[pct-l] Prince William and Catherine to visit California

[greg mushial]

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> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 0:33:23 -0400
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> Subject: [pct-l] Prince William and Catherine to visit California
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>>From Yahoo News:
>
> LONDON (AFP) ? Prince William and his new bride Catherine will visit 
> California in July, following their first official tour as husband and 
> wife to Canada, palace officials announced on Thursday.
>
> "The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will visit California, United States of 
> America, following their tour of Canada in July this year," said a 
> statement from the prince's official London residence, St James's Palace.
>
> "The couple will visit the state of California from 8th July to 13th July 
> 2011. The Duke has long heard good things about the American Pacific Crest 
> Trail.
>
> "They'll be joining the PCT at Mammoth Lakes and hiking in to Tuolumne 
> Meadows."
>
> "We're hoping to meet up with the herd at that point." said William 
> excitedly. "I can't wait to get a cool trail name. I'd like something like 
> 'His Dukeness' or 'The Dukester' but I guess I'll have to take what the 
> other hiker trash give me. I think Kate would like something like "Gold 
> Digger."
>
> Kate injected, "I've always admired the hiker trash chicks. They're so 
> strong and independent and free of the trappings of fashion and societal 
> constraints. It's all about the trail, nothing more. I would like to be 
> more like that."
>
> The royal couple will be traveling on the trail ultralight and so will 
> only be bringing a handful of staff and a dozen or so security personnel. 
> The exact dates and locations of the royal couple will of course be top 
> secret but they do intend on blogging on Postholer.com and posting their 
> pictures to Picasa.
>
> William, the 28-year-old second in line to the throne, has visited the 
> United States before but has never been on an official trek there, while 
> Catherine, 29, has never visited the US.
>

In case others didn't catch the invisible ;-) w/re the above...   this is a 
link to the actual story

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110505/en_afp/britainroyalsmarriagewilliam

TheDuck