Chris Jackson/Getty Images(VICTORIA, British Columbia) — Prince William and Princess Kate and their children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, arrived Saturday in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, for the start of an eight-day royal tour of Canada, their first royal tour as a family of four.
William and Kate, who was dressed in a Jenny Packham dress, were greeted by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, after arriving on a Royal Canadian Air Force jet around 3:30 p.m. local time from the U.K.
The trip marks the first royal tour for Princess Charlotte and the second for 3-year-old Prince George, who traveled to Australia and New Zealand with his parents when he was 9 months old.
Canada was also the site of the first foreign royal tour for William and his younger brother, Prince Harry, when they were ages 9 and 7, respectively, traveling with their parents, Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana in 1991.
Later Saturday, William and Kate, both 34, are scheduled to attend an official ceremonial welcome at the British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria. The couple will be staying at Government House in Victoria with their children and will travel by plane and seaplane each day as they tour to get to know the people of British Columbia and the Yukon.
William and Kate and their children are visiting Canada on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and at the invitation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The prime minister and his wife, Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, are scheduled to join William and Kate for parts of their tour.
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