AN ESTEEMED visitor made one Royal Family fan’s dreams come true.

Toby Gabbitas was thrilled to meet the Duchess of Cornwall as she opened a new facility at Chailey Heritage School.

The school is an education and care services for children and young people with complex neurodisabilities.

The 28-year-old dressed for the occasion and wore a golden crown. He had also built a replica of Buckingham Palace in an art lesson at the school a few years previously and this was proudly placed on display.

Camilla greeted Toby warmly and held his hand as she was introduced to him.

His carer Michael James, 29, said: “Toby has watched every royal wedding during his time at Chailey.

“It’s no coincident that he is wearing a crown today.”

Michael asked Toby if he had been nervous about meeting the duchess, to which he nodded, but when asked if he enjoyed the experience and would like to “shake the hand of more royals” he confirmed with a mischievous grin.

Camilla has a long history with the Chailey Heritage Foundation and returned to the school with her sister, Annabel Elliot, to open its new Dream Centre, a multi-purpose facility featuring a sports hall, stage, sensory zone and specialist rebound therapy facilities.

Camilla said: “Can I say what a huge pleasure it is to be at Chailey again and also to be back in Sussex, where my family spent so many happy years.

“My mother was a volunteer here for 17 years.

“She loved this place, she loved the children and she loved the people she worked with.

“I know she would be so proud to see that Chailey has gone from strength to strength and that this amazing new Dream Centre is in action.”

Camilla, wearing a dark green wool suit, was treated to a performance of circus skills by the students, dubbed Cirque De Chailey, and then she and her sister planted a tree in the school grounds in memory of their mother, Rosalind Shand.

She also met many of the students and carers, including pupil Katie Ball and her teachers Emma Powell, Sarah Collick and Oner Ozdamar.

Sarah said: “It is a huge deal for Chailey. I think it has been really great to support awareness of what we do and all the individual characters of the children here.

“Katie had a hand shake and was very vocal when she met Camilla, she was waving her Union Flag when she planted the tree.”

The visit to the centre was the first stop of a full itinerary for the duchess.

After leaving the school she travelled to Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft to view its new typography exhibition. Then she made a special visit to the Rape Crisis Centre for Surrey and Sussex in Crawley.

She came to the centre ten years on from a visit to the Rape Crisis South London in 2009 and, since then, she has been active in her support of the work these centres do.

She said: “It was ten years ago. and I can’t believe it’s gone so quickly, that I first got involved.

“I do try.

“I probably don’t make any difference at all, but I try to go and see as many centres as I can around the country and I hear the same stories. These harrowing stories time and time again.

“So I hope in high time, I pray we are going to be able to do more about it.

“I think it is getting better because more and more people are talking about it, which they didn’t ten years ago and things are on the up, but we will just have to keep pushing for more.

“So thank you so very very much indeed for all your help.”

After speaking with several survivors and hearing their stories, Camilla moved on to her final destination – Bolney Wine Estate.

After she was given a tour of the new winery, with the visit being treated as its official opening, she was taken to the vineyard’s visitor building.

A crowd of unsuspecting diners who had been eating at the estate’s cafe gathered on its balcony and filmed as Camilla walked up to the building.

They filmed on their phones as she was directed to a tasting station where several bottles of wine were laid out in waiting.

Each one was enthusiastically received by the royal, who is also the president of Wine GB.

Then, she ended her Sussex visit, pulling away in a black Audi followed by an entourage of Range Rovers.