Prince William and Prince George exchange a cheeky glance.Getty Images
This year has been a huge one in the royal calendar — there has been a pregnancy, a proposal, Prince Philip leaving full-time royal duties, Prince William taking them on, and foreign trips and state visits galore.
For people constantly in the public eye, the royals are unsurprisingly great at shaking the right hands, smiling at the right moments, and generally keeping it all together to make sure they get things done.
But every now and again, even watching from a distance, we get a bit more than that. Away from the setpiece events, these are photos of the royals laughing, gawping, eye-rolling, and generally acting like normal folk. Here are the best from 2017.
In January Prince William made a solo venture to Centre Point, a homelessness charity in London. Here he plays a game with a young woman being helped by the charity (he has to guess the name on the note — which says “David Beckham”).
It’s not all relaxed though — here’s all three royals making a run for it at a sports event in east London in February.
Prince William had more fun and games trying to put up a tent blindfolded in Abergevenny, Wales, while launching a children’s award scheme.
The Duchess of Cambridge gets to meet some major dignitaries — including this St Patrick’s Day appearance where she gave a shamrock to Domhnall, an Irish Wolfhound and the Regimental Mascot of the British Army’s Irish Guards.
The next day, she and William were in Paris, and enjoyed a quiet moment looking out over Paris from behind the clock face of the city’s Musee D’Orsay.
There were sad times too. Here the Royal trio bow their heads outside a remembrance service held a few days after the terror attack on Westminster Bridge at the end of March.
But life goes on — and William and Kate were soon enjoying themselves again with bull horns at the London Marathron in late April.
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