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Duchess meets Commonwealth athletes

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Image Two toned, stripped and "fit" Commonwealth Games athletes had the Duchess of Cornwall a little hot under the collar when she stopped their training session for a chat. Camilla was drawn to the competitors who had thrown off their T-shirts and showed off their six-packs, as temperatures soared into the 90s Fahrenheit. The royal, who was touring the athletes' village in Delhi with the Prince of Wales, praised the decathletes' bodies, telling them "you guys look very fit". The pair were Northern Ireland team member Tom Reynolds, 25, from Bangor, and his training partner Roger Skedd, 28, who lives in Uxbridge, west London, but is representing his father's homeland Scotland. Mr Reynolds had been practising the shot put at the village stadium when Camilla wandered over. He said: "The Duchess came up to us and said, 'I see you're suitably dressed - how are you coping with the heat?'" Charles was not to be out-done, and found the Australian women's hockey team going through a post-training recovery session in a shallow pool. The 16 team-mates, who were dressed in shorts and cropped tops, joked with the heir to the throne - who was wearing a trademark double-breasted suit - about the hot and humid conditions. Rachel Lynch, 24, from Perth, said: "He said he was hot in his suit and we were hoping he would come in." The royal couple spent about half-an-hour in the heat, meeting athletes from some of the 71 nations who have sent competitors to the Games which will be opened by a glittering ceremony tonight. Camilla, who is known to dislike the heat, carried a parasol, but was still seen looking a little hot.

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