Eleven Eton schoolboys enjoyed a private audience with Vladimir Putin, beating Theresa May to it.

While Mrs May will meet the Russian leader for the first time at an international summit next week, the teenage boys were able to shake his hand and meet him personally at the Kremlin in Moscow.

Snaps of the meeting, which is thought to have been set up by a Russian bishop after he gave a talk at the Berkshire college in March, were posted on Facebook.

The boys were photographed - some wearing official Eton school ties - sitting around a table with Mr Putin and shaking his hand.