Photos: Prince William through the years

The prince and princess of Wales showing off their son, Prince William, to the media for the first time. (June 22, 1982)

Prince William, the 6-month-old son of British Prince Charles, unseen, and Princess Diana, poses with his mother at a special photo call at Kensington Palace in London. (Dec. 22, 1982)

Prince William, the 6-month old son of British Prince Charles and Princess Diana, the Prince and Princess of Wales, both unseen, smiles during a special picture call at Kensington Palace in London. (Dec. 22, 1982)

Britain's Princess Diana holds her young son, Prince William at the airport in Alice Springs, Australia. (March 20, 1983)

Princess Diana holds son, Prince Harry, as she sits for a portrait with Prince William. (1984)

Holding hands with Royal nanny Barbara Barnes, Prince William, elder son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana, unseen, leaves St. Mary’s Hospital in London after visiting his new-born baby brother. (Sept. 16, 1984)

Prince William, aged 3-year-old, is escorted by his parents Princess Diana and Prince Charles as he arrives at a private kindergarten in London’s Notting Hill, to start his pre-school education. (Sept. 24, 1985)

Princess Diana and her son Prince William return by carraige to Windsor Castle, England, after a Thanksgiving Service to mark the 60th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. (April 21, 1986)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, rides in an open coach with her great-grandson, Prince William, and his mother Diana, Princess of Wales, during the Queen Mother's 87th birthday anniversary parade in London. (June 13, 1987)

Prince William gets a handshake from Frederika Blair-Turner, the headmistress of Wetherby School in Notting Hill as his little brother Prince Harry, 4, smiles, clutching his schoolbag. (Sept. 11, 1989)

Princess Diana sits on the beach on Necker Island, British Virgin Islands. Prince Harry, 5, is in her lap as she speaks to Prince William, 6, during their vacation on the island. (April 12,1990)

Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother celevrates her 94th birthday outside Clarence House, London, with her great-grandson Prince William. (Aug. 4th, 1994)

The Royal Family pose in the White drawing room of Windsor Castle, on the day of Prince William's Confirmation. (L/R front) Prince Harry, Diana, Princess of Wales, Prince William, The Prince of Wales and Queen Elizabeth II. (L/R back) the prince's godparents, deposed King Constantine of Greece, Lady Susan Hussey, Princess Alexandra, the Duchess of Westminster and Lord Romsey. (March 9 1997)

Britain's Princes' William, right, and Harry leave the church on the Queen's Sandringham Estate in Norfolk after attending morning service on their first Christmas Day since their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales died. (Dec.25, 1997)

The Prince of Wales, centre, with his sons Prince William, left, and Prince Harry pose for photographers on the Highgrove estate near Tetbury, England, after Prince William took a driving lesson with an instructor. (July 26 1999)

Britain's Prince William, wearing a Union Jack waistcoat, is seen in this 2000 photo in Eton, England.

Britain's Prince William plays with 6-year-old Alejandro Heredia at the nursery in the village of Tortel, Southern Chile in this recent but undated photo made available on Dec. 11, 2000.

Britain's Prince William, right, arrives at Anchor Mills, in Paisley, west of Glasgow Scotland at the start of a day of engagements in Scotland, with his father, the Prince of Wales, left. (Sept. 21, 2001)

Britain's Prince William plays polo during the Porcelanosa Cup match at Ashe Park, Hampshire, England. (June 27, 2002)

Prince William samples a liqueur during a visit to the Anglesey Food Fair in north Wales. The Prince, 21, this coming Saturday, and his father, Prince Charles, are in Wales for the day. (June 19, 2003)

The Prince of Wales, left, and his son Prince William hug each other during a photo call in Klosters, Switzerland. (March 28, 2004)

Prince William plays pool with friends at a bar in St Andrews University where he is a student in St Andrews Scotland. (Nov. 15, 2004)

An undated handout photo of Britain's Prince Harry, left, and Prince William issued Tuesday Dec. 12, 2006.

Prince William and Kate Middleton watch the England against Italy Six Nations rugby match at Twickenham stadium in London on Feb. 10, 2007.

Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton after his graduation ceremony at RAF Cranwell air base in Lincolnshire on April 11, 2008.

Prince William hands out silver and gold pins to sailors at HMNB Clyde naval base in Faslane, Scotland on Oct. 28, 2010.

The bride and groom, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, pose for an official photo. They are joined by, clockwise from bottom right, The Hon. Margarita Armstrong-Jones, Eliza Lopes, Grace van Cutsem, Lady Louise Windsor, Tom Pettifer and William Lowther-Pinkerton in the throne room at Buckingham Palace in London. (April 29, 2011)

Britain's Prince William and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, chat during a tour of the War Museum in Ottawa. Catherine wore a Katherine Walker gray sheath to an event Saturday. The gray dress skimmed Catherine's knees, with cuffed sleeves. A V-neck and peaked collar in the back were the standout details. (July 2, 2011)

Prince William, right, talks with brother Prince Harry during a reception before Queen Elizabeth II's Sovereign Monarchs Jubilee lunch at Windsor Castle. (May 18, 2012)

Prince William, the duke of Cambridge and Catherine, the duchess of Cambridge, greet the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace during the finale of the queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in London, England. (June 5, 2012)