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| The Duchess of Cambridge has made her first appearance since announcing her second pregnancy, joining her husband to welcome the president of Singapore. | The Duchess of Cambridge has made her first appearance since announcing her second pregnancy, joining her husband to welcome the president of Singapore. |
| The duchess, who is about 12 weeks pregnant, is suffering from extreme morning sickness which has forced her to miss recent engagements. | The duchess, who is about 12 weeks pregnant, is suffering from extreme morning sickness which has forced her to miss recent engagements. |
| However, her condition has improved and the duchess said she "had been looking forward to getting out of the house". | |
| She has a second engagement at an awards ceremony on Tuesday evening. | |
| The duchess last appeared in public at the start of August, when she visited the World War One poppy installation at the Tower of London. | |
| Her pregnancy was announced in September and the April due date was announced on Monday. | |
| The duke and duchess's second baby will become fourth in line to the throne, behind older brother Prince George, who was born in July last year. | |
| 'Royal salute' | |
| The couple met Singapore's President Tony Tan and his wife in the presidential suite of London's Royal Garden Hotel. | |
| The president commented on the view of Kensington Palace from the hotel and the duke joked: "You can probably see into our bedroom window which is a bit worrying - I wouldn't look too closely." | |
| The four previously met in 2012 when the duke and duchess's Diamond Jubilee tour took them to Singapore. | |
| The two couples then travelled to a ceremonial welcome on Horse Guards Parade in Whitehall, where a royal salute of 41 guns was fired in nearby Green Park upon their arrival. | |
| At the scene | |
| Peter Hunt, BBC royal correspondent | |
| On a blustery but dry Horse Guards were two couples who represent the present and the future of an ancient institution. | |
| For the Queen, this was the 108th time she's welcomed a visiting head of state. She's greeted presidents, monarchs and a grand duke. | |
| For William and Kate, it was the first time they've been so involved in such an occasion. It was a novelty. It was on the job royal training. It will one day become routine. | |
| Inevitably, the focus was less on Anglo-Singaporean relations and more on a pregnant duchess. In the coming days, weeks and months aspects of this pregnancy will be lived out on a very public stage. | |
| There'll be speculation about the due date and the sex of the child. The fact this baby won't, as things stand, become a king or queen , is unlikely to dampen the international fascination. | |
| Read more from Peter | |
| The Queen, Duke of Edinburgh, Prime Minister David Cameron, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, Home Secretary Theresa May and other dignitaries attended the high-security event. | |
| The welcome was the first major ceremonial event to take place in London since the terror threat level was raised to "severe" at the end of August. | |
| Later this evening, the Duchess of Cambridge is due to attend the Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards gala at the National History Museum. |