(7 Nov 2005)
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1. Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall walking up steps (to St Columba’s Church)
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2. Close up Prince Charles signing guest book
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3. Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall greeting parishioners after service
4. Prince Charles jokes with parishioners
5. Duchess of Cornwall gets into car, Prince Charles walks around car, pull out, parishioners clapping
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Thomas Brindley, Minister of St. Columba’s Church
"Today’s feast, it’s All Saints’ Sunday, the feast of All Saints and so I focused on the Feast of All Saints. About the Body of Christ, the unity of that Body of Christ and how the Holy Spirit fosters that unity. And how the work of the Holy Spirit bears fruit in that unity that we enjoy with each other as a result of enjoying that unity with the Lord, Jesus Christ Himself."
7. Parishioners gathered after service
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) Vox pop, Parishioner of St Columba’s Church:
"I think he’s here for the right reasons. I work with some (inaudible) farms and different outdoor education places. So I’m glad he’s here for the sustainable agricultural part – a spotlight on that."
9. Pastor Brindley and parishioners applaud after departure of royal couple
STORYLINE:
Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, attended Sunday services in a tiny rural church near San Francisco, before an evening of the theatre in the city, as they continued the Californian leg of their U.S. tour.
The prince and the Duchess of Cornwall visited St. Columba’s Episcopal church in the town of Inverness, about 40 miles (64 kilometres) north of San Francisco.
Amid fog and drizzle, Pastor Tom Brindley welcomed the couple to the rustic wooden church, set within a redwood-shaded former mansion on a hill overlooking Tomales Bay.
They sat on simple wooden pews beneath the chapel’s vaulted redwood ceiling for the hour-long service, and then stayed afterwards to chat and pose for photographs with some of the 70 parishioners.
According to Prince Charles’ office,, weather permitting, the couple planned to spend the afternoon picnicking and painting around the area’s rugged hills and seashore.
The prince is an accomplished amateur watercolourist, and the duchess also paints as a hobby.
The prince and duchess are spending more than three days in California’s Bay Area, as their week long U.S. tour shifts from the power centres of New York and Washington to remoter communities, and issues close to the prince’s heart – organic agriculture and sustainable food production.
The couple spent Saturday night at a luxurious rural lodge near Inverness, where officials said they enjoyed an organic dinner with leading figures from the food world, including wine maker Robert Mondavi and Eric Schlosser, the author of "Fast Food Nation," which assails the fast food industry.
On Sunday evening, they were due to attend a performance in San Francisco of "Beach Blanket Babylon," a comic musical full of spoof pop culture references that has been running for more than 30 years.
Producer Jo Schuman Silver said the show, which is constantly updated to keep the pop-culture references fresh, would have plenty of added British content.
But she said the prince and duchess would not become targets of the show, which is known for its good-natured ribbing of pop culture icons.
On Monday, the couple planned to visit a Berkeley school organic garden sponsored by chef Alice Waters. The tour wraps up on Tuesday.
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