--- title: Prince George and Princess Charlotte Are Loving Canada description: It looks like the royal children (and their parents Will and Kate) had pretty much the best day ever with bubbles and balloons galore. canonical: https://time.com/4513546/prince-george-princess-charlotte-balloons-bubbles/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-29T20:17:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:11.193Z og:title: Watch Prince George and Princess Charlotte Freak Out Over Some Balloons og:description: The young royals enjoyed a day spent playing with balloons and bubbles. og:url: https://time.com/4513546/prince-george-princess-charlotte-balloons-bubbles/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4222587c0dc509f5/6988a821cd1bba59df702865/prince-george.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2729 og:image:height: 1535 og:image:alt: 2016 Royal Tour To Canada Of The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge - Victoria og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Prince George and Princess Charlotte Freak Out Over Some Balloons twitter:description: The young royals enjoyed a day spent playing with balloons and bubbles. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4222587c0dc509f5/6988a821cd1bba59df702865/prince-george.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Prince George and Princess Charlotte Have Way More Fun with Balloons and Bubbles Than You Ever Will > Sponsored content. 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Chris Jackson—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Sep 29, 2016 8:17 PM UTC Prince William and his family—Duchess Kate, [Prince George](http://time.com/4301567/prince-william-bbc-george-interview/?iid=sr-link3) and Princess Charlotte—are [on tour in Canada this week](http://time.com/4507721/prince-william-princess-kate-canada/?iid=sr-link1), and so the adoring public are getting treated to an extra dose of cuteness as the royal offspring attend all kinds of official events. On Thursday, they hit up a children’s party celebrating military families in Victoria. It was a fine day to be outside, and [the young Prince](http://time.com/4506987/justin-trudeau-prince-george-high-five-canada-royal-tour/?iid=sr-link1) and Princess took full advantage of the good weather to enjoy themselves. Or rather, they really enjoyed the balloons on display—and the bubbles. These children are basically models for bubbles. Seriously, buy your stock in bubbles now, as it’s all about to fly off the shelves. Take a look as they investigate the wonders of balloons, large dogs and bubbles, below. > [](https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/781544903843078144) > [](https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/781576828649611264) > [](https://twitter.com/ChrisJack%5FGetty/status/781559972052119552) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4513546/prince-george-princess-charlotte-balloons-bubbles/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4513546/prince-george-princess-charlotte-balloons-bubbles/"},"headline":"Prince George and Princess Charlotte Have Way More Fun with Balloons and Bubbles Than You Ever Will","datePublished":"2016-09-29T20:17:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:11.193Z","description":"They're the poster children for bubbles","url":"https://time.com/4513546/prince-george-princess-charlotte-balloons-bubbles/","keywords":["Newsfeed","royals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4222587c0dc509f5/6988a821cd1bba59df702865/prince-george.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4222587c0dc509f5/6988a821cd1bba59df702865/prince-george.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 Royal Tour To Canada Of The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge - Victoria","caption":"2016 Royal Tour To Canada Of The Duke And Duchess Of Cambridge - Victoria","creditText":"Chris Jackson—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4513546/prince-george-princess-charlotte-balloons-bubbles/","name":"Prince George and Princess Charlotte Have Way More Fun with Balloons and Bubbles Than You Ever Will"}}]}] ```