Scott Peterson pictured on death row: New photos and details reveal murderer's life in San Quentin a decade after he killed his wife

A reporter who was granted access to the death row wing where convicted murderer Scott Peterson is being held has released pictures and details of what is life on the inside is like.
Nancy Mullane became the first reporter to enter death row in California in almost a decade, something she worked tirelessly for years to achieve so she could write her book Life After Murder.
Speaking to Matt Lauer, she revealed she has been going inside San Quentin prison since 2007 when she was allowed to take pictures and talk to some of the inmates.
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Death sentence: Scott Peterson was convicted in 2004 of the murder of his wife, Laci, and their unborn son

Inside: Pictures of Scott Peterson, pictured in blue T-shirt, on Death Row have been released by reporter Nancy Mullane who was granted access to the prison

Up close: The door to Peterson's cell, which he lives in alone, bears his picture and prisoner number

Leisure time: Peterson is allowed up to five hours outside every day where he can shoot hoops with other inmates or exercise

Under lock and bolt: The barred and barricaded entrance to the 'condemned row'

It was only later that she realized Peterson - who was convicted of killing his wife and unborn child in 2004 - was in the pictures.
She told Lauer he has been moved to a more 'prisoner-friendly' wing of death row, where he has his own cell and is allowed up to five hours a day outside exercising or shooting hoops.
She said: 'He is in a very confined environment living in this tier of the building which is a more prisoner-friendly section of death row with 68 other inmates. He has access to the roof from his tier.'
There are three death row sections in the prison - one with maximum security for 'problem prisoners', another generic wing where around 600 inmates live, and the more relaxed tier which Peterson shares with around 70 other convicts.

Scott Peterson filed an appeal of his 2004 death sentence to the California Supreme Court in July, saying, as he has always maintained, that he had nothing to do with the murders of Laci, his wife, and Conner, the child she was carrying.
Peterson's attorney, noted death penalty lawyer Cliff Gardner, filed the 423-page document eight years after a San Mateo County jury found the former fertilizer salesman guilty of suffocating Laci and dumping her in the San Francisco Bay on Christmas Eve 2002.

Home: The convicted murderer has his own cell, identical to those pictured, though Nancy was not allowed access inside

Access: Peterson has been moved to a more 'prisoner-friendly' tier of death row, according to Nancy

Daily life: Scott Peterson is seen walking through the prison door of his tier to go to his cell

Gardner claims that the overwhelming publicity Peterson's trial received, incorrect evidentiary rulings and other mistakes deprived him of a fair trial. 
The murderer was convicted in 2004 after a trial that his attorney argues surpassed the O.J. Simpson murder trial in terms of publicity. Such was the hype surrounding the trial that it was ordered moved from Stanislaus County of the Petersons' home, to San Mateo County.

 

But Gardner argued that the trial should have been moved yet again because of the crush of publicity in San Mateo County.
'Before hearing even a single witness, nearly half of all prospective jurors admitted they had already decided Mr Peterson was guilty of capital murder,' Gardner argues.

And in what may be a first for the American system of justice, outside the courthouse in which the parties would try to select a fair jury, a radio station posted a large billboard which had a telephone number for people to call in and vote 'whether Peterson was a man or monster'.

Change: When Peterson was finally arrested, he had dyed his hair blonde and grown a goatee to disguise his appearance

Inmate: Scott Peterson was transported to San Quentin Prison death row after he was formally sentenced to death for the murder or his wife Laci and their unborn son

Resident: The East Block Condemned Row II at San Quentin State Prison in San Quentin California, where Peterson is housed as he awaits his execution

Peterson was pictured in an orange jailhouse jumpsuit.
'The publicity continued throughout trial,' Gardner argued. 'A mob estimated at more than 1,000 people gathered at the courthouse to await the guilt phase verdict.

'After the guilty verdict was announced, the 12 jurors departing to await the beginning of the penalty phase - and decide whether Mr. Peterson would live or die - were met with wild applause and cheering.'
Beyond issues with the publicity, Gardner argues the judge made several erroneous evidentiary decisions and other rulings that led to Peterson receiving an unfair trial.
Gardner notes that Peterson was convicted and sentenced to death even though investigators never directly proved 'how, where or when' the murder occurred.
Prosecutors told the jury that Laci was killed sometime between the night of December 23, 2002 and the following morning. They believed she was suffocated in her home, but Gardner argues that there was little direct evidence collected at the house to support that theory.
Peterson claims that Laci was killed sometime after he left their Modesto home the morning of December 24, 2002 to go fishing in the San Francisco Bay.

