The Royals

Prince William & Kate Middleton's Year of Firsts

Look back at the royal couple's monumental married moments before their big baby announcement

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FIRST PUBLIC SPEECH

Days later the Duchess of Cambridge makes her first public address at the March 19 opening of The Treehouse, a service run by one of her charities, East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH). "I find doing speeches nerve wrecking," she confessed to one guest after eloquently making her remarks.