Prince William, Catherine, George begin royal visit to Australia

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Prince William and Catherine arrive in Wellington, New Zealand, with their son Prince George. The family was scheduled to be New Zealand April 7-16. The duchess wears a scarlet Catherine Walker coat and a Gina Foster hat embellished with silver fern-shaped diamond and platinum brooch. The silver fern is New Zealand’s emblem. (STR / EPA)

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Prince George and his parents arrive in New Zealand. (David Rowland / APSNPA)

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The royals make their way across the tarmac in New Zealand to begin their three-week tour of that country and Australia. (Mark Tantrum / AFP / Getty Images)

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The royal family arrived to squally weather in Wellington. (David Rowland / APSNPA)

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Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, meets a Maori performing group during a welcoming ceremony at Government House in Wellington on April 7. (Marty Melville / AFP / Getty Images)

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Prince William reviews an honor guard at the official welcome at Government House in Wellington, New Zealand. (Ross Setford / APSNPA)

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Britain’s Prince William receives a hongi, a traditional Maori greeting, from Maori elder Lewis Moera. (Mark Coote / EPA)

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Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, receives a hongi, a traditional Maori greeting, by a Maori elder during a welcoming at Government House in Wellington, New Zealand’s capital. (Marty Melville / AFP / Getty Images)

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A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by New Zealand artist Nick Cuthell is unveiled by Prince William and Catherine at Government House in Wellington. (Mark Mitchell, pool / EPA)

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Prince William, Catherine and Prince George visit a group of other new parents at Government House. (Handout / Getty Images)

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Prince George reaches for his mother’s hair during the Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to a group of new parents at Government House in Wellington. (Marty Melville, pool / EPA)

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The prince’s play date was put on by Plunket, a national not-for-profit organization that provides instruction, care and support to children and families in New Zealand. (Marty Melville / Associated Press)

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Prince George plays with his mother, Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge. (Marty Melville / Associated Press)

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Prince William, Catherine and Prince George visit a Plunket parents’ group at Government House on April 9 in Wellington. (Handout / Getty Images)

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Prince George plays with toys during a play date at Government House in Wellington, New Zealand. (Marty Melville, pool / EPA)

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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, left, meets with Prince William during the royal tour of New Zealand. (Arthur Edwards, pool / Getty Images)

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Prince William receives flowers from two little girls during a walkabout in Seymour Square in Blenheim, New Zealand. (Derek Fynn, pool / EPA)

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Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, chats with children on a walkabout in Seymour Square during a visit to the New Zealand city of Blenhiem on April 10. (Ross Setford / AFP / Getty Images)

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Prince William and Catherine stand with Marlborough Mayor Alistair Sowman, right, and his wife, Thelma, in Blenheim, New Zealand. (Derek Fynn, pool / EPA)

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Prince William sits in the cockpit of a Sopwith Pup as Catherine looks on during their visit of the “Knights of the Sky” exhibition in Blenheim, New Zealand. (Tim Cuff, pool / EPA)

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The duke and duchess receive a gift for Prince George during their visit to the “Knights of the Sky” exhibition at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Center in Blenheim, New Zealand. (Tim Cuff, pool / EPA)

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Filmmaker Peter Jackson, left, is among those bidding farewell to Prince William his Catherine at the end of their visit to the Omaka Aviation Heritage Center in Blenheim, New Zealand. (Marty Melville / AFP / Getty Images)

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Britain’s Prince William sits in a classic Sopwith Pup and Catherine inspects the plane during their tour the Omaka Aviation Heritage Center in Blenheim, New Zealand. (Ross Setford / Associated Press)

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Catherine is the subject of a smartphone photo taken by “Lord of the Rings” director Peter Jackson during a visit to Omaka Aviation Heritage Center in Blenheim, New Zealand. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)

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Prince William and Duchess Catherine at the Omaka Aviation Heritage Center. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)

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Prince William speaks to Zoe Lloyd, 5, next to Annabel, 3, along with their parents Flight Sgt. Jeremy Lloyd and his wife, Marie, after arriving at Whenuapai Airbase on April 11 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Pool / Getty Images)

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Prince William and Duchess Catherine arrive at the Whenuapai base in Auckland on April 11. (Phil Walter / Getty Images)

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The duke and duchess pose for a portrait at Auckland Harbor on April 11. (Pool / Getty Images)

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Duchess Catherine shelters herself from the rain as she and Prince William arrive to sail on Team New Zealand’s America’s Cup yachts on Auckland Harbor. (Fiona Goodall / AFP / Getty Images)

