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Royal visit: Supporters enjoying festivities

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The Duchess arrives at Rainbow Place. Photo / Twitter / Governor General

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Royal supporters in Cambridge are making the most of today's festive atmosphere.

With the Duke and Duchess expected soon, excitement in the town - with sausage sizzles, live radio and a big screen showing footage from the town's packed-out Victoria Square - is building.

Local business owner Sandra Webb said the atmosphere was fabulous.

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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrive at the Hamilton Airport. Photo / NZ Herald / Richard Robinson
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrive at the Hamilton Airport. Photo / NZ Herald / Richard Robinson
Mia Wilson, waiting for the royals at Hamilton Airport. Photo / Richard Robinson
Kids wave to Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge after they arrived at the Hamilton Airport. Photo / NZ Herald / Richard Robinson
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge arrives at aircraft manufacturer Pacific Aerospace outside Hamilton on April 12, 2014 in Waikato, New Zealand. Photo / Pool
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, visits aircraft manufacturer Pacific Aerospace outside Hamilton on April 12, 2014 in Waikato, New Zealand. Photo / Pool / Getty Images
Prince William meets 6-year-old Elaena Camp, daughter of Pacific Aerospace CEO Damian Camp (pictured). Photo / NZ Herald / Doug Sherring
WAIKATO, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 12:  Prince William, Duke of Cambridge visits aircraft manufacturer Pacific Aerospace outside Hamilton on April 12, 2014 in Waikato, New Zealand. The Duke and Duchess of C
Prince William visits aircraft manufacturer, Pacific Aerospace, outside Hamilton on 12 April 2014. Photo / Pool
Prince William shares a joke with Julie Hardaker, Mayor of Hamilton. Photo / NZ Herald / Doug Sherring
Prince William visiting aircraft manufacturer Pacific Aerospace outside Hamilton today. Photo / NZ Herald / Doug Sherring
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge at the Pacific Aerospace on 12 April 2014 in Hamilton, NZ. Photo / Getty Images
Prince William visiting aircraft manufacturer Pacific Aerospace outside Hamilton. Photo / NZ Herald / Doug Sherring
Prince William and his wife Catherine leaving the the Cambridge Town Hall on April 12, 2014, in Cambridge, Waikato. Photo / Pool
Prince William and Catherine leaving the the Cambridge Town Hall on April 12, 2014, in Cambridge, Waikato. Photo / Pool
Prince William and his wife Catherine leaving the the Cambridge Town Hall on April 12, 2014, in Cambridge, Waikato. Photo / Pool
Crowds gather in Cambridge, waiting for the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to Cambridge, Waikato. Photo / Bruce Mercer / Fairfax NZ
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, waving to the crowd at the Waikato town of Cambridge. Photo / Michael Craig
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, in Cambridge, Waikato. Photo / Pool
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, at Cambridge, Waikato. Photo / Bruce Mercer / Fairfax NZ
Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine place a flower on the War Memorial at the Cambridge Town Hall on April 12, 2014, in Cambridge, Waikato. Photo / Pool / Getty Images
Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine at the War Memorial at the Cambridge Town Hall on April 12, 2014, in Cambridge. Photo / Getty Images / Pool
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, meets 6-year-old Kaiya Miller, at a visit to Waikato Hospice Rainbow Place, Hamilton. Photo / Pool / Fairfax Media NZ
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, smiles during a visit to Waikato Hospice Rainbow Place in Waikato on April 12, 2014. Photo / Pool
Britain's Duchess of Cambridge Catherine greets children during a visit to Waikato Hospice Rainbow Place in Waikato on April 12, 2014. Photo / Getty Images / Pool
Britain's Duchess of Cambridge Catherine greets children alongside Craig Tamblyn during a visit to Waikato Hospice Rainbow Place in Waikato on April 12, 2014. Photo / Pool
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, meeting a young fan at Cambridge, Waikato. Photo / Bruce Mercer / Fairfax NZ
Prince William is greeted by locals during a walkabout in Waikato's Cambridge town centre on April 12, 2014. Photo / Pool / Getty Images
Excited fans shaking hands with Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, in Cambridge, Waikato. Photo / Bruce Mercer / Fairfax NZ
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge meets the public in Cambridge town centre on April 12, 2014, in Cambridge, Waikato. Photo / Pool
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge laugh on stage during a visit to the Avanti Drome on April 12, 2014 in Hamilton, NZ. Photo / Getty Images
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, visits the Waikato town of Cambridge. Photo / Michael Craig
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge visits Rainbow Place Hospice in Hamilton. Photo / Getty Images
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge are presented with an Avanti cycling jersey for Prince George of Cambridge. Photo / Getty Images
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge unveil a plaque during a visit to the Avantidrome in Hamilton. Photo / Getty Images
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to the Avantidrome  in Hamilton, New Zealand. Photo / Getty Images
Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge are presented with a Avanti mini bike for Prince George during a visit to the Avanti Drome. Photo / Getty Images

Image 1 of 37: Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrive at the Hamilton Airport. Photo / NZ Herald / Richard Robinson

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Her gallery had won the window dressing competition with an imagined picnic table for royal watchers complete with pavlova an lamingtons.

"The focus is really on Cambridge today and I think it will last the weekend.''

Local artist Carole Hughes had painted a portrait of the Duke and Duchess and Prince George and had received authorisation from Kensington Palace to sell posters as memorabilia.

"There is so little memorabilia around for the tour it's great to have this,'' said Ms Webb.

Waipu District Council expected crowd numbers to swell to 100,000.

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"I've spoken to people who arrived here at 3am, and plenty who arrived as early as 6am or 7am,'' a council spokeswoman said.

Natasha Baker drove from Palmerston North to see the Duke and a Duchess and said she was impressed with the festive atmosphere in Cambridge.

"I'm making a weekend of it. It's nice to be amongst the atmosphere.''

Hundreds have lined the town's streets to welcome the royal couple.

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Union Jacks and messages of welcome are displayed in shop windows and houses on the route the royal couple will be taking.

Forecasters are suggesting blue skies to arrive at the same time as the royals.

Prince William and his wife are expected to spend 45 minutes driving and walking around Victoria Square in the centre of town from 12.45pm.

Earlier Catherine visited Rainbow Place, her first solo outing on the royal tiki tour. When Lee Thomson meets the Duchess of Cambridge today at Rainbow Place, her most pressing question will be if royalty also need to eat all the vegetables.

But the only vegetables visible today are candy carrots in flower pots to be eaten at an extravagantly laid out Mad Hatter-themed tea party at the Hamilton children's hospice.

This is Catherine's first solo outing on the royal tiki tour and it's a cause close to her heart.

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The visit here today is not all about smiles and waves - she'll be here to learn.

Hamilton-based Rainbow Hospice is the children's branch of Hospice Waikato and Catherine has strong ties with children's hospices in the United Kingdom. She will use the outing as a fact-finding mission on palliative care, which she will take back home.

Today, Catherine will meet with the 48 children and their families being looked after by Rainbow Place, which deals with children who have life-limiting health conditions and those who have experienced the sudden loss of a loved one.

She is expected to participate in a children's art therapy session and the outing will be topped off with an extravagant Mad Hatter's themed tea party hosted in a marquee which has been fitted out for the occasion.

Catherine will join William, who is on his own solo outing at the Pacific Aerospace, later in the day before setting off for a public drive in Cambridge and the opening of the new National Cycling Centre of Excellence and Velodrome.

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