Two Oasis pupils from Sheppey were given a royal treat when they met the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

Sinead Hubbard, 14, and Lucy Brightman-Stokes, 12, were introduced to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle backstage after the WE Day UK concert at the SSE Arena, Wembley on Wednesday.

Sinead, a Year 10 student, said: “It was nerve-wracking but really exciting. We gave them a teddy bear for the baby and a card from our school and they said it was lovely.

“We wished them good luck. It was great Meghan was there, especially as she was pregnant. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience to meet them.”

Lucy, from Year 8, said: "Harry said he was happy it was a soft teddy and not a hard one and said: 'That will go in the crib.' I couldn't speak with excitement. I was awake until midnight.”

The Academy, which has a campus at Minster and Sheerness, had made a bid to the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust for £2,000 to support its award-winning Dementia Cafe for another year. Prince Harry is the Trust's president.

The pupils have also ended up in the pages of Hello magazine.

The dementia cafe was launched in April 2014 by a group of students in association with Barton Court Care Home, Minster, and is about to celebrate its fifth anniversary.

As a result of the bid, Sinead and Lucy and 12 other pupils who volunteer at the cafe were invited by Kensington Palace, along with 12,000 other young people and teachers, to the star-studded concert featuring Pixie Lott, Liam Payne, Nicole Scherzinger, Connor Maynard and Naomi Campbell.

The annual show celebrates those who make a difference to their community. Tickets are by invitation only.

Prince Harry praised all the volunteers and in a stirring address told them: "Being among all you progressive, motivated, open-minded change-makes gives me hope for the future, Your optimism is inspiring. You see opportunities where other people see challenges. You are the most engaged generation in history."

The WE charity was created in 1995 by 12-year-old Craig Kielburger after he read a newspaper report about Iqbal Masih, a former slave who was murdered after speaking out against the horrors of child labour.

He wanted to help free other children from child labour and founded the charity with his older brother Marc.

* The next Oasis dementia cafe is on Thursday, March 28, at 2pm at the Minster campus.