Kate and Will have day to themselves to celebrate their third anniversary 
 
 Can it really have been three years? 
 
 Yes, indeed it has, for Prince William and his wife Kate will today celebrate their third wedding anniversary. 
 
 The family will spend the day “privately,” according to officials—and no doubt half-asleep—as they are still recovering from their three-week tour of Australasia. 
 
 Neither William or Kate have any official engagements today—in contrast to last year, when pregnant Kate spent the day on a visit to a children’s hospice in Hampshire and William was in Wales on duty as an RAF search-and-rescue pilot. 
 
 William gave Kate a stunning, £4,000 Cartier watch just days before they left on their three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand, which, according to a report in the Daily Mail, was an early anniversary present. 
 
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 Watches—for the benefit of our younger readers, watches were mechanical objects used to tell time before the advent of mobile phones—are popular third anniversary gifts, as it is the “leather” anniversary and watch straps are often made of leather, although Kate’s watch strap is made of stainless steel. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have travelled 25,000 miles, taken more than 20 flights and carried out 51 engagements during their marathon tour of Australia and New Zealand. 
 
 
 
 Kate fulfilled a childhood dream of visiting the other side of the world, and became the toast of the Antipodes – although it was the infant Prince George, dubbed His Royal Cuteness, who was the real star of the show. 
 
 
 
 While the family now enjoy a well-deserved rest, here’s a peek behind the scenes of the tour Down Under . . . 
 
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 Kate's treasured love token... a £3,600 watch 
 
 
 
 It is the gift that says William and Kate’s love is timeless. The Duke and Duchess may not celebrate their third wedding anniversary until Tuesday, but romantic Wills is well ahead of the curve: he presented Kate with a stunning wristwatch weeks before they went on tour. 
 
 Kate adores the stylish stainless steel £3,600 Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch, which is embedded with a sapphire stone to match her Princess Diana engagement ring, and made sure she wore it every day of the tour. 
 
 
 
 The Duchess of Cambridge, pictured during the tour of Australia and New Zealand, left, adores the stylish stainless steel £3,600 Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch, right, which was given to her before the tour by William 
 
 
 
 The brand carries a special significance for the couple. Princess Diana wore a yellow gold Cartier watch and had one engraved for William as a birthday gift, which remains one of his most treasured possessions. 
 
 
 
 The Queen also has a long-standing affiliation with the French jewellers and is encouraging Kate to build up her own collection of Cartier items. 
 
 The watch is not just a love token though; it was particularly useful for keeping Kate to time. She is notorious for chatting so much during walkabouts that the Duke is left waiting for her to catch up – a fact he does not let her forget. 
 
 And the watch was not the only intimate gift to make an appearance on the tour. Kate also revealed an elegant yet discreet diamond eternity band on her wedding finger, understood to be a present from William following Prince George’s birth. 
 
 
 
 George's taste for giant wombat (and Mum's hair) 
 
 
 
 The teething infant Prince has been taking solace by nibbling on his giant cuddly wombat – a gift from Australia’s Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove. 
 
 
 
 Hungry George grabs at anything that is offered, even sampling a yellow car sticker that read ‘Wild child on board’ and famously chewing his mother’s hair. 
 
 
 
 Happy Eater: George nibbles on Mum's expensive haircut 
 
 In fact, ‘gorgeous George’ has been so ravenous that at a tea party at Ayers Rock, Kate revealed that he has grown ‘an extra fat roll’ on his three-week trip down under. 
 
 
 
 She also said that nine-month-old George is ‘changing so much while we’ve been away’. 
 
 
 
 The Royal couple are keen to give the little heir a healthy diet – apart from toy marsupials, of course. 
 
 
 
 High-end organic fresh fruit and vegetables were delivered to the couple every morning and George’s Spanish nanny, Maria Borrallo, made fresh purees each day. 
 
 
 
 The meals were taken in a Stokke Tripp Trapp Whitewash highchair. 
 
 
 
 He also eats the exclusive Plum Organics dairy and additive-free baby food – options include a Greek-style yogurt with kale, strawberry and amaranth. George’s favourites are spinach, sweet potato and apple puree, and broccoli with pear and raspberry. 
 