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, meets members of the public at Auckland Harbor. (Pool / Getty Images)

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Prince William and Catherine pose with members of Team New Zealand on the yacht Imagine at Auckland Harbor in Auckland on April 11 (Jason Oxenham / Getty Images)

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The couple share a smile before sailing with Team New Zealand on America’s Cup yachts. (Fiona Goodall, pool / EPA)

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Prince William steers during a match racing his wife on the Waitemata Harbor in Auckland. (Ross Setford / AP)

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Catherine stands with New Zealand America’s Cup skipper Dean Barker in a match race against her husband Prince William on Waitemata Harbor. (Ross Setford / AP)

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Britain’s Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, return from sailing with Team New Zealand on its America’s Cup yachts. (Fiona Goodall, pool / EPA)

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Prince William and Catherine take a ride in a Sealegs craft to West Park Marina in Auckland. (David Rowland, pool / EPA)

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The couple sets off for West Park Marina in a Sealegs boat. (Fiona Goodall, pool / EPA)

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Catherine and William open the Avanti Drome indoor cycle track in Cambridge, New Zealand. (Ross Setford / Associated Press)

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The Duke of Cambridge is presented with scissors as he visits the Pacific Aerospace facility in Hamilton, New Zealand, on Saturday. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)

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Prince William starts a cycling race during a visit to the Avanti Drome on Saturday in Cambridge, New Zealand. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, receives a traditional Maori welcome called a “hongi” from 5-year-old Mataawhio Matahaere Vieint at Dunedin International Airport. (Pool / Getty Images)

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Britain’s Prince William the Duchess of Cambridge sample wine at Amsfield Winery in Queenstown, New Zealand. (Fiona Goodall / Associated Press)

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The duke and duchess watch Rippa Rugby in the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand. (Pool / Getty Images)

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, watches Rippa Rugby in the Forsyth Barr Stadium. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)

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New Zealand Rugby CEO Steve Tew, left, joins William, Catherine and the All Blacks captain Richie McCaw as they congratulate Clutha. Team captain Henry Craig holds the trophy aloft after the team won the young players’ rugby tournament at Forsyth Barr Stadium. (David Rowland / Associated Press)

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All Blacks captain Richie McCaw shows the IRB Junior World Championship Trophy to the Duchess of Cambridge. (Pool / Getty Images)

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The duke and duchess meet the public in Latimer Square Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand. (Pool / Getty Images)

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Prince Williams gets into the swing of things at an event for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Latimer Square in Christchurch, New Zealand. (Mark Coote / EPA)

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The Duchess of Cambridge bats during a game of cricket during the countdown to the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup at Latimer Square in Christchurch, New Zealand. (Joseph Johnson / Getty Images)

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Catherine throws a soft cricket ball. (Joseph Johnson /Getty Images for ICC Cricket World Cup)

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Catherine at bat. (Joseph Johnson / Getty Images)

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The duke and duchess travel on the Shotover Jet on the Shotover River in Queenstown, New Zealand. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)

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Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, hold puppies as they visit the Royal New Zealand Police College in Wellington on April 16. (Kevin Stent / AFP / Getty Images)

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The royal family is seen boarding a Royal Australian Air Force jet heading to Sydney, Australia, from an airport in Wellington. (Marke Coote / EPA)

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Prince William waves to his New Zealand hosts as he and Prince George board their flight. (Hagen Hopkins / Getty Images)

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Catherine, William and the little prince arrive in Sydney, Australia on April 16, 2014. (Rob Griffith / Associated Press)

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The family touches down on the tarmac at Sydney Airport after flying in on an Australian Air Force 737 aircraft. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)

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The family is greeted by Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove, Queen Elizabeth’s representative in Australia, as they arrive in Sydney. (Rob Griffith / Associated Press)

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William and Catherine pose for photos on the stairs of the iconic Sydney Opera House. (Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images)

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The royals and other guests watch a welcome performance during a reception at the Sydney Opera House. (Jason Reed / AFP / Getty Images)

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Kate and William at the Sydney Opera House where they attended a reception hosted by the governor and premier of New South Wales. (WPA Pool / Getty Images)

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The royals received a pair of cricket bats. (WPA Pool / Getty Images)

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William and Kate depart from the Sydney Opera House by boat for a trip to Admiralty House in Sydney. (Saeed Khan / AFPGetty Images)

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Prince George receives a stuffed wombat from Governor-General Peter Cosgrove, at Admiralty House, Cosgrove’s official Sydney residence. (Admiralty House / Getty Images)

