Prince George and Princess Charlotte have spoken their first words in public as they played with bubbles and balloons during a party staged in their honour.
The youngsters have been rarely seen together outside royal walls but they ran around with other children enjoying the attractions - from balloon sculptors to a petting zoo - on Thursday as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge watched.
In touching family scenes, William showed his son how to blow bubbles while Charlotte played with a rattle-type toy and later playfully sat on a dog and was delighted by a black and white rabbit.
George enjoyed a ride on a miniature pony and ran around squirting his father and sister with an orange bubble gun during the party in Victoria, British Columbia.
The 16-month-old princess, dressed in a Pepa & Co hand-smocked dress, ran off as soon as her mother, in a cream dress by See by Chloe put her down and was heard saying "pop" at the balloons and proud father William joined in saying "Are we going to go pop?"
She later was over heard saying "Da da" to the duke, who also clearly enjoyed the event.
Later when her brother George, 3, saw a balloon animal being made for his little sister he ran over to his mother and said, "But I want one. Can I have one?"
The garden of the official home of Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, had been transformed into a children's paradise for George and Charlotte and a group of children from military families.
The royals arrived in Canada last Saturday.
