The Duchess of Cambridge has arrived to give her first ever public speech.
Kate looked calm and collected as she arrived at the Treehouse Hospice in Ipswich, wearing an electric blue dress by Reiss.
Excited schoolchildren waved Union flags as the 30-year-old royal chatted to officials outside the new facility.
She went inside to tour the refurbished hospice for an hour before she was due to give her public address.
No information has been given about the subject of the speech, but royal correspondents said it would be "brief and beautifully written".
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Monday March 19, 2012
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