Prince William is celebrating his first birthday as a father as he turns 32-years-old this weekend.
Looking back at the photographs of the Prince’s life in the limelight, it is clear that life has come full circle for the second in line to the British throne.
Appearing as a babe in his mother’s arms outside St Mary’s Hospital on June 22, 1982, the Duke stood there a grown man with his own wife and child 31 years later.
Have a look at this pictures that reveal the thirty-two years a Prince, and one year a dad.
Prince Charles and Diana leave St Mary’s Hospital with baby Prince William on June 22, 1982 in London, England.
Princess of Wales holds her son Prince William with Charles, Prince of Wales (left), Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth II (left) and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother at Buckingham Palalce after Prince William’s christening ceremony.
A proud Princess Diana and Prince Charles with their son, William on the day of his Christening at Buckingham Palace in 1982.
A happy mother and baby play on the couch at Kensington Palace.
An Aussie influence, Prince William with a koala poses for pictures with his parents.
A happy William plays in his playroom at eight months old in 1983.
Just finding his feat, Prince William with his parents on an official visit to New Zealand in April 1983.
Prince Charles, Princess Diana and baby son Prince William arrive at Alice Springs airport on March 20, 1983 in Alice Springs, in William’s first of many trips to Australia.
A young Prince William already has members of the media eating out of his hand at his 2nd birthday.
Prince Charles holds Prince William on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, 16 June, 1984.
Prince Charles and their sons Prince Harry and a cheeky William leave Italy on board the royal yacht Brittania after a tour, April 1985.
Harry and William play the piano for their mother, Diana.
Harry and William play in their playroom at Kensington Palace on October 22, 1985.
An adorable Prince William salutes in Parachute Regiment uniform in the gardens of his home, Highgrove House.
Young princes Harry and William sit on the steps of Highgrove House in army uniforms on July 18, 1986 in Tetbury, England.
A family shot of the royals in 1986.
Prince William and Prince Harry give a royal salute from a police motorbike during a visit to the police force in November 1987 in Windsor, England.
Prince William, Princess Margaret, and Diana, Princess of Wales, holding baby Prince Harry, on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following Trooping the Colour on June 1, 1988 in London, England.
Friends and cousins Zara Phillips and William attend a Christmas Day ceremony at a church in Sandringham in 1988.
Diana, Charles, William, 7, and Harry, 4, attend the wedding of the Duke of Hussey’s daughter in May, 1989 in Bath, England.
Prince William accompanies his younger brother Prince Harry on his first day at Wetherby School in 1989.
During his first official engagement in Wales, Prince William greets crowds on St David’s Day, 1 March 1991.
Princess Diana with Harry and William at V-E Day commemorations in London.
Prince William celebrates his great grandmother, the Queen Mother’s, 95th birthday.
The Royal Family at Windsor Castle for the confirmation of Prince William.
Just weeks before the tragic death of Princess Diana, Prince Charles and Prince William at a photocall at Balmoral Castle Estate, 12 August 1997.
Prince William lays flowers, alongside thousands of others from the public as a tribute to his mother at Kensington Palace in London.
The sight that broke a thousand hearts, young Princes William and Harry walk behind their mother’s coffin during her funeral.
Princess Diana’s sons Princes William and Harry with their father Prince Charles and uncle Earl Spencer outside Westminster Abbey on the day of their mother’s funeral service, 6th September 1997.
Prince Charles, with Prince William and Prince Harry holidaying in the Swiss Alps in 2000.
Prince William with his cousin Zara Phillips at a fundraising sports day in 2004.
Prince William in action during the St James’s Place polo day charity match on July 17, 2004 in Tetbury, England.
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Prince William and Prince Charles celebrate Prince Harry’s 20th birthday.
Prince William talks to journalists during an interview at his Scottish university, St Andrews, where he completed a Masters of Arts degree with upper second class honours in 2005.
After their wedding ceremony, the Prince of Wales and his new bride Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, pose with their children Prince Harry, Prince William, Laura Parker Bowles and Tom Parker Bowles, in the White Drawing Room at Windsor Castle Saturday April 9, 2005.
During a visit to New Zealand in 2005 Prince William sits and talks with parents and patients during a visit to a children’s hospital in Auckland.
September 13, 2005 – Prince William speaks to young people during a volunteering visit to homelessness charity Centrepoint, in London. Prince William is the patron of the youth homelessness charity Centrepoint. The organisation was one of Diana, Princess of Wales’s favourites and as a child William was taken by his mother to visit one of the charity’s night shelters.
Prince William takes part in an army training exercise, Winter Victory at Paramali Village in Cyprus on November 20, 2006.
Prince William takes part in the Sovereign’s Parade at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on December 15, 2006 in Sandhurst, England.
Wills gives a speech at a reception on the second day of his visit to Australia on January 20, 2010.
Prince William and Kate Middleton share a secret while watching the English rugby team during the six Nations Cup.
The English press have dubbed the long-term girlfriend of Prince William, Kate Middleton, ‘Waity Katie’ though she is only 28.
Prince William poses in his RAF uniform as Flying Officer William Wales during a week he spent at RAF Cranwell, November 2007, in Lincolnshire, England.
A rare photo opportunity: Prince William with Kate Middleton after his graduation ceremony at RAF Cranwell on April 11, 2008 in Sleaford, England.
Prince Harry and Prince William attend the Christmas day service at St Mary Magdalene Church on December 25, 2008 in Sandringham, England.
TRH Prince William and Prince Harry pose in front of a Griffin helicopter during a photocall at RAF Shawbury on June 18, 2009 in Shawbury, England. William’s offical name and title is His Royal Highness Prince William Arthur Philip Louis of Wales, Royal Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
Soon HRH was clearly besotted with “commoner Kate”.
Wills and Kate married on 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London, becoming together the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
The family portrait taken on the day of the Royal wedding.
William’s favourite – chocolate biscuit cake for the wedding reception.
William looks in awe of his wife in LA 2011.
The couple broke protocol during their first official tour in 2011.
HRH arrives with Duchess Catherine and his son, Prince George of Cambridge, at Chapel Royal in St James’s Palace ahead of the christening of the three month-old prince.
The young Royal returns to Australia again – this time with his wife and son.
Father and son exchange a glance at Taronga Zoo.
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