Prince William and Kate visit Skid Row in Los Angeles

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have visited a school in the deprived Skid Row area of Los Angeles on the final day of their North American tour.

Prince William and his wife, Kate, were welcomed to the Inner City Arts academy by six young children holding a banner and about 150 well-wishers.
The royals were later escorted to a visual arts studio where they sat at easels and spoke to youngsters.
Skid Row, in LA's downtown area, has a large homeless population.
Cynthia Harnisch, the academy's president, spoke to the couple about the poverty-related challenges faced by many students at the school, before the royals worked with some of them on their paintings.
William and Kate went on to see the site's ceramics studio, where children were working on separate parts of a giant tortoise.
The duchess joined the students who were creating the tortoise's shell, while William sat at another table where children were working on the reptile's body.
The surroundings of their visit were in stark contrast to those of the previous night, when the couple mingled with Hollywood stars at a Bafta black-tie dinner to promote up-and-coming British entertainment talent.
On Saturday, Prince William scored four goals at a charity polo match.
The Skid Row visit came on the third, and final, day of the couple's three-day visit to California.
Their final stop before returning to the UK will be to meet members of the group ServiceNation : Mission Serve, which aims to help military veterans to find jobs.

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