A CROWD of several thousand has turned up at Port Moresby's Jackson's Airport to witness the arrival of the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall in Papua New Guinea.
Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, have landed on a Royal Australian Air Force plane to begin a 13-day tour of the southern hemisphere to mark Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee.
The royals were met with a booming 21 gun salute as they touched the red carpet, and were greeted by PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill and dignitaries, as well as school children dressed in traditional PNG attire.
The children, or pikinis in pidgin, greeted nambawan pikini bilong misis kwin (number one child of the Queen) with a Hiri dance - a traditional movement performed as part of a trading ritual by coastal peoples who live near Port Moresby.
Wearing a navy blue suit and with a chain of yellow flowers around his neck, his highness stood on a small dais as soldiers presented their arms to him.
Prince Charles, who is also colonel in chief of the assembled Royal Pacific Islands Regiment, inspected the battalion before being whisked off to meet Governor-General Sir Michael Ogio.
As he left the airport, the crowd outside let off a cheer and ran to keep up with the royal entourage.
This visit marks Prince Charles's fourth trip to the Pacific island nation since he was a schoolboy in 1966. It is the Duchess of Cornwall's first trip to the nation.
The visit follows months of preparation by the PNG government, which fast-tracked roadworks to patch up the city's cracked and heavily potholed roads along the routes Prince Charles and the Duchess will take on their three-day tour in and around the capital.
The royal duo will visit a nearby village and participate in an ecumenical church service and cultural display at Moresby's Sir John Guise Stadium.
His highness will also visit a youth centre and Camilla will be presented with an orchid named in her honour.
The Prince and the Duchess leave PNG on Monday for Australia.
Prince Charles is expected to celebrate his 64th birthday in New Zealand on November 14.
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