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Camilla visits sights in Paris

The Duchess of Cornwall, who is on her first solo international engagement, will visit the Louvre in Paris today. Camilla is also due to see blacksmiths working at La Garde Rebulicaine and visit a typical French produce market.

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'Lucky' Camilla gets private Mona Lisa viewing

The Duchess of Cambridge enjoys the Mona Lisa in Paris. Credit: PA

The Duchess of Cornwall could not contain her delight as she beamed at being pictured alongside Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa during a stroll around the Louvre.

The royal, on the second and final day of her first solo foreign engagement, was escorted on a private tour of the famous Paris museum.

"Wow. We're so lucky to be here without the crowds," the Duchess said as she entered the Louvre's Salle des Etats, home to the Mona Lisa.

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