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10 best moments for William and Kate’s decade of marriage

The couple wed in Westminster Abbey on April 29 2011.

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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s 10 years of marriage has seen them embrace royal duties, travel around the globe and welcome three children.

Here are 10 photos charting their decade as husband and wife.

William and Kate wore matching Stetson hats as they viewed the ticker-tape start of the Calgary Stampede parade in western Canada in July 2011.

William and Kate in Canada
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in their Stetson hats at the Calgary Stampede parade (John Stillwell/PA)

– 2012

A Diamond Jubilee trip to South-east Asia and the South Pacific took the Cambridges to Singapore, Malaysia, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.

Royal tour of the Far East and South Pacific
The Cambridges in Tuvalu at the end of a nine-day royal tour of the Far East and South Pacific (Arthur Edwards/The Sun/PA)

– 2013

William and Kate welcomed the first of their three children, Prince George.

Birth of Prince George of Cambridge
William and Kate leave the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in London, with their newborn son, Prince George (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

– 2014

The duke and duchess headed Down Under for a tour of Australia and New Zealand in 2014 – and eight-month-old George went with them.

William and Kate in Australia
The duke and duchess with Leuca the koala at Taronga Zoo in Sydney (Anthony Devlin/PA)

– 2015

Princess Charlotte arrived, and for her christening in Sandringham, William, Kate and toddler George walked to the church, while Charlotte was pushed in a vintage Millson pram which the Queen used for two of her own children.

Princess Charlotte's christening
Princess Charlotte’s christening day (Chris Jackson/PA)

– 2016

At the Taj Mahal in 1992, the Princess of Wales sat alone in front of the Indian monument to love. By the end of the year Diana and Charles had separated.

At the Taj Mahal
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to the Taj Mahal during their tour to India and Bhutan (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

– 2017

The duke and duchess were pictured laughing together as they tried their hand at making pretzels in Heidelberg, Germany.

Royal visit to Germany
The Cambridges having a cookery lesson at a traditional German market in the central square of Heidelberg (Chris Jackson/PA)

– 2018

In December of 2018 – the year their youngest child Prince Louis was born – the Cambridges hosted a Christmas party for families and children of deployed RAF personnel serving in Cyprus.

The Cambridges hosted a Christmas party for RAF families
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge arrive at Kensington Palace for the special Christmas party (Yui Mok/PA)

– 2019

William and Kate’s tour to Pakistan in 2019 was a triumph, with a visit to the Hindu Kush mountain range, playing cricket in Lahore and the duke wearing a traditional sherwani coat to a glamorous reception.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to a settlement of the Kalash people
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to a settlement of the Kalash people in Chitral, Pakistan (Samir Hussein/PA)

– 2020

The year the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world saw William and Kate spend much of it in lockdown at Anmer Hall in Norfolk, switching royal visits for video calls.

Royal visit to South Wales
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge play a grab a teddy game as the duchess picks up a blue toy and celebrates with thumbs up, only for it to slip from the claws (Ben Birchall/PA)

They followed in the footsteps of television comedy characters Gavin and Stacey, touring an arcade  – the setting for “Nessa’s Slots” where Ruth Jones’s character Nessa worked for a period.

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