William and Kate: Australia and New Zealand Tour

[nationalanthem]

oh yea they definitely paid for that out of pocket. but geez if they ever started paying people to go out and protest the royals being there for a visit then the monarchy has much larger problems than we thought.   

[OrangeBanana]

I was only kidding about the rent-a-crowd in Aus and NZ. I don't think W&k are that desperate...yet.
To be fair there are like zero-20 people who go to see the pair on engagements in the uk - I wouldn't delete the rent-a-crowd phone number.

[nationalanthem]

lmao how does that even work? do they just go door to door and ask people to come outside and wave? 

[Princess BlueEyes]

Not to be size-ist but skinny babies do learn to walk sooner, even as young as 6 months. Its totally surreal to see a baby walking that young but it happens. Chubbier babies (which I find cuter - my bias!) take a little longer I think to find their balance. But so what? I don't think it really matters in terms of who is ahead. As the song says - its not where you start its where you finish. George walking early does not mean he will be exempt from his parents laziness.

My friend has the cutest little chubby baby and he just starting walking just shy of seven months. Never crawled - just went from sitting up to walking. Doesn't even hold onto furniture! It looks odd to see him as he is only 27 inches tall...but it is so adorable too! Plus he just smiles and smiles...so very proud of himself, he is. 
Her pediatrician said that 9 to 15 is the usual age range but earlier happens for some. No worries for anyone unless the baby is 16 months and

[temi]

lmao how does that even work? do they just go door to door and ask people to come outside and wave? 

Craigslist? 

[fairy]

Well if push comes to shove Darling George can, if he has nothing else to show for put on his CV: was considered advanced at age 9 months. that'll help get around  in the world...

[One of the Peasants]

lmao how does that even work? do they just go door to door and ask people to come outside and wave? 

Craigslist? 

Maybe they offer free food and drink, after. 

[Lady Adelaide]

New picture from the tour

[nihonbutterfly]

Beautiful picture of a young girl and her grandmother. .....

[LDJJ]

New picture from the tour

Kate's dentist really didn't do her any favors with those chomper sized veneers he put on her. 

[gudgeon]

New picture from the tour

Her eyes are like 2 black holes sucking all my life energy away... sigh. If she can't even learn the difference between day makeup and night makeup I guess there is no hope she'll EVER change that gloopy, heavy, nasty mess on her eyes. 

[OrangeBanana]

William, Kate and Prince George's 10-day trip holiday in 2014 cost taxpayers $1.035 million.
1 million for yacht races, wine tasting, speed boats, bowing at monuments, and the rare walkabout

http://www.newstalkzb.co....-for-nine-days-of-prince/

[bach]

William, Kate and Prince George's 10-day trip holiday in 2014 cost taxpayers $1.035 million.
1 million for yacht races, wine tasting, speed boats, bowing at monuments, and the rare walkabout

http://www.newstalkzb.co....-for-nine-days-of-prince/

Yacht races, wine tasting, speed boats- yup an all expense paid fancy holiday. (Like we've said all along). Now the Caribbean tour next. These expenses sound devastating for smaller places.

[Margaret]

William, Kate and Prince George's 10-day trip holiday in 2014 cost taxpayers $1.035 million.
1 million for yacht races, wine tasting, speed boats, bowing at monuments, and the rare walkabout

http://www.newstalkzb.co....-for-nine-days-of-prince/

Why are we financing these freeloaders' expensive holidays?

[luvcharles]

I did read shortly after the visit that the tourist industry in both Australia and New Zealand were getting more than double the normal number of enquiries. Now whether those enquiries lead to more visitors I have no idea of knowing but that is certainly one reason for these sorts of visits - to promote the country.

Even if more tourists visited say Queenstown in NZ - unless they specifically were asked what made them decide to visit and the royal visit was the reason we will not really know if they had an impact or not.