Well, this will surely be another leg of the trip that is not at all full of glorious vistas and fabulous backdrops. People wonder what good these visits do -- not here at GFY, but in general -- and one of the answers is surely TOURISM. Because this looks awesome and I already want to go here, too. Can we have a Fug Nation Retreat: Sydney, too?
This is the traditional, "let's all do this without falling" nervous peer down the staircase. George appears to be considering deplaning by, like, just rolling headlong.(Everything proceeded without incident.)
"Hello. I suppose I shall allow you to greet me." (I enjoy that he's in full-on Classic Smocked Baby Outfit; it's very Tiny William. Additionally, in looking for that photo, I totally found one of Diana and Charles and William from the same shoot and they've got, like, nine bottles of gin lined up behind them. Brilliant.)
"Perhaps I shall gnaw on this finger. Move me closer to this finger to let me gnaw on it MOVE ME CLOSER TO THE FINGER DADDY."
Then the baby performed magic, to the delight of all the Muggles.
I will note that, as much as I really like the dress -- and I really do -- Kate is not excused from my usual complaint about nude shoes. I have not gone THAT soft. Imagine a metallic! Like gum, that would have been perfection.
This is the Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove giving George an ENORMOUS WOMBAT. I think he likes it. (I think William wants it for himself.)
This pose is referred to, in professional circles, as the Hey Guys! What's Up?
"And then, when we go over THERE, I'm going to wear my OTHER blue suit."
"That's great, honey."
This is ostensibly to show you the back of her dress.
Also, what she said. Somewhere in the depths of Kensington Palace, Harry just shoved another Cadbury Creme Egg into his mouth. "I hate everyone," he muttered to his laptop. "I still don't know why they didn't let me come along. Just look at this. I could have made friends. It would have been DIPLOMACY IN ACTION."