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"The Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William took part in their first engagement of a nine-day tour of the Far East and South Pacific in honour of the Queen&amp;#039;s Diamond Jubilee yesterday (September 10).  The young royal couple arrived in Singapore to attend an orchid-naming ceremony where they admired a white flowering plant named after the late Princess Diana. The pair were also shown a pink orchid called Vanda William Catherine, named after themselves.  The 30-year-old Duchess wore a particularly apt outfit for the occasion, a stunning silk kimono-style orchid-print dress by Jenny Packham. Catherine, who has taken a privately paid hairdresser on the trip with her, is set to give her first speech in a foreign country, addressing staff and patients at a Malaysian hospice.   Speaking about their other upcoming duties in the Far East, their principal private secretary Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton said: &amp;quot;The Duke and Duchess will use the tour to pay tribute - through what they do and say and who they meet - to the Queen&amp;#039;s lifetime and dedication to the mix of peoples and cultures that make up all of Her Majesty&amp;#039;s realms and the Commonwealth. &amp;quot;The tour will comprise a mixture of formal and informal moments which reflect these aims and the Duke and Duchess&amp;#039;s characters and interests.&amp;quot;  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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