There were screams of delight at the Meridian Primary School in Greenwich as Johnny Depp arrived in his full pirate costume – and in character as Captain Jack Sparrow - to pay a surprise visit. It was a day that will no doubt go down in the school's history.
The actor dropped in after nine-year-old pupil Beatrice Delap wrote him a letter asking for help to stage a mutiny.
Beatrice wrote: "Captain Jack Sparrow, At Meridian Primary School, we are a bunch of budding young pirates. Normally we are a right handful but we were having a bit of trouble mutiny-ing against the teachers, and we'd love if you could come and help. Beatrice Delap, aged nine, a budding pirate.
PS. we have a plentiful supply of rum."
