William and Kate: In Love . . . with Children!

EVERYTHING'S ROSY

What more could a duchess want on Valentine's Day than roses and a card from a sweet boy? Kate looks touched as 8-year-old Jaqson Johnston-Lynch hands over his offerings during a charity tour in Liverpool, England.

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MEET AND SWEET

The same day, Kate exchanges high-fives with Page Hearn, a 4-year-old cancer patient at a Liverpool children’s hospital.

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BEND IT LIKE KATE

No stuffy royal here! Eager to relate to her audience, the amiable duchess sees eye to eye with a group of youngsters at an art-therapy school in Oxford, England, on Feb. 21.

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COMING UP BOUQUETS

After delivering her first official public speech at the March 19 opening of a children's hospice in Ipswich, England, a delighted Kate accepts a colorful bouquet from a little girl who curtsies.

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AT EASE

He's a natural! Prince William shows off his cuddle technique while cradling a three-week-old baby at an April 26 reception benefiting British armed forces in London.

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MAKING A POINT

At the April 25 London premiere of Disney nature documentary African Cats, Kate is fascinated by a cub scout's badge, while William chats up fellow moviegoers, which included 100 children involved with charities the duke and duchess support.

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PLUSHIE FEELINGS

No lion about it: The duchess is delighted when a young girl presents her with a stuffed animal at the June 14 performance of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe in London. The bighearted royal had invited 150 schoolchildren to the show through an art-therapy charity.

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S'MORE FUN

Are those marshmallows she's roasting? Kate is game as she chats around a campfire on June 17 with inner-city kids on a weekend field trip in Kent, England.

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DOUBLE DUTY

Proving she can handle two babies at once, Kate takes charge of her toddler niece, Savannah Phillips, and cocker spaniel puppy Lupo on a walk through the Gloucestershire, England, countryside, where William was playing in a charity polo match on June 17.

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GOOD SPORTS

The hot afternoon sun doesn't deter the newlyweds, along with Prince Harry, from chatting up young athletes on the soccer field at Bacon's College in London on July 26. The royal trio was there to promote a local sports coaching program.

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LITTLE PRINCESS

Peace out! During their nine-day visit to Far East Asia and the South Pacific, the dynamic duo encountered 5-year-old Maeve Low, who gave them magic wands and a painting of them she made. Someone in the crowd asked William about his plans for a family, and he revealed that he'd like two children some day.

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JUST YOU AND ME

Here's looking at you, kid! Oblivious to onlookers and photographers, Kate focuses her attention on a little girl who presented the duchess with flowers on arrival at a Singapore public housing complex on Sept. 12.

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HAVING A BALL

Even while wearing a business suit, William gets his game on. During the next leg of the royals' overseas trip, the king-to-be visits a cultural village in the Solomon Islands on Sept. 17, where a boy handed the duke a soccer ball – and he happily kicked it around!

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NO, MINE!

On October 10, Kate visits a drug-rehab center in northeast England and gets a good laugh when 2-year-old Lola Mackay refuses to hand over a bouquet of flowers meant for the duchess.

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HUG IT OUT

On the same day, 10-year-old Terry Campbell ignores centuries of protocol and reaches out to the duchess near a civic center. Kate asks, "Am I going to get a cuddle?" then leans over a metal barrier and hugs him. Confides the boy's friend, "The one thing he really wanted was a kiss."

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TOUCHING MOMENT

Getting a good look at what's to come, William? Just days before announcing his wife's pregnancy, the duke hones in on a baby in a crowd of onlookers outside Guildhall in London on November 28.

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