His parents had initially indicated they would do without a nanny, taking on the bulk of the childcare themselves with a little help from grandmother Carole Middleton.
But when Prince George landed in New Zealand on Monday he was accompanied not only by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, a "foreign adviser", an orderly, two private secretaries, two personal assistants, three press secretaries and his mother's hairdresser, but by Maria Teresa Turrion Borrallo, his newly appointed nanny.
Borrallo, 43, from Palencia, north of Madrid, was hired by William and Catherine some weeks ago, reportedly after being suggested by the prestigious Norland College where she received her nanny training. A Kensington Palace spokesman said the Cambridges were "happy and delighted she's come on board".
Little is known about Borrallo, who is said to be a devout Catholic from a well-off Spanish family. Friends told reporters that the young Maria was so serious and religious as a child that they thought she might become a nun.
Borrallo, who will work for the couple full-time and has been given her own accommodation at Kensington Palace, is thought to be the first foreign nanny to be appointed to look after a royal heir.
Princes William and Harry are still close to their former nanny, Tiggy Legge-Bourke, now Tiggy Pettifer - her son Tom is William's godson and was a page boy at his wedding.
Prince Charles told his biographer Jonathan Dimbleby that he had been particularly close to his own nanny, Mabel Anderson, while his relationship with his own parents had been more distant.
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