12 candid photos of Prince William, Kate Middleton, and their children over the years
College sweethearts Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot back in 2011.
Since then, they've welcomed three children: Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis.
The Cambridges act formally in public, but candid photos with the kids show they can have fun too.
A tiny Prince George showed no signs of fear while staring down an Australian bilby with parents Prince William and Kate Middleton in 2014.
George was less than a year old when he embarked on his first royal tour to New Zealand and Australia alongside his parents, William and Middleton.
But for being so tiny, photos of him pulling funny faces at a bilby – a desert-dwelling marsupial – while visiting Sydney Zoo show prove he was anything but shy. George looked to be growling at the bilby while Middleton and William smiled on.
According to Vanity Fair, the bilby was actually named George, after the young prince.
George and Middleton were caught sharing a sweet moment elsewhere on the royal tour.
Clutching onto Middleton's shoulders with rosy cheeks and a glint of a smile in his eye was nine-month-old George in photos from later on during the tour.
The little prince was dressed up in an adorable sailor-like outfit, which featured a white collared shirt and dungarees.
But the little prince appeared to be in tears as the family made their way to Princess Charlotte's christening in 2015.
Not every candid photograph taken of the Cambridges captures a light-hearted moment. In 2015, while the family was en route to the church in Sandringham where Princess Charlotte would be christened, it looked like George had burst into tears.
While Middleton, dressed in Alexander McQueen, walked ahead with Charlotte in a stroller, William took up the task of holding a tearful George's hand as they walked on.
William and Charlotte shared a cute father-daughter moment during a visit to Canada in 2016.
An overseas trip to Canada in 2016 marked the first time the Cambridges went on a royal tour as a family of four.
During an appearance at a children's party thrown in honor of the military, Charlotte, 1, clutched a balloon flower while being held by her father, William. A sweet moment was captured as he looked down at her with a smile.
The little princess appeared to be trying her best to keep up with Middleton during the same trip.
After the family arrived at Victoria Harbour Airport, photographs show Middleton leaning down to hold Charlotte's hand as they made their way to a seaplane.
According to The Mirror, this was one of a handful of moments the children were seen throughout the royal tour of Canada. In other photographs of the day, Charlotte and George were also shown waving at onlookers.
By 2017, Charlotte and George were quite the twosome — the Cambridge kids were caught peering out their plane window during a trip to Poland.
Upon arrival at Warsaw airport for a five-day tour of Poland and Germany, photographers were able to snap pictures of George and Charlotte staring down at the welcome wagon as the family arrived, Forbes reported.
While George, who was then just shy of 4 years old, seemed to smile, Charlotte looked rather more serious.
But Charlotte looked less than happy later as the family prepared for their flight home.
Charlotte was in the middle of a tantrum as the family prepared to take a helicopter at Hamburg airport during the last leg of their tour.
The princess, who was only two at the time, was pictured in tears as her mother and father tried to calm her before the flight. Meanwhile, according to Time, older brother George was all smiles as the family made their way onboard the aircraft.
Two years later, the older siblings had a young Prince Louis to keep them company while pulling funny faces out of the windows of Buckingham Palace.
Prince Louis, the youngest Cambridge child who was born in 2018, made his Trooping the Colour debut alongside older siblings George and Charlotte in 2019.
The three kids were seen peeking out of the windows at Buckingham Palace at the crowds gathered below to see the whole family walk out onto the balcony. Charlotte and Louis were seen pressing their faces against the window in a few hilarious moments captured on camera.
William and Middleton couldn't help but laugh as the family of five stood on the balcony at Buckingham Palace.
After the children were done peering out of the windows at Buckingham Palace, they joined Middleton and William on the balcony to wave at onlookers of the Trooping the Colour ceremony.
In a turn of events captured in this image, Charlotte, Louis, and George appeared to carry out their duties of waving to the crowd while their parents couldn't quite manage to keep a straight face.
Louis pulled a funny face while wearing a pair of adult glasses on a day out with his mother as well as Meghan Markle and Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
Louis joined his mother, aunt, and baby cousin in spectating the King Power Royal Charity Polo Day in 2019, the Express reported.
According to the publication, the prince borrowed Middleton's sunglasses and, in a cheeky moment, stuck his tongue out at Markle and Archie.
All three Cambridge children pulled synchronized funny faces while on the balcony for the Queen's Jubilee.
George, Charlotte, and Louis were not only wearing coordinating blue outfits but appeared to be in sync pulling funny faces on the balcony at Trooping the Color in June in honor of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.
It was Louis, however, whose reactions to the parade especially entertained his family and royal fans watching the parade from Buckingham Palace. At first, Louis enthusiastically waved to the aircraft but as the jets became louder, he covered his ears.
Middleton, Charlotte, George, and William were all smiles at the party at the palace in June.
The Cambridge family, aside from Louis, attended Platinum Jubilee celebrations at Buckingham Palace on the evening of June 4.
George, 8, and Charlotte, 7, were seated between their parents as they watched live musical performances at the Platinum Party at the Palace. All four were pictured laughing and clapping as they enjoyed music from the likes of Adam Lambert and Queen, Diana Ross, Lin Manuel Miranda, and the London cast of "Hamilton."
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