Prince William applaudes, as Kate Middleton holds up a champagne bottle after naming a new lifeboat at the Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station on the island of Anglesey, Wales on Thursday, Feb. 24. The visit had been highly anticipated because the couple have kept such a low profile since announcing their engagement in November, making only one other prior appearance at a charity event.

Prince William and Kate Middleton greet well wishers after after naming a new lifeboat at the Trearddur Bay Lifeboat Station on the island of Anglesey, Wales on Thursday. The visit had been highly anticipated because the couple have kept such a low profile since announcing their engagement in November, making only one other prior appearance at a charity event. They plan to marry April 29 at Westminster Abbey with just under 2,000 guests attending.

Britain's Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton wave to wellwishers following a naming ceremony for the new Royal National Lifeboat Institution's (RNLI) Atlantic 85 lifeboat 'Hereford Endeavour' at the RNLI Lifeboat Station in Anglesey, near Bangor in Wales on Thursday.

Left: Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton pose for photographers during a photocall to mark their engagement, in the State Rooms of St James Palace, central London, Nov. 16. Right: Kate Middleton and Prince William lookalikes aka Kate Bevan and Andy Walker pose for photographers with hand knitted figures depicting Prince William and Kate Middleton on their wedding day during the UK toy annual trade show in central London, Jan. 25.