Mario Hernandez, the founder of the leading South American luxury fashion brand that bears his name, presented Camilla with the gift
The Duchess of Cornwall was given a present to mark her first day in Colombia - a snake skin handbag.
Mario Hernandez, the founder of the leading South American luxury fashion brand that bears his name, presented Camilla with the gift.
The Duchess and the Prince of Wales arrived in the capital Bogota yesterday for a four-day visit that has generated real excitement in the nation according to Lindsay Croisdale-Appleby, Britain's ambassador to the nation.
The royal couple's first engagement was a reception at the ambassador's official residence where they met leading figures from Colombian life and the British community.
Olga Lucia de Hernandez, Mr Hernandez's wife and business partner, said after meeting the duchess: "We created the evening bag because we know she has a lot of evening events. The fact they've come to our country means they really admire our country."
The couple said they had created a 'casual' handbag for the Duchess of Cambridge they hope Camilla will take back to the UK for Kate.
The British ambassador and his wife Barbara greeted the royal couple on the tarmac of a military airport in Bogota when their chartered aircraft first landed.
The prince and his wife have been looking forward to their trip to the Latin American country, made following an invitation from president Juan Manuel Santos, which aims to strengthen relations between the UK and the Latin American country.
Colombia is emerging from decades of violent civil conflict that blighted the nation's prospects and as its stability strengthens its role in the region and the world will increase.
The threat from armed guerrilla groups and drug cartels has decreased and the ambassador said the improved security situation had made a royal visit possible, something that would not have been sanctioned 10 years ago.
Mr Croisdale-Appleby said: "I have a lot of contact obviously with the Santos government and contact more broadly with Colombians and there's a very palpable degree of excitement about the visit. There's a great enthusiasm to get to know Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall."
The royal couple will also travel at the weekend to Mexico where they will spend a further four days touring the nation.
Their trip includes visits to Colombia's Caribbean influenced city of Cartagena, with its picturesque colonial quarter, and to the Macarena National Park in the south of the country.
The prince and duchess' deputy private secretary Simon Martin has set out the themes of the visit: "The programme will highlight and promote the partnership that already exists between Britain and both Colombia and Mexico in areas including sustainability and combating climate change, expanding trade and investment.
"We'll (also) highlight defence links and the fight against drugs and crime."
Later today the royal couple will receive an official welcome from President Santos and his wife Marcia at the Palacio de Narino in Bogota.
During the day Charles will visit a vocational skills school while Camilla and the First Lady will tour an arts and craft school.
The royal couple will be reunited for a visit to an organic and urban sustainability fair at the British Ambassador's residence in Bogota, and in the evening the president will host a banquet in their honour.
Charles will travel to one of Colombia's natural wonders the Cano Cristales river, known as the liquid rainbow, tomorrow.
During certain months of the year it appears to turn vibrant shades of red, blue, yellow, orange and green due to aquatic plants growing in the waters which display the colours.
On Friday in Cartagena, whose old town is a Unesco world heritage site, Charles and the Colombian president will both address a conference, staged in a Naval Museum, examining the health of the oceans.
The event has been organised by the Presidential Co-operation Agency and the Prince's International Sustainability Unit, and will promote sustainability in the development of marine economies.
Charles and Camilla will end their visit to Colombia with a sunset ceremony on board HMS Argyll, which will be moored in Cartagena.
The Prince, who was a naval officer on his last visit to Colombia in 1974, will take part in this ceremony as the Admiral of the Fleet.
