'I’d never seen a real life Princess before'
After opening her Christmas presents a little after 3am on that chilly Christmas morning last Sunday, eight-year-old India Harrowing didn’t yet know that an even bigger surprise was awaiting her just an hour's drive away.
"I was a little bit nervous meeting Catherine because I’m a little bit shy," India tells us as we hear about her special day. "I’d never seen a real life Princess before, and now I have. I’m so happy!"Here, the mother-and-daughter duo tell us what it was really like to come face-to-face with the “lovely” Duchess of Cambridge and what a difference it made to their Christmas Day…
Zoe: Exactly! So, I’d promised her back in 2020 that I’d take her to meet The Queen and the rest of the Royals, but lockdown hit, so we weren’t able to go. Then we were planning on going to meet Her Majesty this year, but of course she sadly passed away in September, but I promised India we’d go anyway to meet the rest of the family. So, we woke up at 3am so India could have a chance to open her presents from Santa before we left.
India: We were behind the barrier and when we were waiting we saw the Royals come. And it was really cold, so we had to wrap up nice and warm. When they came out, everyone was shouting ‘Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas!’ and ‘Hello!’ to them and waving. I was a little bit nervous meeting Catherine because I’m a little bit shy.
Zoe: Then it was Eugenie and Beatrice and their husbands, and Andrew and Edward and the rest. There were quite a lot of them! The only one not there was the Princess Royal, but her children were there. And Mike Tindall got quite a big reception when he passed through - I’m guessing he had an I’m A Celebrity fan-base there. The crowd was roaring!
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