HUNDREDS of well-wishers lined the streets to give the Duchess of Cambridge a right royal welcome on her first visit to Oxford.

The crowds waved banners and flags and offered the Duchess posies of flowers.

Kate, 30, visited Rose Hill Primary School, then Oxford Spires Academy in her official role as patron of The Art Room charity.

More than 200 people turned out to cheer her as she stepped from her blue Jaguar at the gates of the primary school wearing a smart brown Orla Kiely coat dress and brown ankle boots. It was her second solo engagement.

Royal watcher Muriel Robinson, 77, from Headington, was determined to witness the Duchess’s visit to Oxford.

She said: “I’ve met Prince Charles, the Queen and Princess Anne and I’ve shaken hands with Princess Diana. I came to see Kate, I wouldn’t miss it. I think she’s doing very well indeed as a royal.

“The way she dresses is beautiful.”

Comfort and Adetola Otunba with their two-year-old son Joshua were there with Abimbola Solebo and her son Malachi, three, to catch a glimpse of the Royal visitor as she stepped out of the car.

Mr Otunba said: “My daughter Sharon, who is six, goes to the school and she was Kate when the school acted out the Royal wedding.”

Inside the school gates, the Duchess greeted dignitaries including Thames Valley Police chief constable Sara Thornton and Mark Thompson, director-general of the BBC and trustee of the charity, before chatting to lines of flag-waving pupils, taking a rose from Abi Adu-Boateng, 10, and Aleksander Besevic, 11.

At Oxford Spires, Kate was again given an enthusiastic welcome by jubilant crowds and was met by headteacher Sue Croft.

The entire school – nearly 1,000 pupils – lined up outside to welcome the Duchess.

Pupil Eleanor Oxendale, 12, greeted her with a tub of red and blue tulips in a box pupils had made with postage stamps.

She said: “She was really nice and talkative. She asked me who made the box. I was a bit nervous but she was really interested in what we do in The Art Room.”

Saif Omer, 11, was one of the youngsters she exchanged a few words with. He said: “She asked me how old I was and which house I was in. She is a very nice woman.

“Seeing her here is like a dream come true.”

Mrs Croft said: “The children have been hugely excited and they all feel so proud she has visited this school.”