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David Beckham and some local folks welcome Will and Kate to L.A.

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At a private reception for Prince William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, on Friday in Hancock Park, friend-of-Will David Beckham brought the glam while L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Gov. Jerry Brown, the president of USC and the chancellor of UCLA added a domestic touch to the event at the British consul-general’s residence.

The newlywed royals, visiting Southern California for three days, mingled with 200 or so guests, a cross-section of the city’s civic and business elite. Guests said the couple were personable, taking time to speak with them individually, L.A. Now’s Rick Rojas reported.

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Wait, did we say ‘domestic’ when we meant to say ‘elite’? Silly Ministry of Gossip! Elsewhere, Victoria Beckham remained very, very pregnant.

Photos: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in L.A.

Kate and William arrived from Canada late Friday afternoon at LAX, where they were greeted by Villaraigosa, Brown and Nigel Sheinwald, Britain’s ambassador to the United States.

The Duchess of Cambridge carried a bouquet of red, white and blue flowers presented by the governor’s wife, Anne Gust Brown, before the couple headed to Beverly Hills for a business event supporting London’s ‘Tech City.’

Why so much American love for the royal couple?

Perhaps some ‘star-struck’ teens from Orange County captured the cachet as they staked out the Beverly Hilton, awaiting the Cambridges’ arrival: ‘I feel like their marriage is going to make it,’ said Shirley Lahr, 18. ‘She just seems so normal.’

Kate, dear, ‘The Bachelorette’ has nothing on you.

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