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Crowds lined the streets to welcome the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the university city that is the home of their dukedom. The Duke of Cambridge has spoken of his "immense pride" at being associated with Cambridge as he and the duchess toured the home of their dukedom.
Hundreds of well-wishers gathered around the Guildhall after the couple arrived at the city's railway station. Crowds lined the streets to welcome the royal couple in their first official trip to the city since they married.
The pair will officially open a new 24-hour centre for rough sleepers run by charity Jimmy's and attend a reception at the university's Senate House. Prince William made a speech at the university's Senate House after the pair met well-wishers who had gathered to see them.
It is the first time they have visited the city together since their marriage. Later the royal couple will open the new 612-bed Peterborough City Hospital.
The Duchess revealed she had trouble controlling "lots of troublesome Cubs" as she met a Scout during the visit. During the lunchtime reception at Senate House, Prince William said the couple had looked forward to visiting Cambridge ever since they adopted their titles on their wedding day in April 2011.
In a conversation with mayor of Cambridge cadet Jordan Wood, 17, she said: "I love the position I have with the Scouts - I'm volunteering at the moment. There are lots of troublesome Cubs running around and things." He said: "We both feel immense pride at being associated with Cambridge, a place renowned the world over for its dynamism, beauty and learning, and it is lovely for us to be here together today."
Cambridge mayor Sheila Stuart said the royal visit was "absolutely huge", adding: "The thing for Cambridge is this day is going to be in people's memories for the rest of their lives. In 50 and 60 years, people are going to be telling their grandchildren about it." The duke also paid tribute to the work of Cambridge University, saying its academic record down the centuries left them both feeling "very humble".
New hairstyle "Within a mile of us, gravity and DNA were discovered," he said.
The couple travelled on a train from London King's Cross, which saw them arrive at 10:03 GMT in a first-class carriage. "Many of the brilliant minds who, through their later work at Bletchley Park, did so much to save our country and the free world, were given first flowering to their genius here at Cambridge.
Antoinette Jackson, chief executive of Cambridgeshire City Council, who also met the royals in the Guildhall, said: "I chatted to the Duke about his journey and I congratulated him on arriving on time and he said that was because his train was on time." "This university has more Nobel prize-winners to its name than all but a couple of countries."
At the Guildhall, the couple were shown the Royal Charter that awarded Cambridge city status in 1951. Prince William also joked at his brother's expense about their visit to Trinity College in the city five years ago, saying: "It's the closest Harry's ever got to university."
One of the exhibits on display was a photograph of a balcony appearance the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh made in 1955, during her first visit to the city three years after she became monarch. Earlier the royal couple met some of the hundreds of people who had gathered and waved to crowds in Market Square.
The couple replicated the balcony image and stepped outside to loud cheers from the crowds waiting in Market Square. They also officially opened a 24-hour centre for rough sleepers run by charity Jimmy's and met children at Manor School.
Later they will travel to Peterborough where they will officially open the new 612-bed Peterborough City Hospital, which admitted its first patients in November 2010. Cambridge Mayor Sheila Stuart said the royal visit was "absolutely huge", adding: "The thing for Cambridge is this day is going to be in people's memories for the rest of their lives. In 50 and 60 years, people are going to be telling their grandchildren about it."
The Duchess was sporting her new hairstyle, layered long dark locks with a parted fringe, first seen in London on Tuesday night when she opened a new exhibition at the Natural History Museum. The royal couple will travel to Peterborough to officially open City Hospital, which admitted its first patients in November 2010.