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Duchess of Cambridge cheered in Grimsby | |
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Huge crowds have greeted the Duchess of Cambridge as she spends the day in Grimsby for a series of engagements. | |
Kate toured a fishing centre, met Humberside Fire and Rescue Service crews and unemployed people taking part in a personal development course run by The Prince's Trust. | |
She is due to officially open Havelock Academy secondary school. | |
Her helicopter was delayed for more than an hour by the weather. | |
Flag-waving crowds chanted "We want Kate" as she arrived. | Flag-waving crowds chanted "We want Kate" as she arrived. |
Her helicopter, which took off at about 11:00 GMT, landed at Humberside Airport 75 minutes later than expected. | |
At the National Fishing Heritage Centre, the 31-year-old duchess was given a guided tour by a local ex-trawlerman and learned about the environmental sustainability of fishing in the North Sea. | |
Former trawlerman John Vincent described the experience as "fantastic, a great honour. She's a great lady". | |
Loud cheers | |
"She was very knowledgeable and asked some very good questions. We had a bit of a laugh going round too," said Mr Vincent. | |
"I wished her all the best with her pregnancy and asked her to give my regards to William and Harry and bring them down here." | |
Leaving the museum, the duchess shook hands with excited crowds, who presented her with flowers and a teddy bear. | |
Six-year-old Zara Williams, from Goxhill, had been waiting with her family since 09:30 GMT to meet her and present the royal visitor with a bunch of pink roses. | |
She said: "She was really pretty. She was really nice to me and I liked her clothes." | |
At Peaks Lane fire station, Kate was greeted with loud cheers by the crowd. | |
About 200 people lined the streets outside the station. Some had been waiting for nearly three hours in the cold to see the duchess. | |
She also made an unplanned stop at nearby St Andrew's Hospice to meet patients. | |
The duchess is due to officially open Havelock Academy, where she will also be given a tour of the school and meet a group of A Level photography students. |