William And Kate On Two-Day Trip To Scotland

By Paul Harrison, Royal Correspondent

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have visited the site of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as part of a two-day visit to Scotland.

The Duchess wore a tartan coat as she arrived in the city.

The couple visited the Emirates Arena, site of the next year's Games, including the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, watching riders in a practice session.

Later, Prince William will make a Skype video web call to two homeless Scottish people in the Netherlands.

The couple look at 2014 Commonwealth Games mascot Clyde

William will chat on-line to Dylan Howie and Lyn Buchan who are taking part in an exchange programme run by the Glasgow-based project for rough sleepers.

"It's just amazing that I will get a chance to speak to the Duke of Cambridge. It's brilliant, I'm very excited," said Mr Howie, who first stayed at the Stopover project in 2011 when he was just 16.

"The past year has been really tough for me - but since coming to Quarriers' Stopover my life has been turned around."

The homeless pair from Glasgow are on a work experience placement in the Dutch town of Papendrecht as part of the charity's initiative run with Dutch partner Werkcenter.

The Duke has long had a keen interest in tackling homelessness and is patron of Centrepoint, a charity that has been providing support and care for rough sleepers for decades.

At the Donald Dewar Leisure Centre in Drumchapel the couple will launch a new Scottish pilot project for their foundation, which aims to inspire and train the next generation of young sports coaches.

Kate is pregnant with the couple's first child

The two-day trip by William and Kate, who is now nearly six months pregnant, will see also see them visit Dumfries House, where they will team up with Prince Charles, and BAE systems in Barrow-in-Furness.

When in Scotland William and Kate are known as the Earl and Countess of Strathearn, titles given to them by the Queen to mark their marriage.

North of the border Prince Charles is also known under a different title: the Duke of Rothesay.

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