Wills, Kate, and George Say Goodbye

"Bye, guys! We had fun! Pop by the palace anytime! We've got snacks."

I am unaccountably pleased that George is wearing white socks with his navy shoes, and pleased as ever by how EXTREMELY coordinated they all are.

Wills, Kate, and George Say Goodbye

"WAIT. MUM. PLEASE. I FORGOT SOMETHING. IT'S OVER THERE. PLEASE LET ME DOWN. TO GET IT. OVER THERE."

Wills, Kate and George

"All right, Babykins One and Two. Let's get this show on the road. I have nine pirated episodes of Reign waiting for me and I can't wait to complain to you about how historically inaccurate it is."

Kate and George

It turns out that I am unable to resist a cardigan on a baby.

Prince George

"BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME."

Wills and Kate at dawn memorial service

On to earlier events of the day. (Like I wasn't going to kick off with Prince SquashyFace McCheeksyPants.) This was a surprise 6am appearance, and I mostly included it because, well, COATS. William's is particularly dramatic.

Wills and Kate

Per our Photo Service: "The royal couple toured the Commemorative Area, including the Hall of Memory, and then walked along the cloisters at the heart of the Memorial which contain the Roll of Honour: a long series of bronze panels recording the names of over 102,000 members of the Australian armed forces who have died during or as a result of war service, warlike service, non-warlike service and certain peacetime operations, in Canberra, during the Royal Tour of Australia." The poppies here are, of course, for remembrance, and they're very beautiful.

Wills and Kate

Not that this is the important thing on such a serious occasion, but these poppies are also extremely photogenic flowers.

Kate and Wills

This looks like the cover of a commemorative coffee table book.

Wills and Kate

They were -- appropriately -- very somber throughout a lot of the events of the morning. But you know me. I cannot resist a good gaze.

Kate's Hat

Nor a good hat. Oh, hats. I might miss you most of all.

Well Played: Kate, Wills, and George’s Royal Tour of Australia and New Zealand, Day Nineteen

And then everyone packed up and went home. For your (potential) edification, and (definitely) mine: Today's events (other than them leaving, of course) were in honor of ANZAC Day. Obviously, we don't have that in the US, as the internet tells me that ANZAC stands for "Australian and New Zealand Army Corps." From my reading, it seems this holiday is (roughly) the equivalent of Memorial Day or Veteran's Day here in the United States, albeit if that were a holiday we shared with another country. I know Wikipedia is not an unimpeachable source (although of course it's where I learn all about the escandelos of random tertiary nobles and I will not believe that a source which informed me about a princess who wrote a book about talking to trees could be wrong), but the entry about the occasion is extremely interesting. I feel like this tour has been very educational for me. It has also made me want to visit New Zealand and Australia, so well played, tourist boards! Anyway, because it's a rather serious occasion, and they're at serious events, we've got appropriately serious outfits. Kate wore a Temperley coat to a dawn service, then changed to a dress that Hello! swears is Emilia Wickstead for the rest of the day -- UPDATE! Hello! was wrong. It's Michael Kors. He must be a shadow of his tan self with glee -- with a hat by Australian milliner Jonathan Howard (hat tip -- no pun intended -- to British Royals for the credit on the hat). (PS: We've got a round-up of Kate's tour wardrobe coming your way on Saturday. We're easing back into normalcy. You can't just go cold turkey.) (I love parenthesis and the rule of threes made me stick this set in here.) On to some George! He is also serious, but I think that's just his squashy little face. [Photos: Getty]