Highly publicized: Scott Peterson has always maintained his innocence and claims he did not get a fair trial

Innocent?: Peterson claims that Laci was killed sometime after he left their Modesto home the morning of December 24, 2002 to go fishing in the San Francisco Bay.

The fetus was found washed up in San Francisco Bay in April 2003, and the next day Laci's torso was located. Scott had been fishing in the area when she disappeared.
A mistress, Amber Frey, came forward and later testified to say she had been having an affair with Peterson but he never told her he was married.
Gardner goes on to complain that the judge automatically excluded prospective jurors who said they opposed the death penalty.
He argues that those jurors should have been questioned more about whether they could still decide the case fairly.
Gardner also claims that some of the prosecution's strongest evidence should never have been shown to the jury. For instance, Gardner alleges that the police dog who picked up Laci's scent at the Berkeley Marina 'even though the dog had a dismal record of being wrong a remarkable 66 per cent of the time.'
The thick legal brief delves into numerous other issues alleging incorrect rulings, juror misconduct and other errors.
All death penalty cases are appealed to the California Supreme Court, which is struggling to keep up with the pace of cases.
There are 725 inmates on Death Row and no prisoner has been executed in California since January 2006. Lawsuits in federal and state courts have temporarily halted executions.

The appeal is expected to take months, if not years, to be resolved.

Pentagon sending warships to Libya following death of ambassador killed in 'co-ordinated al Qaeda revenge attack by terrorists who used Libyan Mohammed movie protest as cover'

U.S. officials say the Pentagon is positioning two warships near the Libyan coast following a bloody attack on the U.S. consulate there that left American ambassador Christopher Stevens, two marines and a communications officer dead.
Officials say one destroyer, the USS Laboon, moved to a position off the coast Wednesday, and the USS McFaul is en route and should be stationed off the coast within days.
The officials say the ships, which carry Tomahawk missiles, do not have a specific mission. But they give commanders flexibility to respond to any mission ordered by the president.
The destroyers have crews totaling about 300.
There have been four destroyers in the Mediterranean for some time.
These moves will increase that to five.
Officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss troop movements.
It is believed that the attack, which occurred on the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, was a planned ambush carried out by terrorists using a pro-Islam protest as cover.
The victims died during a rocket attack when an armed mob set fire to the consulate in Benghazi after joining a protest over a 'blasphemous' film about the Prophet Mohammed.
It is believed a 'small, vicious group' of attackers used the protest as a diversion, although questions remain over whether the killers drummed up support for the march or simply took advantage of it, an official told CNN.
While it is not known exactly who was responsible for the rampage, a London think tank with strong ties to Libya said Stevens, who is not believed to have been targeted, could have been the victim of a revenge attack by al Qaeda.
The assault 'came to avenge the death of Abu Yaya al-Libi, al Qaeda's second in command killed a few months ago' in Pakistan, think tank Quilliam told CNN, noting the rocket-propelled grenade launchers used in the attack do not normally appear at peaceful protests.
'The military assault against the US Consulate in Benghazi should not be seen as part of a protest against a low budget film which was insulting Islam – there were just a few peaceful protesters present at the event,' Quilliam said in a statement.
'Indeed, there have been no other demonstrations regarding this film in Libya. We at Quilliam believe the attack on the US consulate in Benghazi was a well-planned terrorist attack that would have occurred regardless of the demonstration, to serve another purpose.'
Officials also reportedly voiced their concern that the attack was timed for the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, which were commemorated across the U.S. on Tuesday.

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Burnt out: A man walks inside the U.S. consulate, which was attacked and set on fire by gunmen yesterday, in Benghazi. Christopher Stevens, 52, was at the compound evacuating staff when the building was attacked by militants

'We've been talking for years about the desire of Al Qaeda, radical jihadists to celebrate the anniversary of 9/11,' Pete Hoekstra, former chairman of the House intelligence committee, told . 'All my background, all of the conversations that I've had over the last 18 hours lead many people to believe that this was just more than a mere coincidence.'
He added that Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri recently released a video calling on militants to attacks Americans for revenge for the death in Pakistan - and that the anti-Mohammed film could have been a cover.
As speculations over what led to the attack intensify, President Barack Obama has deployed a team of 50 marines to the compound in Benghazi which was left ravaged by firebombs during the attack.
He could also command unmanned surveillance drones to fly over Benghazi in search of jihadi encampments possibly tied to the deadly attack, a U.S. official said. The drones, which would pass gathered information to Libyans, are expected to be approved by the Pentagon and White House shortly.

