The royal announcement
December 4, 2012: The most widely anticipated pregnancy since Princess Diana's in 1981 is official: Prince William's wife, Kate, is pregnant.
Read more:
• Royal baby: Prince William, Kate expecting first child
• Royal baby: Media frenzy begins
• How the world reacted to news of a royal baby
Photos: Kate's baby bump
Kate suffers acute morning sickness
December 4, 2012: The couple stunned millions around the world, including their families, with the baby bombshell hours earlier, while an anxious Prince William left hospital after his wife had been admitted suffering from acute morning sickness.
Barely eight weeks into her pregnancy, Kate was taken to the hospital just after lunch by her husband and immediately put on a drip to stop her becoming dehydrated.
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• Kate Middleton's acute morning sickness - what it means
• Illness forces Kate out of Hobbit premiere
The controversial phone prank incident
December 6, 2012: An Australian radio show was at the centre of a hoax call controversy involving Prince William and his pregnant wife Catherine. The Duchess was in hospital suffering from morning sickness when the Aussie DJ talked to Kate's nurse while impersonating the Queen.
The whole ordeal lead to the death of the nurse who took the phone call, finally resulting in the show being taken off air.
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• Royal baby prank DJs won't give evidence at inquest
• Radio DJs 'fragile' after nurse's death
• Royals 'deeply saddened' by nurse's death
Kate gives birth to first child
July 23, 2013: "We could not be happier," William, the son of Charles and the late Princess Diana, said in a brief statement.
The Duchess of Cambridge, 31, spends ten hours in labour after she and William went to the private Lindo wing of London's St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, in central London at about dawn (local time). Catherine then gives birth to a healthy male heir weighing 8lbs 6oz at 4.24pm.
Read more: Royal baby: World welcomes Prince of Cambridge
Royal baby's name revealed
July 25, 2013: Three days later, Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate named their baby boy George Alexander Louis, sticking firmly to royal tradition with a first name used by six previous monarchs.
George was the bookmakers' clear favourite for the third-in-line to the throne as it pays apparent tribute to Queen Elizabeth II's father King George VI, the infant's great-great-grandfather, who died in 1952.
Read more: Royal baby's name revealed
Prince George keeps calm for christening
October 25, 2013: He was, in every sense, the perfect baby. Prince George, who will one day be king and head of the Church of England, was calmness personified throughout his half-hour christening at St James's Palace.
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• Prince George keeps calm for christening
The family tour Down Under
April, 2014: Prince William, his wife Catherine and baby George breezed into the NZ capital on a strong southerly and charmed everybody they met.
Read more:
• Live Blog: Royal visit Down Under
• Royal playdate: George meets Kiwi kids
• Royal visit: Royals hit City of Sails
Prince George's Christmas photos
December 13, 2014: Three Christmas photos of a rosy-cheeked Prince George have been released by the royal family.
The pictures show 17-month-old George in a courtyard at Kensington Palace, where he lives with his parents, Prince William and Kate.
Read more: Prince George's Christmas photos
Timeline
Reflect on the royal romance between Prince William and Kate Middleton.
- nzherald.co.nz