Royals wave goodbye as Australia tour draws to a close
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, along with Prince George, have boarded their first flight on the journey back home as their Australian tour draws to an end.
George makes friends during first royal engagement
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have taken eight-month-old Prince George to The Royal New Zealand Plunket Society in Wellington, where they met nurses and parents during George's first royal engagement.
Plunket is a national not-for-profit organisation that provides care for children and families in New Zealand.
During the royal engagement, he joined 10 other babies at the world’s most exclusive playgroup.
Kate both held George on her hip as well as let him crawl on the ground. A lively youngster, he waved his arms and and kicked his legs in excitement as he spotted the other children with their toys.
Kate, who wore a patterned dress by designer Tory Burch, frequently shifted her son from hip to hip.
The future king then turned to a little girl called Paige who was with her parents, Jenny Stevens, 34, originally from the UK and Kiwi dad Mark, 43.
George waved his arms to get her attention and touched Paige's face - before grabbing her toy wooden doll.
Mum Jenny told the Duchess: "Paige grabs toys, she's just started teething," and Kate replied "George too".
He grabbed at several other toys being held by other youngsters before Kate encouraged him to crawl to her and then pulled him to his feet.
George excitedly bobbed around, indicating that as well as mastering crawling, he is not far off "cruising" either.
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Highlights from Prince George's first royal tour
As Prince George's first royal tour draws to a close after 19 days down under, here's a look back at the highlights of the family's trip.
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Will and Kate try their hands at DJing in Oz
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A Blue Mountains experience for William and Kate
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