Mission: President Barack Obama is set to deploy a team of 50 marines to Libya after a bloody attack. The elite team will be sent to guard the compound in Benghazi which was left ravaged by firebombs during the attack

Shell: An interior view of the U.S. consulate. Sean Smith, a foreign service information management officer was also killed

Christopher Stevens, 52, was at the compound evacuating staff when the building was stormed by 20 heavily-armed militants.
During a 20 minute fire fight, Libyan guards positioned inside the consulate managed to hold the attackers off as they sprayed the building with bullets before hurling a bomb inside. In the carnage, Sean Smith, a foreign service information management officer was shot dead.
Ambassador Stevens and his team made a desperate bid to flee by car to safety. But the vehicle came under heavy arms fire and was hit by a rocket, leaving it disabled and at the mercy of the mob.

 

Two marines attempted to aid Ambassador Stevens but were also shot dead, according to CBS.
Graphic images taken at the scene show civilians making desperate attempts to pull the diplomat to safety. But their efforts were futile.
Arab television station Al Jazeera today reported that Ambassador Stevens died of smoke inhalation, while the doctor who treated him said he died of severe asphyxiation, which caused stomach bleeding. He said Stevens had no other injuries.
The doctor, Ziad Abu Zeid, said Stevens was brought to the Benghazi Medical Center by Libyans on Tuesday night with no other Americans and that initially no one realized he was the ambassador. He tried for 90 minutes to revive him.

Fire damaged buildings in the compound: In a high-risk strategy which risks inflaming tensions between militant and the West further, President Obama is set to provide ‘all necessary resources’ to safeguard diplomatic personnel worldwide

Terrifying: Although deserted now, the scene was very different yesterday as angry mob raged through the grounds, armed with weapons

Support: Marines are on their way to Benghazi to provide additional security to the area - the U.S. compound in Benghazi, which is now empty, is being looted according to local reports

Destruction: A burned-out car smoulders at the scene. It is unclear if this vehicle was used by Ambassador Stevens and his team as he attempted to escape

Attack: Hillary Clinton speaks in reaction to the killing of the US Ambassador to Libya, who she swore into office earlier this year

Stevens was a career diplomat who spoke Arabic and French and had already served two tours in Libya, including running the office in Benghazi during the revolt against Gaddafi. Five other US ambassadors have been killed in the line of duty, the last being Adolph Dubs in Afghanistan in 1979.
President Barack Obama today condemned the attack and paid tribute to the late Ambassador Stevens as he ordered increased security at diplomatic posts around the world.
'It's especially tragic that Chris Stevens died in Benghazi as it's a city that he helped to save,' Obama said outside the White House.
With 'characteristic skill, courage and resolve, he built partnerships with Libyans... and he worked tirelessly to support this young democracy.
'He was a role model to those who worked with him and to the young diplomats who strive to follow in his footsteps.
These four Americans stood up for freedom and human dignity. We grieve with their families but let us carry on their memory... I have no doubt that their legacy will live on.'
He added: 'The United States condemns in the strongest possible terms this outrageous and shocking attack. There is no justification to this type of senseless violence. None.'
In a statement, Hillary Clinton added : 'I had the privilege of swearing in Chris for his post in Libya only a few months ago. He risked his own life to lend the Libyan people a helping hand to build the foundation for a new, free nation.'
She said they were still trying to contact the next of kin for the other two men.
The deaths will put huge pressure on the Libyan administration which took over after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Despite the West taking a key role in his overthrow, the country remains unstable and Islamic militants have moved into the power vacuum.
There are also huge questions about the security surrounding both Ambassador Stevens, who was believed to be in Benghazi for the opening of an American building, and the US diplomatic buildings in such a volatile country.

