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6 Superhuman Moments From Kate's Royal Tour

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  • Kate meeting a Māori in New Zealand. All images via Getty
  • 1. Maintaining impressive eye contact while meeting this awesomely and expansively tattooed man at a Māori Powhiri Ceremonial Welcome in New Zealand.
  • 2. Taking snot to the hair with ease at Prince George's first public engagement/playdate. In this particular way, she shares superhuman qualities with most, if not all moms.
  • 3. Sporting the most perfect pony that ever lived. Just look at the impeccable ratio of hair volume to head size on that ponytail. Extraordinary.
  • 4. The perfect pony showing zero signs of frizz during a rainy visit to the Omaka Aviation Heritage Centre. Super. Human.
  • 5. Gamely boarding one of the airplanes on display at the museum...
  • ...and climbing out with possibly an even more elated smile then when she went in. The excitement level inside that aircraft must have been off the charts.
  • 6. Entertaining a joke with the artist behind the Queen's newest portrait (even though she's probably definitely heard that one before).


By now, it's no secret that Kate Middleton will come out looking perfectly attired and groomed in every public engagement she attends, and the royal family's latest three-week tour to Australia and New Zealand is no exception. In her latest appearances she stepped out in a blue Alexander McQueen coat at an Aviation Museum before meeting Peter Jackson, director of a little trilogy you might have heard of, The Lord of the Rings, and the Hobbit. She then donned a black Jenny Packham dress to unveil of the Queen's portrait.

Kate obviously takes all these appearances in stride, including Prince George's first official playdate to meeting members of a Māori tribe in New Zealand. Here, we chronicled her unbreaking, effortless poise in the face of the various and sundry activities on the itinerary in the first week of her tour down under.

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