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Prince Charles, wife to visit war memorial
(AP)
Updated: 2005-11-04 20:35
Prince Charles and his wife Camilla will bid farewell to
Washington with a solemn tribute to American war dead and a meeting with young
students of Shakespeare, before flying to New Orleans to view the devastated
city's recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla,
Duchess of Cornwall, walk towards a gala reception at the British Embassy
in Washington late Thursday Nov. 3, 2005. Charles and Camilla are on an
8-day tour of the United States, the first foreign tour they have
undertaken together since their marriage in April.
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A guard of honor was due to greet Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall on
Friday as they met veterans and laid a wreath at the National World War II
Memorial on the Mall in Washington.
Throughout the royal tour of the United States, Charles has underlined the
bond between Britain and the U.S. — forged, in part, by the common struggle in
World War II.
Offering a toast at a White House dinner on Wednesday, Charles recalled the
"selfless service" of personnel in that war as "a measure of the commitment,
courage and comradeship of our two great nations."
The couple also was meeting young students learning about England's greatest
playwright at the Folger Shakespeare Library before flying to New Orleans.
There, they were to meet recovery workers in the impoverished lower Ninth Ward,
which was all but obliterated when water breached one of the levees that
protected the city.
Charles and Camilla also were meeting children and parents at a school in the
city.
Accepting an award for his contribution to architectural understanding at
Washington's National Building Museum on Thursday, Charles said he and Camilla
had been "utterly horrified to see the terrible scenes of destruction wrought by
the hurricane across New Orleans and the surrounding area."
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