Revolt: An armed man waves his rifle as buildings and cars are engulfed in flames after being set on fire inside the U.S. consulate compound in Benghazi, Libya

In flames: The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is seen on fire during a protest by an armed group protesting a film being produced in the United States

Anger: Dozens of protesters scaled the embassy walls, and several went into the courtyard and took down the American flag from a pole. They brought it back to the crowd outside, which tried to burn it, but failing that tore it apart

Destruction: Plumes of smoke and flames can be seen rising out of the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi after the building was raided by gunmen who set it on fire

The attack came amid violence in Libya and Cairo, which had been sparked by a 14-minute trailer for a film called The Innocence of Muslims posted on YouTube.
In an original English version and another dubbed into Egyptian Arabic, Mohammed is depicted as a fraud, a womaniser and a madman, showing him having sex and calling for massacres.
It was made by Sam Bacile, a 56-year-old California real estate developer who identifies himself as an Israeli Jew - but who has reportedly been using a pseudonym. 'Bacile' said he had produced, directed and written the two-hour film which had only been shown once to a mostly empty theater in Hollywood earlier this year.
'Islam is a cancer, period,' he said in an interview yesterday, speaking after the State Department confirmed the death of an American in Benghazi.
He was apologetic about the killing but blamed lax embassy security and the perpetrators of the violence. 'I feel the security system (at the embassies) is no good,' said Bacile. 'America should do something to change it.'
Lebanon's Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah claimed the film was an attack on religious belief, reflecting Western policy and branded it an 'immoral act which represents the highest degree of aggression against the highest human right ... for respect of beliefs and sanctities.'
In Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai slammed the film and, fearing another anti-US backlash, ordered the YouTube site to be shut until the video is taken down and the US Embassy in the capital Kabul appealed for help in 'maintaining calm.'YouTube pulled the film on Wednesday.
The movie featured on Egyptian media reports for several days with ultraconservative clerics going on air to denounce it and also to attack Sadek, who they blamed for the film. 
Matters came to a head yesterday when hundreds of mainly ultraconservative Islamist protesters in Egypt marched to the US Embassy in downtown Cairo, gathering outside its walls and chanting against the movie and the US.
Most of the embassy staff had left the compound earlier because of warnings of the upcoming demonstration. 
The crowd chanted, 'Islamic, Islamic. The right of our prophet will not die.' Some shouted, 'We are all Osama,' referring to al-Qaida leader bin Laden.

Young men, some in masks, sprayed graffiti on the walls. Some grumbled that Islamist President Mohammed Morsi had not spoken out about the movie.

A group of women in black veils and robes that left only their eyes exposed chanted, 'Worshippers of the Cross, leave the Prophet Mohammed alone.'
Dozens of protesters then scaled the embassy walls, and several went into the courtyard and took down the American flag from a pole. They brought it back to the crowd outside, which tried to burn it, but failing that tore it apart.

The protesters on the wall then raised on the flagpole a black flag with a Muslim declaration of faith, 'There is no god but God and Mohammed is his prophet.'  The flag is commonly used by ultraconservatives around the region.

Condemnation: President Obama, joined by Hillary Clinton, speaks in reaction to the killing of the US Ambassador to Libya on Wednesday morning

Political row: Mitt Romney spoke out after news of the deaths and lambasted Obama for apparently sympathising with the attackers

Apology: Mohamed al-Megaryef, president of Libya's highest political authority the General National Congress, gives a press conference on Wednesday. Libya apologised to the United States a day after the attacks in Benghazi

The Cairo embassy is in a diplomatic area in Garden City, where the British and Italian embassies are located, only a few blocks away from Tahrir Square, the center of last year's uprising that led to the ouster of Mubarak.

The U.S. Embassy is built like a fortress, with a wall several metres high. But security has been scaled back in recent months, with several roadblocks leading to the facility removed after legal court cases by residents.

Trouble quickly spread to Libya where a group identifiying itself as the 'Islamic Law Supporters' attacked the consulate on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on American in protest at a film that they deemed blasphemous to the Prophet Mohammed.
A furious mob fired gunshots and then set the building alight as they clashed with Libyans hired to guard the facility. Outnumbered by the crowd, Libyan security forces did little to stop them, al-Sharef said.
Witnesses reported militants firing rocket-propelled grenades from a nearby farmhouse. 
The situation rapidly deteriorated as the army tried to cordon off the area around the building and fought running battles with the attackers. But the crowd overwhelmed the facility, looting the contents.

'I heard nearly 10 explosions and all kinds of weapons. It was a terrifying day,' said a witness who refused to give his name because he feared retribution.

