First Lady Margaret Kenyatta in London for summit on illegal wildlife trade

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta was on Wednesday evening hosted to a royal reception at ST James Palace in London shortly after arriving in the United Kingdom.

She is in the U.K. for the fourth London Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade (IWT).

Mrs Kenyatta, who is the patron of the “Hands Off Our Elephants” initiative, held talks with the Duke of of Cambridge Prince William Arthur and the Duke of Sussex Prince Harry.

The First Lady is scheduled to lead a Kenyan delegation for the two day conference on Thursday which will be opened by Prime Minister Theresa May.

The London conference brings together delegations from 75 countries across the world.

It is hosted by the UK Government for global leaders to discuss strategies that will strengthen efforts to end illegal wildlife trade and protect the world’s most iconic species from threat of extinction.

The conference at the Battersea Evolution in London will end on Friday.