The Duchess of Cambridge apologised for leaving her "noisy" son Prince George behind as she was given cuddly toys and clothes for him on her first walkabout on the tour of New Zealand.

A crowd of 5,000 people turned out to cheer the Duchess and the Duke of Cambridge as they visited Blenheim on New Zealand's South Island today.

The couple were in town to lay a wreath as part of New Zealand's build-up to ANZAC Day, which falls later this month, but delighted the public by spending half an hour shaking hands and chatting to people who had waited up to four hours to see them.

Lilah Bowers, 10, who had turned out in a home-made Union Jack tiara with her sister Claire, five, gave the Duchess a black bracelet made out of rubber bands and was told by the royal visitor that it "could start a trend".

Lilah, from Blenheim, said: "We asked her about Prince George and she said she would have taken him everywhere but he would have been a bit noisy."

George was spending the day being looked after by his nanny Maria Borrallo at Government House in Wellington, the family's base during their tour.

Some well-wishers gave the Duchess teddies, kiwi soft toys, and clothes including bootees, but the majority had brought flowers for the Duchess, who wore a blue Alexander McQueen coat.

Pippa Sowman, five, gave the Duchess a posy picked from her own garden, from which another bouquet was picked for the Queen Mother when she visited in 1958.

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