1. On Wednesday, Prince George attended a play group event in Wellington, New Zealand.
(Photo: AP/Marty Melville)
2. The young royal was accompanied by his parents, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
(Photo: AP/Marty Melville)
3. The royals met with fellow new parents at Government House in Wellington as part of an event organised by not-for-profit childcare group Plunket.
(Photo: AP/Marty Melville)
4. All the babies at the play date were born within a few weeks of Prince George’s birthday — 22 July 2013.
(Photo: AP/Marty Melville)
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5. The 8-month-old appeared calm around the other children.
(Photo: AP/Marty Melville)
6. But perhaps a little hungry.
(Photo: AP/Marty Melville)
7. The Duke and Duchess chatted in the Blandor Room with the other adults, including a single mother and same-sex parents.
(Photo: Marty Melville/AFP)
8. According to the BBC's royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell, Prince George "behaved like someone who expected to get his own way".
(Photo: Marty Melville/AFP / Getty)
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9. "It would seem that the 8-month-old third in line to the throne treated his first 'official engagement' ... as an opportunity to show that he wasn't to be messed with."
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10. "He crawled with confidence; adopted a proprietorial attitude to toys and generally showed — in the words of one journalist who witnessed it — that he is something of a 'bruiser'".
(Photo: Marty Melville/AFP / Getty)
11. The royal couple are currently embarking on a 19-day tour of New Zealand and Australia.
(Photo: Marty Melville/AFP / Getty)
Check out a short video from the day:
