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Prince William and Kate take Canada by storm

They arrived in British Columbia on Saturday for an 8-day trip during which they will view spectacular nature sites and meet with refugees.

By :  naren pulloor
Update: 2016-09-29 07:44 GMT
Prince William and Kate arrived in British Columbia on Saturday for an eight-day trip during which they will view spectacular nature sites and meet with refugees and indigenous Americans.
While Australia, Jamaica and Barbados have talked about becoming republics, Canada has shown less interest in replacing Queen Elizabeth II as the figurative head of state. (Photo: AP)
The royal family was received with military honours and a 21-gun salute under blue skies on the lawn in front of the westernmost Canadian province's legislature on Vancouver Island. (Photo: AP)
Far from Victoria's marbled halls and manicured lawns, the royal couple moved to Vancouver on Sunday for a visit to the city's gritty Downtown Eastside, a dozen square blocks of poverty and addiction. (Photo: AP)
The royals then visited an immigrant welcome center where they will meet with a newly arrived refugee family from Syria. More than 30,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada since Trudeau was elected last fall. (Photo: AP)
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, walk through the steam of a steam train in Carcross, Yukon (Photo: AP)
In Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon territory, they dictated a message transcribed by a 90-year-old former telegraph operator that read simply, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, September 2016, Whitehorse Yukon. (Photo: AP)
Prince William and Kate dusted off an old telegraph at a Yukon museum to send the first royal Twitter message in Morse code on Wednesday. (Photo: AP)
On their first official trip as newlyweds in 2011, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge won raucous cheers and endeared themselves to Canadian crowds. On this visit the royals will visit British Columbia and the Yukon. (Photo: AP)
The eight-day trip marks the first overseas jaunt for 1-year-old Charlotte. Her brother, 3-year-old George, has visited Australia and New Zealand on an official tour. (Photo: AP)
They arrived in British Columbia on Saturday for an 8-day trip during which they will view spectacular nature sites and meet with refugees.

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