‘Having a surprise conversation with the Duchess of Cambridge after two hours’ sleep was particularly surreal’ Merely 16 hours after they welcomed their baby son into the world, two parents had a surprise visitor wishing them well – the Duchess of Cambridge.
“Hello. Very nice to meet you. This is definitely a first, I think,” said Kate, making a virtual appearance at Kingston Hospital in south-west London, to coo over baby Max and chat to mum Rebecca Attwood and dad John Gill.
“He is so sweet. Ah, congratulations. When did you have him?” she asked and, when she heard he’d arrived at 10pm the previous night, adding: “My goodness, you must be exhausted.”
Rebecca, from Raynes Park, London, said afterwards: “Having a baby is an extraordinary experience at any time,…