*JALAZONE CAMP, WEST BANK: Prince William paid the first official Britishroyal visit to the Palestinian Territories on Wednesday, touring a refugeecamp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and voicing hope for peace in ameeting with the Palestinian president.*

William, second in line to the throne, received a red-carpet welcome to theMuqata, the Palestinian government headquarters in the city of Ramallah,that included an honour guard and band.

“I’m very glad our two countries work so closely together and have hadsuccess stories with education and relief work in the past, so, long maythat continue,” William told President Mahmoud Abbas.

“My sentiments are the same as yours in hoping that there is a lastingpeace in the region,” the prince said.

William then visited Jalazone refugee camp and its health clinic and aschool, administered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

A sign banning weapons – a picture of a Kalashnikov assault rifle with redline through it – was on the door of the health centre, which the princetoured before visiting the school and chatting with pupils.