Students at Somersfield Academy serenaded the Earl of Wessex this afternoon, as part of his whirlwind visit to the Island.Prince Edward listened to young musicians Leah Amaral, Savannah Stubbs, and Shamar Morris, as they performed a rendition of Taylor Swift’s ‘You Are Not Sorry’.He commended them for sharing their talents and praised more than a dozen participants of Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award.Somersfield Academy is the newest school to adopt the D of E programme, according to school head Jim Christopher.He said his students had taken part in the self-development programme for the past two years, compared to others like Berkeley Institute, which had a well established history with the scheme.Prince Edward, a trustee of the D of E Award Foundation, met with 460 students aged from three-years-old to 16 from the Devonshire school this afternoon.Pre-school student Imojen Judd, three, said she was excited to see a prince.“He is going to have very different clothes. He is going to have a shiny car,” she said in anticipation of the meet-and-greet.Primary one student Nicholas Kempe, six, said it was “cool” a member of the Royal family had come to his school and said he most liked his “golden” suit.Earlier, the Earl of Wessex spoke to D of E Gold Award recipients and urged them to be proud of their accomplishment and “walk a few inches taller”.He was accompanied by his wife the Countess of Wessex at a ceremony at The Centre on Angle Street in Hamilton.He said: “When you walk out of this room, walk a few inches taller. You all know lot of your friends who maybe started with their bronze and maybe got through their silver, but they didn’t get all the way.“There may be others who say ‘oh I can do that’ but the difference is you know you can. Well done.” Award recipients included Rachael Antonition, Arthur Begeman, Nicole Botelho, Tyaneil Darrell, Aysha DeSilva, Kristen Greene, Chimoa Nwasike, Che-Quan Richardson, Trae Trott and Jahkhari Woods.Miss Antonition, 18, who completed an expedition in Guyana last summer said it was “amazing” to meet members of the Royal Family.She said: “We went through a lot when we were in Guyana and it was nice to get recognition for it.”The former Mount Saint Agnes student said she was surprised how nice and down to earth the Earl and Countess of Wessex were.“They are really, really nice because you get a bit intimidated when you get up to them, but they are really nice people and it’s amasing to be in their [presence].”Kenneth Bartram, the Chair of the D of E Award in Bermuda, said he was proud of the young people for getting through the character building and self-development programme.He said it was “very special” for the organisation to have support from the Royal Family and said he hoped they would take part in the award on a regular basis.