Kate’s cuties wow the world!
PICTURE SPECIAL
WHAT three year old wouldn’t be a bit frazzled after a tenhour flight? Any parent knows how tetchy children can be after a lengthy trip – and that’s without the eyes of the world watching every move as you step off the plane.
So when Prince George arrived in Canada with a mixture of smiles, frowns and a great deal of fidgeting, Kate and William had a royal job on their hands keeping him on his best behaviour.
But as usual, the youngster stole the show as he accompanied his parents and little sister for their first royal tour as a family of four.
But while 16-month- old Princess Charlotte calmly took in her surroundings and even attempted a little wave, George was clearly restless after the long flight from London and the eighthour time difference.
He hopped from foot to foot, repeatedly craning his neck to look at the landing planes – having clearly inherited his pilot daddy’s love of flying.
George descended the aircraft steps in a sky blue sweater with wooden buttons costing £42 and £36 shorts from one of Kate’s favourite children’s labels, Spanish brand Pepa & Co. He was also sporting his familiar kneesocks from Amaia kids, £7 – with his first pair of ‘big boy’ lace-up shoes by Start Rite costing £55.
William, 34, held his slightly hesitant son’s hand as he gently cautioned: ‘Watch the step’. But the next hurdle was Canada’s waiting Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau and his glamorous wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau. The politician, who has three young children of his own, sank to his knees and tried to give George a ‘high five’. But in a rare defeat for a politician wellversed in kissing babies, the little Prince remained unmoved.
Fortunately the prince managed a picture-perfect smile and a beautifully executed wave, with a little encouragement from daddy, before he and Charlotte were popped into their car seats in the waiting convoy and whisked off. The Cambridges arrived in Victoria, British Columbia, in the early hours of Sunday morning (UK time) after being flown across the Atlantic by the Royal Canadian Air Force.
First stop after landing was the British Columbia parliament building in Victoria, where they laid a wreath at the Cenotaph. In a speech, Mr Trudeau spoke of the couple’s first visit in 2011 and the difficulties of returning with children. ‘As any parent travelling with children knows it’s a whole different experience when you bring your family with you’ he said. Thankfully for William and Kate, by the time they returned to HQ George and Charlotte had eaten supper... and were fast asleep.