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Prince William meets with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott at Admiralty House in Sydney on Thursday, April 17, 2014. (William West / AP)

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William looks over the cliff edge as he and his wife observe rappelling and team-building exercises at Narrow Neck Lookout near Katoomba, Australia. (Ryan Pierse / AP)

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The duke and duchess walk through a bush to observe abseiling and team-building exercises at Narrow Neck Lookout near Katoomba, Australia. (Ryan Pierse / AP)

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The prince and duchess pose at Echo Point with the Three Sisters rock formation in the background on April 17, 2014, in Katoomba, Australia. (Pool / Getty Images)

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The duke and duchess are presented with gifts during a tour of the Three Sisters landmark. (Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images)

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Prince William shovels dirt as he helps plant a tree at a Girl Guide hall at Winmalee, Australia. (William West / AP)

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Catherine, duchess of Cambridge sings with patients of Bear Cottage in Sydney, Australia. (Brendon Thorne / Getty Images)

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Britain’s Prince William, third right, and his wife Kate, duchess of Cambridge, right, visits with young lifesavers during their visit to a surf lifesaving demonstration at Sydney’s Manly Beach. (Jason Reed / Associated Press)

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Britain’s Kate, duchess of Cambridge, center, meets participants of the surf lifesaving demonstration. (Jason Reed / Associated Press)

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Britain’s Catherine, duchess of Cambridge, speaks to two young girls during a visit to the Royal Easter Show in Sydney, Australia. (Rob Griffith / EPA)

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Prince William, center, and his wife, Kate, duchess of Cambridge, are introduced to Fred the Ram during a tour of a sheep and wool exhibition at the Sydney Easter Show. (Rick Rycroft / Associated Press)

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Catherine, duchess of Cambridge and Prince William, duke of Cambridge, arrive at the Royal Australian Air Force base at Amberley in Brisbane, Australia. (Anthony Devlin / Getty Images)

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Prince William, duke of Cambridge, watched by Catherine, duchess of Cambridge, plants a Plunkett mallee tree at the Memorial Garden during a visit to the Royal Australian Air Force Base in Brisbane. (Dan Peled / Getty Images)

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Chief of the air force, Air Marshal Geoff Brown, left, chats with Prince William, sitting in the cockpit of an RAAF Super Hornet of as his wife Catherine, the Ddchess of Cambridge, looks on. (William West / Getty Images)

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Catherine, duchess of Cambridge receives flowers from 9 year-old Ashleigh Kearnan. (Dan Peled / Getty Images)

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Catherine, duchess of Cambridge, says hello to 6-month-old twins Oscar, left, and Alyssa McCabe. (William West / Getty Images)

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Lorraine and Ian Watts, left, Chief Minister Katy Gallagher, Minister Andrew Leigh, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop (orange), Lynne Cosgrove, Britain’s Prince William and Governor General Peter Cosgrove watch as Theodore Leigh plays with Prince George held by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, after they arrived at Defence Establishment Fairbairn in Canberra on April 20, 2014. (Mark Graham / AFP / Getty Images)

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Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, signs the First Fleet Bible and Prayer Book as the Most Rev. Glenn Davies, Archbishop of Sydney, right, watches after an Easter Sunday service at St. Andrews Cathedral. (Lisa Maree Williams / Associated Press)

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Britain’s Prince William reacts as he and Kate feed giraffes during a visit to Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. (David Gray / Associated Press)

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Catherine and William react as Prince George bites a small present that was given to him at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. (David Gray / AFP / Getty Images)

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William and Kate pat a koala by keeper Lucinda Cveticanin during a wildlife show. (Rob Griffith / Associated Press)

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William and Kate watch George looking at an Australian bilby, which has been named after the young prince. (David Gray / Associated Press)

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Kate feeds a tree kangaroo. (David Gray / Associated Press)

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William and Catherine pat echidnas after watching a bird and Australian native animal show. (William West / Getty Images)

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The royals speak to locals during a visit to the National Indigenous Training Academy at Uluru, Australia, (William West / AP)

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William and Catherine meet with Aboriginal children during their Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre visit in the Northern Territory. (Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images)

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The couple arrives at the National Indigenous Training Academy on April 22, 2014, in Ayers Rock, Australia. (Scott Barbour / Getty Images)

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Catherine receives a necklace from an Aboriginal elder during a visit to Uluru-Kata Tjuta Cultural Centre at Uluru in the Northern Territory. (William West / AFP / Getty Images)

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The second in line to the British throne walks with his wife down Kuniya Walk at the base of Uluru in Ayers Rock. (Scott Barbour / Getty Images)

