jeanie moo explains. >> reporter: don't you hate to wake up to this on the last day of a trip. battled with their umbrellas and lost their hats, the duchess showed up in bright pink, wearing a pony tail and a bad hair day, the kind of day even a prince trips on a rain the math. they laid flowers at one of the 9/11 reflecting pools and then later. >> you got problems. >> just inch's way from a performance by a youth group. but mostly they acted cheerful and were cheered, despite the miserable weather. but don't feel bad for the slightly soggy royals. save you pity for the press. following the royals, doesn't exactly mean they get the royal treatment. >> backup, backup, backup. >> faster. >> you have to get your shot. >> reporter: weather had improved slightly by the time prince william arrived atop of the empire state building, no relations with the press. ouch. but they were still stormy. >> kate, five months pregnant skipped the empire state building stop. anyway who wants to smell like wet wool in the 2,300-dollar coat. everything she wears seems to sellout, the goat coat tha