 
 
 Kate packed special supplies to keep George happy on the long journey home, where, she has confided, she expects him to be ‘grumpy’. 
 
 Yoga and 70 lengths a day... but NO cake 
 
 
 
 The sporty Duchess has been a yoga devotee since pregnancy and, as an early riser, she is said to practise her poses every morning to help her prepare for the day ahead. 
 
 
 
 Both she and William are keen swimmers and during his farewell speech in Canberra, William joked he had been desperate to strip off to his Speedos and dive into the sparkling Pacific Ocean at Manly Beach in Sydney. 
 
 
 
 Sadly, although they visited the famous sands – where they met lifeguards and posed with a surfboard – there was no time to frolic in the surf. 
 
 
 
 Nevertheless, the couple squeezed in a daily dip in a pool whenever they could. Kate tries to swim 70 lengths a session. 
 
 
 
 Figure-conscious William and Kate specified fresh organic fruit and granola for breakfast and a light lunch, usually a salad, in their efforts to avoid the heavy carbohydrates and excess calories of hospitality overload. They even requested not to have cakes while staying at Admiralty House in Sydney where high tea is traditionally served for visiting VIPs. 
 
 
 
 The couple sipped still water during most engagements of the tour but the Duchess also indulged in a chilled Diet Coke while William occasionally had a much-needed beer to relax. 
 
 
 
 When the couple were flagging, they boosted their energy levels by snacking on Nature Valley muesli bars, boxes of which are kept in the Royal car for that very purpose. 
 
 
 
 TEAM KATE AT WORK AND PLAY: THE 'EYES AND EARS' OF THE PRINCESS 
 
 Vital: PA Rebecca Deacon, 30, left, with George's nanny Maria Borrallo The tour was significant for Kate’s ‘dream team’ of four modern ladies-in-waiting. It was the first time they had been on tour together – and they had a ball. Headed by Kate’s trusted private secretary – and near lookalike – Rebecca Deacon, 30, who is dating William’s press secretary Nick Loughran, the group also includes personal assistant Natasha Archer, 27, who helps with Kate’s wardrobe; fellow St Andrews history of art graduate Sophie Agnew, 27, who helps her keep on top of personal admin; and trusted society hairdresser Amanda Cook Tucker, 51. 
 
 Kate, who insists the girls call her by her first name, gossiped and joked with her team over a glass of red wine while watching rugby in Sydney. 
 
 Natasha, who was seen sprinting from the plane with Kate’s luggage in Wellington, was behind Kate’s recent makeover and is her ‘eyes and ears’ for sourcing new trends. 
 
 She scours shopping websites Asos and Net- A-Porter for suitable items. 
 
 That wardrobe malfunction... and other gremlins 
 
 
 
 Like the rest of the world, Kate appreciates her wonderful legs. But the ‘Duchess of Decorum’ was certainly not planning to reveal so much flesh within seconds of her arrival on Antipodean soil. 
 
 
 
 Her decision not to insert weights into the hems of her outfits came back to haunt her when the breeze caught her coat on landing in Wellington, and plans are afoot to make sure this Marilyn Monroe moment does not happen again. 
 
 
 
 The Duchess’s trusted wedges also raised eyebrows. When she arrived at Manly beach, aides had a pair of flat pumps at the ready, but Kate prefers to measure up alongside her 6ft 3in husband and left them in the car. 
 
 Kate's decision not to insert weights into the hems of her outfits came back to haunt her when the breeze caught her coat on landing in Wellington 
 
 Not so clever. Images of Kate running to the surf in a Baywatch moment overshadowed her visit to Manly’s Bear Cottage hospice – the most important engagement of the tour for the Duchess and where she chose to give her only speech. 
 
 
 
 The Duchess’s devotion to natural skin products meant she also came a cropper in the heat: she declined to use insect repellent on her face at Ayers Rock and as a result the flies were relentless. 
 
 
 
 One landed right on the tip of her nose during a photocall. ‘They were all coming for us,’ she joked afterwards. 
 
