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Prince William holds first talks with President Obama | |
(35 minutes later) | |
The Duke of Cambridge has met US President Barack Obama at the White House as part of a three-day visit. | |
Prince William held talks with President Obama in the Oval Office. | |
Later, the duke will address the World Bank on wildlife crime. Ahead of the speech, he wrote that the response to illegal wildlife trading must evolve "rapidly". | |
The prince and his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, arrived in New York last night. | |
Catherine is visiting a development centre in Harlem, before the couple attend an NBA basketball match. | |
The duke is expected to tell the World Bank later that "some endangered species are now literally worth more than their weight in gold". | |
The prince is also set to describe the trade in elephant's tusks, rhino horns and other animal parts as "one of the most insidious forms of corruption and criminality in the world today". |