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Prince George and Princess Charlotte are coming to Canada

Finally! Our two favourite (and cutest) royals are coming for a visit.

Photo: Courtesy of Kensington Palace via Instagram Photo: Courtesy of Kensington Palace via Instagram

After months of speculation and unconfirmed reports from "palace insiders," Kensington Palace has officially confirmed that all four Cambridges are coming to Canada. That’s right, both Prince George, 3, and Princess Charlotte, 1, are coming to visit.

"They have received so many wonderful messages from Canadians since the birth of their children and look forward to having the chance to introduce their young family to the country," an official press release announced today on behalf of Prince William and Duchess Catherine.

Kensington Palace announced in late July that William and Kate would be visiting Canada in the fall, but there was no mention of their two adorable kids. It was far too early in the planning to know if George and Charlotte would be up for the journey. But today we got confirmation that all four of the Cambridges will be coming to visit from September 24 to October 1st, with stops in Vancouver, Victoria, Bella Bella, Haida Gwaii and Kelowna in British Columbia, and then Whitehorse and Carcross in Yukon. Sadly, Prince George will not be visiting Prince George, British Columbia—maybe next time.

This will be Princess Charlotte’s first official tour, where she will conduct her first ever royal engagement. Prince George can show her the way, as he’s kind of an old pro at this. He went on his first tour when he was nine months old, visiting both Australia and New Zealand with William and Kate. While there he went on two engagements, the first a playdate in New Zealand followed by a visit to the Taronga Zoo to meet his namesake bilby. Many adorable moments of course occurred.

Grumpy Prince George arriving for his first ever royal tour. Photo: Courtesy of British Monarchy Grumpy Prince George arriving for his first ever royal tour. Photo: Courtesy of British Monarchy

It's not clear yet which engagements George and Charlotte will be joining their parents on—probably only a few since they are still toddlers. But the focus of the tour is family-freindly events, with a focus on the outdoors so hopefully we will see lots of the royal siblings. I am guessing both the kids will attend the children's party at the Government House in Victoria on September 29th. The party is for military families and is supposed to be full of lots of surprises. And on October 1st, the kids will also likely visit the Cridge Centre for the Family in Victoria.

George and Charlotte will be staying at the Government House in Victoria with their nanny Maria, while Mom and Dad are off on engagements. Memo to Will and Kate: We have a round up of fun things to do with kids in Victoria that you should check out. Aside from official events, we will also see the kids when they get on and off the plane in Victoria. Hopefully this time George isn’t as Grumpy as he was when he arrived in New Zealand—to be fair, he was quite jet-lagged.

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Royal fans should be excited because this means we will get to see lots of George and Charlotte. Charlotte has only been seen in public three times—her birth, her christening and Trooping of the Colour back in June. And while we have seen more of George as of late (remember his first UK engagement earlier this year), it will be amazing to actually get to see the royal siblings interact.

So what can we expect from the tour? This is William and Kate’s second official tour of the country, with their first visit being in 2011 shortly after they were married (Hello has a great recap of all the best moments from that tour). This time their visit is focused on the west coast.

They will arrive at Victoria Airport in the afternoon on October 24 and the family of four will disembark the plane together—I expect George will walk and Kate will carry Charlotte. Kate will likely wear Erdem, a London-based designer who was born in Montreal. Kate is very fond of the brand and first wore one of his dresses, a stunning navy lace shift, when she arrived in Canada back in 2011. George will probably rock his signature shorts and cardigan, while Charlotte will be in a dress and cardigan with a sweet bow in her hair. William, well, he will wear a suit!

Bring on the cuteness.

Prince George and Princess Charlotte’s cutest sibling moments

A royal kiss

William and Kate released four photos of the royal siblings just a few weeks after Princess Charlotte was born. But this one of Prince George giving his little sis a kiss is just too cute to handle. You can already tell he’s going to be a protective big brother. 

