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Royal couple head home after ending tour talking to US veterans

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are on their way back to Britain, after completing their tour of Canada and California.

On their final day in Los Angeles they visited a Job Fair for American servicemen and women at Sony Pictures Studio staged by Service Nation: Mission Serve.

It is an umbrella organisation set up by the US government which brings together different service charities to support the re-integration of servicemen and women into civvy street.

In Sound Stage 15, a huge 42,000 square foot open-plan building, dozens of business recruitment stands for the former US servicemen and women were set up.

The royal couple were cheered by the ex-servicemen and women and their partners who were attending the fair when they arrived.

The Duke said: "This is the last event on our tour of North America, but to my mind, it is one of the most important.

"This is because it is about men and women who - of their own free will - choose to put their life on the line for their country."

He added: "Service Nation Mission Serve, and all the companies and employers taking part today, are providing opportunities which mean something very immediate and personal to us.

"Catherine and I both have friends back in Britain who could benefit from a brilliant initiative like this."

William made the audience laugh by taking a swipe at Prince Harry: "I am delighted, therefore, that our foundation - and in that I include my low-flying Apache very average brother - is a partner in today's event."

The couple then filled boxes given to youngsters whose parents have been deployed to Afghanistan.

The couple then left to catch their scheduled British Airways flight back to the UK.