Kate and William's ski holiday photos melt hearts

Kate Middleton, Princess Charlotte, Prince George, and Prince William on holiday in the French Alps.

Prince William was pelted with snowballs by his wife, Kate Middleton, on their first holiday as a family of four earlier this week.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, along with children Prince George, 2, and Princess Charlotte, 10 months, were seen frolicking in the French Alps in photos by Press Association photographer John Stillwell.

 

The vacation also marked another first: It was the first time Prince George and Princess Charlotte had ever played in the snow, according to a tweet from Kensington Palace.

 

The royal couple is shown laughing and throwing fistfuls of snow at each other -- with William bearing the brunt of a snowball to the face.

 

He quickly regains his composure, happily wrestling with the Duchess and knocking another snowball out of her hand.