High hopes for Blue Mountains tourism as Duke and Duchess of Cambridge take in the view

By Daisy Dumas
Updated April 18 2014 - 11:18am, first published 3:00am
Long drop: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge watch abseilers at Narrow Neck Lookout. Photo: Wolter Peeters
Long drop: The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge watch abseilers at Narrow Neck Lookout. Photo: Wolter Peeters

As the Duke of Cambridge peered over a cliff edge at Narrow Neck lookout near Katoomba on Thursday afternoon, there was a reason for his wife's apparent nerves. Unlike accompanying media and the Mountain Youth Services abseiling team, neither the second in line to the throne, nor the duchess, had the comfort of a safety harness.

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