 
 
 Not exactly well-heeled: Kate wears her favourite wedges while running on Manly Beach 
 
 And she made a yummy-mummy mistake: forgetting to bring dribble bibs and muslins. The image of her wiping George’s drool on to her designer dress showed she really is a hands-on mum. 
 
 
 
 And the Duchess was so taken with the breathtaking views of Sydney harbour that she momentarily forgot herself when she arrived at the Opera House. William brought her back to reality with a gentle nudge towards the waiting crowd, who whooped with delight as she smiled and waved to them. 
 
 
 
 Back home to Lupo... and another baby? 
 
 
 
 The rest of the Middleton family have kept a low profile during the trip to ensure the spotlight stayed on Kate. 
 
 But party planners Carole and Pippa are now preparing a ‘welcome back’ bash at the family home in Bucklebury, Berkshire. 
 
 
 
 Aussie-themed cup cakes will come courtesy of Kate’s brother James while sister Pippa is planning the spread. Lupo the dog, who has been pining for his master and mistress, has been hanging out with his girlfriend Ella, James’s cocker spaniel bitch, while awaiting their return. 
 
 
 
 After a fortnight of rest, William and Kate will be back on duty next month with official engagements. 
 
 
 
 The couple will then face a new upheaval: moving into their new country home Anmer Hall in Norfolk within weeks. They plan to spend the summer ‘chillaxing’ there while George learns to walk. 
 
 
 
 And might there be another announcement before the end of the year? Kate conceived eight weeks after returning from their tour of Asia and the Pacific in 2012. ||||| Get daily updates directly to your inbox + Subscribe Thank you for subscribing! Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email 
 
 Prince William and wife Kate celebrate their third wedding anniversary today - and for the first time will be able to share their big day with baby son George. 
 
 The family will spend the day privately as they recover from a hectic 19-day tour of New Zealand and Australia. 
 
 It is thought they will be catching up with the Middletons and the rest of their family, reuniting them with baby George to show them how much he has grown. 
 
 Nine-month-old George gained an “extra fat roll” on the trip, according to Kate, as well as a fuller head of hair. 
 
 On their anniversary last year, pregnant Kate spent the day on a solo visit to a children’s hospice in Hampshire, while William was in Wales on duty as an RAF search and rescue pilot. 
 
 The Cambridges, who wed at a glittering Westminster Abbey ceremony on April 29, 2011, watched by a worldwide audience of millions, have had a whirlwind 12 months. 
 
 They became parents for the first time in July and moved into their renovated Kensington Palace apartment in the autumn, while William left his job in the military and took an agricultural management course at Cambridge University. 
 
 Their successful trip to New Zealand and Australia - which included a playdate for George in Wellington, a visit to Uluru at sunset, meeting lifesavers on Manly Beach in Sydney and paying tribute to fallen soldiers on Anzac Day - was one of the longest, high profile overseas royal tours for many years. 
 
 Traditionally couples exchange gifts made of leather to mark their third wedding anniversary. 
 
 But Kate has acquired several new pieces of jewellery in recent months. 
 
 Both her £3,600 Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch, which is embedded with a sapphire to match her engagement ring, and a diamond eternity band, which she wears on her wedding finger, are thought to have been gifts from William.
– It may feel like you've been hearing about Prince William and wife Kate for a thousand years, but they've only been married for three, as of today. And she got quite an anniversary gift, the Daily Mail reports: Wills gave her a Cartier watch that cost upward of $6,000; it's embedded with a sapphire, to match Kate's engagement ring. He reportedly gave it to her before they set off on their three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand, and Kate wore it every day they were gone. The watch has another link to Princess Diana (who, of course, was the first owner of Kate's ring): Di also wore a Cartier watch, and once had one engraved for William for his birthday. Oh, and then of course there's the fact that the queen "is encouraging Kate to build up her own collection of Cartier items," the Mail notes. As for how the royal couple is celebrating their anniversary, officials say they're doing so "privately," according to the Daily Beast; the Mirror says they're expected to spend time with Kate's family. They were apart on their second anniversary, with William on duty as an RAF pilot.