Forty photos charting the Duke of Cambridge’s life have been compiled to celebrate his 40th birthday.
The images, from the PA news agency’s photo archive, show the second in line to the throne on family holidays with the Prince and Princess of Wales and playing bicycle polo with Prince Harry.
Among the images is one of William on his first official royal tour when he joined his parents on a six-week trip to Australia and New Zealand when he was just nine months old in 1983.
Times of joy show William announcing his engagement to his former university flatmate Kate Middleton, now the Duchess of Cambridge.
But William has also experienced great sadness, with the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in a car crash in 1997.
Prince William Arthur Philip Louis of Wales was born second in line to the throne at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, at 9.03pm on June 21 1982.
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William was made the Duke of Cambridge by the Queen on the morning of his wedding.