Loss: Chris Stevens, pictured in Tripoli in June, was a 21-year veteran of the foreign service and determined to bring democracy to the people of Libya

Victims: Stevens (left) died from smoke inhalation while communications officer Sean Smith (right), a married father-of-two, was also killed in the attack

Making a difference: Obama said it was tragic how Stevens, left, died in a country he had helped save

Order was eventually restored after three hours but there was very little of the consulate left. State Hillary Rodham Clinton strongly condemning the attack in a statement shortly after.

She said she had called Libyan President Mohammed el-Megarif 'to coordinate additional support to protect Americans in Libya.'

'Some have sought to justify this vicious behavior as a response to inflammatory material posted on the Internet,' Clinton said in a statement released by the State Department.
'The United States deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. Our commitment to religious tolerance goes back to the very beginning of our nation. But let me be clear: There is never any justification for violent acts of this kind.'

It was some hours later that it emerged Ambassador Stevens and three of his team had been killed.
Mitt Romney used the event as an opportunity to take aim at Obama, accusing the administration of a 'severe miscalculation' and calling its handling of the incident 'akin to an apology'.

The mob climbed the walls of the compound in Cairo and ripped down the U.S. flag

Protesters destroy an American flag pulled down from the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt

Egyptian riot police stand guard as protesters climb down from the wall of the embassy

Thousands of Egyptian demonstrators were angered by a film produced by expatriate members of Egypt's Christian minority resident in the United States

Egyptian protesters pray outside the U.S. embassy in Cairo

An Egyptian protester (centre) holds a placard reading in Arabic 'no to sectarian strife' during the protest

'I’m outraged by the attacks on American diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and by the death of an American consulate worker in Benghazi,' Romney said in a statement, when a single death had been reported. 'It’s disgraceful that the Obama administration’s first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions, but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks.'
His comments referred to an earlier statement from the U.S. embassy in Cairo which condemned the anti-Islam film, which he said 'reflects the mixed signals they’re sending to the world' and which he likened to an apology of American values.

He added that Obama was responsible for the embassy statement - even though White House officials had distanced themselves from it on Tuesday.
'We are shocked that, at a time when the United States of America is confronting the tragic death of one of our diplomatic officers in Libya, Governor Romney would choose to launch a political attack,' Ben LaBolt, a spokesman for the Obama campaign, countered.

The brutal attacks on Tuesday night were the first such assaults on US diplomatic facilities in either country, at a time when both Libya and Egypt are struggling to overcome the turmoil following the ouster of their longtime leaders, Moammar Gadhafi and Hosni Mubarak, in uprisings last year.

City of light: The 'Tribute in Light,' making where the towers of the World Trade Center once stood, rise into the night sky next two the site of the new One World Trade Center glows in red, white and blue

Solemn day: President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama marked the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon

Tribute: The attacks on the U.S. embassies in Libya and Cairo as Americans mourn the loss of those who perished on September 11, 2001

Here's to starting a family: Wills and Kate toast each other with water at Gala reception after Prince tells well-wishers he wants two children

In the steamy Singapore heat, it seems the Royal couple decided to have a dry night and forgo the champagne.
But their clinking of glasses topped with water, may fuel speculation that if Kate is not already pregnant, she and William might be trying for a baby.
William earlier revealed the couple's plans to start a family - by saying he wanted two children - after being quizzed by a plucky youngster.

Cheers: The Royal couple make a toast with water in honour of Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee at a British Gala reception, shortly after Wills said he wanted two children

During their tour of Singapore today, the Duke of Cambridge was taking part in a colourful walkabout when he was asked by a little boy how big a family he would like. He answered without hesitation: 'Two'.
William recently made clear that he and the Duchess, who are both 30, are keen to start a family soon and many predict that may come after this current tour is over.
Corine Ackermann, 17, who was with school friends from the Tanglin Trust British School, said: 'Someone asked him how many children he would like to have, and he said he was thinking about having two.'
He and Kate were also asked what 'powers they would like' if they could be a superhero by Jaz Heber Percy, 13.
The Duke replied: 'That’s a hard question – I’m not sure. I’ll have to think about it. I think invisibility.'
Then, when she met the Duchess moments later, she asked her the same question.
Miss Percy said: 'Kate said she had to be invisible if Prince William was, otherwise he would be able to sneak up on her.'
Her friend Charlotte Phillipson, 13, said: 'She found it really tricky to answer.'

