OTTAWA, Ontario (AP): Tens of thousands of Canadians lined the streets and cheered as Prince William and Kate arrived in an open carriage at Parliament Hill to join in Canada Day celebrations on Friday.

The crowd, many festooned in the Canadian colors of red and white, jammed the streets of Ottawa and the fields around the Parliament as the newlywed royal couple, on their first official overseas tour, added an element of style to the 144th national birthday celebration.

A 21-gun salute to Canada's 144th birthday and military plane flyovers were part of the pageantry, which was to be capped by a speech by the prince.

At breaks in the official program, the crowd erupted into the cheer "Will and Kate, Will and Kate." There also were cheers of "Prince William, Prince William, " suggesting that the young prince was charming his Canadian audience. -Yahoo! News

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