

00:37their local kids. He said it's a great opportunity for him to see what a real local area is like

00:42and get a feel for what local children do around here and whatnot. We're going to stick down here

00:47and see if we can get the motorcade when it's leaving. Keep up to date on the Express and Star

00:51website, see if anything else occurs while we're down here. Generally residents have said that

00:58they're extremely happy that he's down here talking to local students,

01:01talking to local residents and just making a show in the area.