Miss Phillipson said she burst into tears when the Duchess spoke to her, adding: 'She is my idol, she is a great model and something really to aspire to. She is very down to earth and lovely.'
Later on today the couple visited Queenstown, the first ‘satellite’ town in Singapore which was, appropriately, named after the Queen to mark her coronation in 1953.
Located in the south-western part of the island, around five miles from the city, it resembles an English housing estate - but with manicured lawns and a distinct lack of graffiti.
Less than forty years ago, however, it was an area of large, swampy land inhabited by a few hundred people living in attap-roofed huts (a form of mangrove palm) who lived by cultivating fruit and rearing poultry.
Now it is a self-sufficient town with more than 84,000 people living in 30,200 apartments thanks to a major building project by the Housing Development Board (HDB).
The couple arrived to a whirr of noise and colour as they were greeted by a traditional lion dance – a sign of welcome and good luck - to represent Singapore's Chinese community.

The Duke of Cambridge watches his wife adoringly as she signs a guest book at a reception at Eden Hall, Singapore, after the couple have spent a day touring the country

The Royal couple visit the British High Commissioner's residence,  left and right, for dinner, on day two of the Diamond Jubilee Tour of the Far East in Singapore

The couple looked genuinely entranced – Kate particularly - as they watched the dancing, before moving onto a group of Malay drummers known as a Kompang and then an Indian band, both representing the island’s two other main cultural groups.
The Duke and Duchess walked around the estate's gardens and play areas and received a tumultuous welcome from thousands of local residents waving Union flags and Diamond Jubilee tea towels.
Although she tends to let her husband be the ‘laughs’ man, Kate proved she, too, has a sense of humour today.
During a visit to Rolls Royce’s new Seletar campus, the Duchess was asked to fit the last fan blade out of 24 to a Trent 900 engine for the Airbus A380 double-decker plane.
As she pushed a lever and the titanium blade slotted home, giggling Kate turned to William and Mark King, president of civil aerospace at Rolls-Royce, and did a jokey Popeye-style movement, showing off her enviable arm muscles.

Picturesque: Kate admires the beauty of the Cloud Forest of Singapore's Gardens in Singapore while Wills looks at her lovingly

The Duchess of Cambridge arrives at Gardens by the Bay, left, and looks beautiful as she holds a bouquet of flowers, right, as onlookers welcome her to the country

Kate smiles for the camera as she arrives at the Gardens by the Bay, left, and her and William enjoying themselves at the Cloud Forest, right

Kate bends down to talk to young fans at Gardens by the Bay who are holding British flags in support of the Royal tour

The cheeky gesture caused roars of laughter from the floor - and Kate to visibly blush.
Hundreds of staff had gathered to cheer the Duke and Duchess who were celebrating the British success story that is Rolls Royce. The company opened its Singapore branch in February.
In a speech William said: ‘Here is cutting edge aerospace technology developed by one of the United Kingdom’s great global companies. I know that Rolls-Royce sets as its standard that it should be ‘Trusted To Deliver Excellence’. There can be no doubt that Seletar will deliver exactly that.‪'
In the centre of the area was a playground and number of outdoor gym machines on which a variety of pensioners were exercising.
William approached one lady in her 70s and told her through a translator: 'You are looking great? How much do you exercise? An hour a day?! That is fantastic, you must have big arms and legs. Very fit. Awesome'
The couple were then guided to watch a group of children from Queenstown Secondary School playing a game of ‘chapteh’. This is a traditional Malay game, often played by children but also adults, where they use a small flat-bottomed weight attached to a feather and kick it with their instep to each other.
William looked intrigued and didn’t hesitate to have a go, striking the feathered weight perfectly first time. Afterwards the local MP Dr Chia Shi Lu said: It can take two to three years of practice to be able to hit it with your foot correctly but he did it straight away – and managed to strike all three strokes. That is very impressive.