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The pair chats before posing for a photo during sunset at Uluru. (William West / AP)

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The Duchess of Cambridge arrives to plant a tree at the National Arboretum in Canberra, Australia. (Lukas Koch / EPA)

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Prince William watches as his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, shovels dirt while planting a tree at the National Arboretum. (Mark Nolan / Getty Images)

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The duke and duchess arrive at a reception at Government House behind their hosts, Governor-General Peter Cosgrove and his wife. (Stefan Postles / AFP / Getty Images)

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William and Kate attend the ANZAC dawn service to commemorate the 99th anniversary of ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Day, a public holiday commemorated by both nations to remember the dawn landing by Australian and New Zealand soldiers at Gallipoli in 1915. April 25, 2014, marked its 99th anniversary. (WPA Pool / Getty Images)

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Prince William leans over to read the duchess of Cambridge’s service booklet while they attend a dawn service on Anzac Day in Canberra. (Rob Griffith / AP)

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The duke and duchess of Cambridge lay a wreath as they attend the commemorative service during the Anzac Day ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Anzac Day is a national day of remembrance in Australia and New Zealand commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders who served in the military. (Lukas Coch / EPA)

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Catherine smiles at her husband during the Anzac Day march. (Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images)

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Lynne Cosgrove, left, wife of the governor-general of the Commonwealth of Australia, and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott see off Britain’s Prince William, his wife, Catherine, and their son, Prince George, at the Defense Establishment Fairbairn in Canberra. (Saeed Khan / AFP / Getty Images)

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Catherine carries her son, Prince George, the third in line to the British throne. (Chris Jackson / Getty Images)

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and her son, Prince George, leave Fairbairne air base after wrapping up their royal visit to Australia in April. The duke and duchess of Cambridge were on a three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand, their first official trip overseas with their son. (Mark Nolan / Getty Images)

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Britain’s Prince William and Catherine, the duchess of Cambridge, with son Prince George, board their flight in Canberra, Australia, on Friday as they conclude their three-week state tour of Australia and New Zealand. (Rob Griffith / AP)

By Nardine Saad

April 16, 2014 4:07 PM PT

Prince William, Duchess Catherine and their son Prince George have touched down in Australia.

William, 31, the second in line to the British throne, stepped off a Royal Australian Air Force jet carrying him and his family just after 2:35 p.m. Sydney time, kicking off their 10-day tour of Australia, according to the Associated Press.

The latest leg comes after the royal family concluded a 10-day tour of New Zealand, which included a slew of ceremonial appearances, a yacht race and a cricket tournament.

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The Australia visit will cap off the duke and duchess of Cambridge’s three-week spring tour and will include a visit to the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, a stop at the city zoo and a trip to the country’s Outback, where the family will see Ayers Rock, the Associated Press said.

The duchess, 32, formerly Kate Middleton, carried 8-month-old Prince George off the plane before handing him off to Prince William. The trio was greeted by fans and dignitaries, including Prime Minister Tony Abbott, New South Wales Gov. Marie Bashir and Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove. He is Queen Elizabeth’s representative in Australia.

Clad in a canary yellow dress from London-based Serbian designer Roksanda Ilincic, Kate reportedly confided to one well-wisher that her husband wasn’t a fan of her smock’s bright hue.

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“William said I look like a banana,” the contemporary fashion icon reportedly said (via the Daily Mail). However, the saturated hue may have been an homage to one of Australia’s colors.

Upon arrival at the Sydney Opera House, the royals greeted fans and posed for photos at the Harbour Bridge as they made their way up the steps to the iconic theater.

Later, they traveled via police boat to Admiralty House, where they will be hosted by Sir Peter and Lady Cosgrove.

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In 1983, a 9-month-old Prince William joined his parents, Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, on their official spring tour to Australia and New Zealand.

William’s son, who is third in line to the British throne, has been racking up gifts during his family’s tour. The latest in the hospitality department includes a giant stuffed wombat from the Cosgroves, according to People. Incidentally, “wombat” was William’s nickname when he was George’s age. The little prince also received an Australian cricketers cap bearing his name.

“The affection that my grandmother, the queen, has for this nation is infectious,” William said during a speech at their welcoming reception. “Her Majesty spoke recently of how, since her first visit here 60 years ago, she has been privileged to witness Australia’s growing economy and flowering self-confidence.

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“For Catherine, Harry and me, born in the early ‘80s, we’ve never known anything else -- Australia and Australians have always been for us a beacon of confidence, creativity in the arts and sporting ability.”

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