"My father, the Prince of Wales, and my sibling, Harry, were as green as that grass appearance when I told them I'd be here today,
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The duke and duchess arrived under sunny skies Friday after their nine-day trip to Canada, their first diplomatic tour since getting married on April 29. Within minutes of landing, the couple headed directly to their first event, a technology summit in Beverly Hills aimed at promoting U.S. investment in British tech firms.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrived by aircraft in Carpinteria in Santa Barbara County, joining hundreds of well-heeled royal watchers who'd traveled long distances - and paid big sums - to see them.
As because whether he'll return to Santa Barbara, the duke reportedly joked, "That depends ashore the result out there today - I'm no a good loser."
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Celebrities spotted at the event embodied Rosario Dawson, Billy Zane, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Zoe Saldana, Rob Lowe, model-actress Molly Sims and singer Joe Jonas.
They then attended a private admission at the family of British Consul General Barbara Hay. Among the celebrities seen chatting at the event for the couple were British football star David Beckham and humorist Stephen Fry.
The last actor to the podium was William. When the crowd yelled, "Kiss!," she obliged and gave him a delicate embrace and a kiss on each impudence.
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The match was someone of a recreational diversion for the pair, who otherwise are costing the majority of their three-day voyage to Southern California promoting British business knots to the U.S. and highlighting charitable go.
The menu of celebrities reportedly likewise attending reads favor a who's who of Hollywood royalty: Tom Hanks, Nicole Kidman, Quentin Tarantino and Judd Apatow.
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After the polo game, the duke and duchess will brain to downtown Los Angeles to attend a black-tie event at the historic Belasco Theatre, where they will be guests of credit at a British Academy of Film and Television Arts banquet honoring 42 young British filmmakers.
William wore a pearly shirt and trousers with a blue blazer when Kate sported a silver and marble-grey, hand-painted silk dress along British designer Jenny Packham.
The cheap seats at the polo match cost $400, while anyone paying $4,000 for a VIP ticket would get a opportunity to hobnob with the royal newlyweds. The duchess will present the trophy to the winning polo team.
CARPINTERIA, Calif. - Prince William, with his fashionable wife, Kate, watching, took to the field for a charity polo match Saturday on the second daytime of a royal visit to Southern California.
Though William has been to USA before, it namely Kate's first trip to the United States. William's late mommy, Princess Diana, who would have rotated 50 this month, charmed Americans while she visited in the 1980s.
On Sunday, William and Kate will watch a dancing at a nonprofit academy in the gritty Skid Row area of city center then attend a job fair for U.S. servicemen and women transitioning to civil life.
After stragglers were pushed back and decorum was reinstated, William's wife, the sometime Kate Middleton, presented each opponent a blue Tiffany & Co. carton with a white bandage, and a big silver trophy to her husband's team.
The Duke of Cambridge scored 4 goals as his team worked on to win the overall match. The multitude at the sun-splashed Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club rushed onto the field despite one announcer's excuses for them to return their seats, and eventually security secondhand a line of rope to shove them back.
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