Read more: New adorable photos of Prince George and Princess Charlotte—taken by Kate 

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Prince George and Princess Charlotte are coming to CanadaPhoto: The Duchess of Cambridge (via @KensingtonRoyal)

Hanging out at church

Hey, Lottie. What are you doing in there? 

Read more: Princess Charlotte’s christening—and the first family photo

Prince George and Princess Charlotte are coming to CanadaPhoto: Kensington Palace (@kensingtonroyal via Instagram)

Official christening photo

When it came time for the official photos to mark Charlotte’s christening, the royal siblings were kind of over it. Please note Charlotte’s tiny fist. But George’s hair twirl is too cute.

Read more: Princess Charlotte’s official christening photos are here

Prince George and Princess Charlotte are coming to CanadaPhoto: Kensington Palace (@kensingtonroyal via Instagram)

Christmas card

Happy Christmas from George and Charlotte—oh yeah, Wills and Kate, too. Clearly George just wants to play with his train and Charlotte is stressed about being seen in public with just one shoe. Eeek, royal wardrobe malfunction!

Read more: First Christmas card from the Cambridges

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Prince George and Princess Charlotte are coming to CanadaPhoto: Kensington Palace (@kensingtonroyal via Twitter)

First family vacation

George and Charlotte got to go on their first family vacation with Mum and Dad this past February. And they went skiing. Well, Wills and Kate did, anyway. The kids got to see snow for the first time. And clearly Charlotte was into it. It looks like she’s trying to escape Kate’s arms and is reaching for George as if to say, “Let’s play!” 

Read more: Prince George and Princess Charlotte play in the snow for the first time

Prince George and Princess Charlotte are coming to CanadaPhoto: John Stillwell via Kensington Palace

Royal cheeks

Those adorable chubby cheeks run in the family! Also, George is giving some major shade to the photographer. Better not anger the future king!

Prince George and Princess Charlotte are coming to CanadaPhoto: John Stillwell via Kensington Palace

Celebrating with Gan-Gan

To celebrare Her Majesty’s 90th birthday, a special photo was taken of the Queen with her youngest grandchildren and all her great-grandchildren. Ten-month-old Charlotte sat on the Queen’s lap, with Prince George to the left of his Gan-Gan (as he calls her). Also in the picture from the left are James, Louise, Mia, Savannah and Isla. What a sweet way to mark the Queen’s big day. 

Prince George and Princess Charlotte are coming to CanadaPhoto: Annie Leibovitz via Kensington Palace

The big royal tour

In the fall of 2016, all four of the Cambridges embarked on a royal tour of Canada. This was Charlotte's first tour and George's second (he went to New Zealand and Australia when he was just a baby). The family got off the plane in Victoria wearing matching shades of blue and the royal siblings both looked adorable, but a little apprehensive at all the people waiting to greet them (it was midnight in London so they were both very tired). 

Prince George and Princess Charlotte are coming to CanadaPhoto: Action Press Courtesy of Canadian Press

Bubble fight

At a children’s party in Victoria, George and Charlotte had tons of fun. George discovered a fish bubble gun and was quick to blow some bubbles at his sister—much to her delight. 

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Prince George and Princess Charlotte are coming to CanadaPhoto: The Canadian Press/Pool—Chris Wattie

Wave goodbye

As the family of four said goodbye to royal watchers in Victoria, Charlotte was all smiles and full of waves. But George was more into the airplane—he couldn’t wait to get on it. 

Royal family leaves Canada after 2017 tourPhoto: PA Photos Limited

The adorable wedding guests

Prince Geoegre and Princess Charlotte both had important roles in their Aunt Pippa’s wedding. George, in green knickerbockers, was a page boy and Charlotte, rocking a flower crown, was a bridesmaid. As the siblings entered the church, Charlotte struggled to hold her heart-shaped flowers, but big brother George was quick to step in and help her. 

Prince George and Princess Charlotte are coming to CanadaPhoto: Justin Tallis/Pool Photo

Read more:
Prince George's best facial expressions
William and Kate's best parenting moments
Princess Charlotte's cutest photos so far

This article was originally published on Sep 12, 2016

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