Snap: Kate smiles at members of public in the crowd as she walks alongside Prince William as they visit Strathmore Green housing estate earlier today

All smiles: The happy couple wave to the crowd during their visit to Strathmore Green, a residential district of Singapore

A Royal entrance: Kate's hair blows in the wind and Wills grins as they walk in Queenstown in front of thousands of well-wishers

William, smiling, whispers to his wife and she grins as they watch a performance from children at a disabled school

Wills and Kate speak to student Tan Si Xue after he gave them one of his paintings following a performance at the Rainbow Centre, a school for disabled children

The Duke and Duchess watch children skipping as they attend a cultural event in Queenstown

’I think they were very impressed indeed with what we have done here.’
As they left, the Duchess, who was wearing a pretty patterned silk skirt and top by Asian designer Raoul – which costs £485 online - bent down to greet a little Indian girl who had a posy of orchids for her.
Five-year-old Brinda Vijapur said afterwards that Kate had complimented her on her dress. ‘She said it looked pretty,’ she said.
As the royal couple departed they also accepted a posy of flowers from little Maeve Low, aged five, who was picked to make the presentation by the Make-A-Wish Foundation after she was given the all-clear from lymphoma.
William and Kate bent down to talk to the little girl dressed in a bright pink dress and toy tiara who her mother, Joanne Low, 38, a teacher from Singapore, described as 'princess mad'.
The royals spent a few minutes talking to the tongue tied youngster who could only smile but she did present them with some gifts - magic wands each, a painting showing the Cambridges with Maeve's family and a cut-out photograph of the royal couple.
There was a slight drama after the crowd rushed forward to see the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they made their way back to the car after visiting the Rainbow Centre, which helps disabled and autistic children.
The surge caused a barrier to collapse, but luckily no-one was hurt in the incident. Prince William's Scotland Yard personal protection officer was knocked to the ground and several onlookers fell over the barrier.
The crowd, apparently thinking that William was going to talk to them before leaving, surged forward and the barrier fell over. William and his protection officer lifted the barrier up, and William was seen afterwards talking to a member of the public involved in the incident.
Vanitha Muthukoval, 30, the mother of one of the children at the centre, said: 'People from behind were pushing so the barrier fell down. It was very alarming. People were very excited to see William.'
Earlier in the day the couple had visited the Gardens By The Bay on the second day of their Diamond Jubilee tour of south east Asia and the South Pacific.
The Duchess looked cool and unflustered in the 36 degree heat as she wore a pretty white Alexander McQueen broderie anglaise suit.
On her feet she wore her favourite towering navy suede Coco wedges by Stuart Weitzman for Russell & Bromley, which cost a cool £245.
More than 3,000 cheering, flag waving members of the public had gathered at the gardens to see the royal couple, many of whom had waited for hours to catch a glimpse.
Among them were the children from the British-run Tanglin Trust School who had made dozens of glittery banners and were chanting 'Wills is brill, Kate is great' at the top of their voices.
Amelia Green, ten, who was sporting Union flag sunglasses, said: 'We just love them. We all watched the Royal Wedding last year. They are fantastic role models.'
Her friend Grace Conlan, also ten, added: 'It makes us proud to be British.'

Surrounded by children: The happy couple stand with youngsters from a school in Singapore after they give them a show on stage

Mother-to-be? Kate laughs with students at an art therapy session, part of the Rainbow Centre's special education program for children with special needs

Elegance: Kate and Wills wave at crowds of supporters during the Royal couple's visit to a local housing estate

Motherly-instinct: Kate receives flowers and talks to a little girl during her visit to Strathmore Green housing estate

The Duchess was asked for some style tips by Ella Major, 15. She said: 'I asked her how she kept her hair so perfect in this weather, because it’s so humid. Mine always pouffes up. She was afraid that her hair might be the same way in a few minutes.
'She said that her hair would pouffe up soon enough.'
Several people even fainted as they stood in sweltering heat for three hours to catch a glimpse of the Duke and Duchess.
'William said it was very hot,' said Penny Hall, 43. 'People were fainting around us earlier but it was worth three hours in the blazing sun to have seen them.'
The Duke, who was starting to sweat underneath his blue single-breasted suit, was introduced by Kate Holt, 40, to her daughter Isabel, 14, and as he reached out to shake her hand he said: 'Sorry, I’m a bit sweaty.'
Located on reclaimed land in the Marina Bay area of the city, Gardens by the Bay is one of the largest projects of its kind in the world.
A British design team led by Bath-based architects Grant Associates, have created three unique gardens featuring Singapore's first conservatories housed in two large biodomes, displaying plants and flowers from the Mediterranean and Tropics.
The gardens also feature 18 eye-catching supertrees which are, in fact, vertical gardens displaying flowing climbers and ferns.
Before they left, the royal couple planted a pachira glabra variegate to mark their visit. Kate said: 'It's amazing. I hope we can come back in a few years time when it's fully grown.'