Baby suitors queue up for George

Prince George appears to have become one of the most eligible bachelors in New Zealand after the Duke of Cambridge revealed his son has received a string of offers.

At just eight months old the baby prince seems a little too young to be involved with affairs of the heart.

But when Prince William visited a Royal New Zealand Air Force base with wife Kate, he joked how they are regularly being offered potential partners for their young son.

New parents Karen and Jason Dreaver met the duke at the Whenuapai base and introduced him to their daughter Emily, who was born on July 31 last year - just nine days after George.

Mrs Dreaver, 40, whose husband is an aircraft technician, said: "We mentioned how well-paired she and George would be in the future.

"William said, 'There have been a few babies touted to us' - he could see the funny side."

The couple were among 200 RNZAF personnel and families meeting the royal couple in a hangar at the northwest Auckland base.

Mrs Dreaver, a paramedic, added: "We were talking about the similar ages of the babies and he said how much fun they were, he was very personable."

Emily spat out her dummy just as William approached and he gallantly stooped to pick it up.

Her mum said: "He said he was well-practised at baby duties."

And William reassured another young couple with a five-month-old baby that things get easier with the passing months.

Beej Williams, a sergeant aircraft technician was with his wife Leann, 36, who cradled their daughter Haley.

"William mentioned that at around five months George started sleeping mostly through the night and it was easier from that point," he said.

"He was saying you have good times ahead."

Kate asked some of the young parents how it was being a mother and whether they had taken maternity leave.

She was given lollipops which she shook playfully in front of one baby, and sympathised over the parent-baby life balance.

Melissa Tilbury, 28, who held her five-month-old baby Madeleine, said: "She said when George was much younger William was away a lot in the beginning - but that you get by."