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| A Los Angeles police patrol car is shown near the residence of the British Consul general Thursday July 7, 2011, the site where the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will take up temporary residence during their visit to Southern California beginning Friday in Los Angeles. Security around the British Consul residence has been heightened to ward off curious onlookers and photographers during the royal visit. |
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived in Los Angeles on Friday to begin a whirlwind weekend in Tinseltown.
They touched down at Los Angeles International Airport just before 4 p.m. aboard a grey Canadian military jet.
Prince William and Kate had departed Calgary earlier in the day after wrapping up a nine-day trip to Canada, their first foreign visit since getting married in April.
Kate changed on the flight from Canada and emerged under sunny skies in Los Angeles wearing a light-colored knee-length sheath dress. William wore in a navy blue suit with a purple tie.
They were greeted by California Gov. Jerry Brown, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the British ambassador and consul general and other officials.
They climbed into a black Range Rover and headed for their first event, a technology summit in Beverly Hills. It appeared they were able to avoid rush-hour traffic on the 10-mile by staying off the freeways.
Though Prince William has been to America before, it will be Kate's first trip to the U.S. William's late mother, Princess Diana, who would have turned 50 this month, charmed Americans when she visited in the 1980s.
Authorities have put the paparazzi, known for their cutthroat tactics, on notice that aggressive actions will not be tolerated. Photographers were partly blamed for causing the Paris crash that killed Princess Diana in 1997.
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