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Royal couple William and Kate to sit for lunch with Modi today

by IBNS 12 Apr 2016, 08:03 am

New Delhi, Apr 12 (IBNS) The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will sit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over lunch on Tuesday before visiting the Kaziranga National Park in Assam.

The royal couple flew to New Delhi on Monday, where they laid a wreath at the Amar Jawan Jyoti memorial to honour the 70,000 India soldiers who had died in World War I.

They also visited the Gandhi Smriti to pay respects to the father of the nation.

In the evening, William and Kate attended a garden party to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday, which is on April 21.

They'll also take a one-day trip to neighboring Bhutan at the invitation of the Himalayan kingdom's King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck and Queen Jetsun Pema.

William and Kate will then return  to India, where they'll wind up their tour with a visit to the Taj Mahal.