![Britain's Prince George and his parents, Prince William and Duchess Catherine, visit a butterfly exhibition at London's Natural History Museum on July 2. Prince George celebrates his first birthday on Tuesday, July 22.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140721175321-02-prince-george-birthday.jpg?q=w_1280,h_720,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Britain's Prince George and his parents, Prince William and Duchess Catherine, visit a butterfly exhibition at London's Natural History Museum on July 2. Prince George celebrates his first birthday on Tuesday, July 22.
![Prince George walks at the museum on July 2.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140719171220-prince-george-birthday.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Prince George walks at the museum on July 2.
![George takes his first steps in public as his mother holds his hand June 15 in Cirencester, England.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140616070147-prince-george-walking-0616.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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George takes his first steps in public as his mother holds his hand June 15 in Cirencester, England.
![The royal family leaves an airbase in Australia to head back to the United Kingdom on April 25. They took a three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand. It was the first official trip overseas since George's birth.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140425121409-01-royals-leave-australia.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1968,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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The royal family leaves an airbase in Australia to head back to the United Kingdom on April 25. They took a three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand. It was the first official trip overseas since George's birth.
![Catherine and William react as their son bites a small present at the bilby enclosure of Sydney's Taronga Zoo on April 20. One of the zoo's bilbies was renamed George in honor of the young prince.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140708135932-01-prince-baby-george.jpg?q=w_1280,h_720,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Catherine and William react as their son bites a small present at the bilby enclosure of Sydney's Taronga Zoo on April 20. One of the zoo's bilbies was renamed George in honor of the young prince.
![Catherine holds George as he meets a bilby -- Australia's version of the Easter bunny -- at Taronga Zoo on April 20.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140708135939-02-prince-baby-george.jpg?q=w_1280,h_720,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Catherine holds George as he meets a bilby -- Australia's version of the Easter bunny -- at Taronga Zoo on April 20.
![George shakes hands with Lynne Cosgrove, the wife of Australia's governor-general, on the tarmac of Sydney Airport on April 16.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140416084303-02-royals-0416.jpg?q=w_2000,h_1125,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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George shakes hands with Lynne Cosgrove, the wife of Australia's governor-general, on the tarmac of Sydney Airport on April 16.
![Catherine and William speak to New Zealand Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae and his wife, Janine, before boarding a flight to Australia on April 16.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140708151842-07-prince-george.jpg?q=w_1280,h_720,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Catherine and William speak to New Zealand Governor-General Sir Jerry Mateparae and his wife, Janine, before boarding a flight to Australia on April 16.
![George plays with toys during a visit to the Government House in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 9.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140708135950-04-prince-baby-george.jpg?q=w_3000,h_2002,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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George plays with toys during a visit to the Government House in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 9.
![Catherine and George arrive in Wellington on April 7.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/140708151836-06-prince-george-restricted.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1891,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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Catherine and George arrive in Wellington on April 7.
![William and Catherine speak to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby after George's christening October 23 in London.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/131023123636-09-christening-hgh.jpg?q=w_2900,h_2030,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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William and Catherine speak to Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby after George's christening October 23 in London.
![In August, Catherine and William pose with George and their dogs Lupo, right, and Tilly in the garden of Catherine's family home in Bucklebury, England.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/130819180148-02-royal-baby-0819.jpg?q=w_4195,h_2806,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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In August, Catherine and William pose with George and their dogs Lupo, right, and Tilly in the garden of Catherine's family home in Bucklebury, England.
![The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge depart St. Mary's Hospital in London with newborn George on July 23, 2013. He was born the previous day at 4:24 p.m., and he weighed 8 pounds and 6 ounces.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/130723145842-01-royal-baby-0723.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1688,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge depart St. Mary's Hospital in London with newborn George on July 23, 2013. He was born the previous day at 4:24 p.m., and he weighed 8 pounds and 6 ounces.
!["It's very special," William said after George's birth. The prince had already changed his son's first diaper, the couple told reporters.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/130723150102-02-royal-baby-0723.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1688,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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"It's very special," William said after George's birth. The prince had already changed his son's first diaper, the couple told reporters.
![The new parents stand in front of the Lindo Wing of the hospital on July 23, 2013.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/130723153446-12-royal-baby-0723.jpg?q=w_3000,h_1862,x_0,y_0,c_fill/h_447)
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The new parents stand in front of the Lindo Wing of the hospital on July 23, 2013.