Even Prince William gets excited about the UAE's luxury police cars

The British royal posed with a Dubai Police Aston Martin during his visit to the emirate

Prince William plants mangrove seedlings with pupils. Victor Besa / The National

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, visit the UAE pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. After the tour, they were due to hold a private bilateral meeting. Getty

Prince William visits the UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Victor Besa / The National

Visitors outside the UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Victor Besa / The National

Prince William greets Expo visitors outside the UK Pavilion. Victor Besa / The National

The UK Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. Victor Besa / The National

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, right, and Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth, accompany Prince William on the tour. Getty

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, right, and Noura Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth, accompany Prince William on the tour. Getty

Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed and Prince William chat inside the UAE pavilion. Getty

Prince William watches a display inside the UAE Pavilion, accompanied by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed and Noura Al Kaabi. Getty

The Duke of Cambridge signs the pavilion guestbook. Getty

Prince William speaking in the DP World Pavilion, EXPO 2020 Dubai. Victor Besa / The National

Prince William speaking in the DP World Pavilion, EXPO 2020 Dubai. Victor Besa / The National

Prince William speaking in the DP World Pavilion, EXPO 2020 Dubai. Victor Besa / The National

Prince William speaking in the DP World Pavilion, EXPO 2020 Dubai. Victor Besa / The National

Prince William, centre, visits Jebel Ali Port in Dubai. AFP

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, chairman and chief executive of DP World, speaks to the prince about work to tackle the illegal wildlife trade. Getty

The duke’s visit to the port is part of a busy tour of the UAE. Getty

Prince William's visit will build on the strong bond between the UK and the UAE. Getty

The duke travelled from Abu Dhabi to Dubai to visit one of the world’s busiest ports. John Dennehy / The National

Prince William sees how goods are monitored in and out of the port. John Dennehy / The National

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed, member of Abu Dhabi Executive Council and chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Office, visits Jubail Mangrove Park with the prince. Photo: Abu Dhabi Media Office

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed and Prince William at the mangrove park in Abu Dhabi. Photo: Abu Dhabi Media Office

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed with Prince William. Photo: Abu Dhabi Media Office

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed with Prince William and pupils at Jubail Mangrove Park. Photo: Abu Dhabi Media Office

The prince and companies in the UAE are working together to protect flora and fauna. Victor Besa / The National

Children tend to seedlings after meeting Prince William. Victor Besa / The National

The seedlings were planted at Jubail Mangrove Park in Abu Dhabi. Victor Besa / The National

Lilly-Rose Mayall and Amaan Haider of the British School Al Khubairat plant mangrove seedlings. Victor Besa / The National

The view from Prince William's plane as he arrives in Dubai. Photo: Kensington Royal

Prince William during a visit to Edinburgh, Scotland, last year. The Duke of Cambridge is visiting the UAE for his first official trip to the Emirates. Getty

Pupils at Victory Heights Primary school thought of some burning questions for Prince William before his visit to Dubai. Antonie Robertson / The National

Prince William visited Expo 2020 Dubai. Photo: Expo 2020 Dubai

Prince William's first official UAE visit was certainly a memorable one. The UK royal visited Expo 2020 Dubai, met Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, observed efforts to combat the illegal wildlife trade at the vast Port of Jebel Ali and chatted to schoolchildren in Abu Dhabi.

He also made time to get a photo with one of the UAE's famous luxury police cars.

Posing with the Aston Martin Vantage, which was added to Dubai Police's fleet in September last year, Prince William tweeted the photo of himself as part of his highlights from his trip.

See photos of Prince William's visit to the UAE in the gallery above.

To round-out his trip, Prince William sounded his gratitude to the UAE.

“Thank you for a wonderful day in the UAE!," he wrote on the official Duke and Duchess of Cambridge Twitter account.

“From visiting the Jubail Mangroves and Jebel Ali Port to seeing our Earthshot finalists and celebrating the UK National Day at Expo 2020 Dubai, it was great to spend time celebrating sustainability, collaboration and innovation.”

Dubai Police's luxury cars

Dubai Police have an impressive collection of luxury cars, including a Ferrari, a Bugatti Veyron, Porsches, Bentleys and McLarens.

It is fitting that Prince William got to pose with the Aston Martin, a British manufacturer of luxury sports cars.

“It is an honour to have an Aston Martin join Dubai Police’s fleet of supercars and the Vantage is the perfect model to make such a statement – purity at its finest, a hint of aggression, and engineering that pushes it to upwards of 300kph," said Ramzi Atat, head of marketing and communications in the Mena region at Aston Martin.

"We are grateful to the team at Dubai Police, and especially Lt Gen Abdullah Khalifa Al Marri, Commander-in-Chief, for bringing this partnership to life.”

The model has a 4.0-litre, twin-turbocharged V8 engine with an impressive acceleration of zero-100 kilometres per hour in 3.5 seconds, and supports a top speed of 314kph.

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