What was it like knowing that so many people outside?
After you've given birth and
you're in your little cocoon with your new family.
Yeah, it was slightly terrifying. I'm not going to lie.
Were you like, switching the telly, go
"Oh, no. They're covering us as well. They're stood outside."
No, it's hard to like decompartmentalise. What's the word?
- Compartmentalise? - Compartmentalise, yes.
The whole thing. Because, you know,
everyone had been so supportive.
Both William and I were really conscious that, you know, this was sort of
something that everyone was excited about.
And we were hugely grateful for all the support
that the public had shown us. And actually, for us to
be able to share that joy and
appreciation with the public I felt
was really important, but equally
it was coupled with
a newborn baby and sort of inexperienced parents
and the uncertainty about what that held.
So there was all sorts of sort of mixed emotions and—
How I was after giving birth did you come out?
Oh, my gosh. I can't remember. Everything was a bit of a blur.
I think I stayed, I did stay in hospital overnight.
I remember it was one of the hottest day and night, with huge thunderstorms.
So I didn't get a huge amount sleep.
But George did which was really great. But I was keen to go home
Because for me being in hospital,
I had all the memories of being in hospital because of being sick.
So it wasn't sort of as if I wanted to hang out,
hang around. So I was really desperate to get home
and get back to normality.
But I think you think,
particular with a first-born baby, you think that everything is going to
go back to how it was.
I totally underestimated
the impact and the change it had on our lives.
from that moment really and I think unless you've
got children
you don't realise no amount of planning and
preparation can get you ready for that moment.
I can remember just
sitting and watching and waiting for you to come out of the hospital.
And it was that massive feeling of celebration.
And also, the Duke when he put Prince George
in the car, that was seamless.
But people didn't really think so at the time.
What do we do? He's in a sort, in a swaddle.
How's this supposed to work?
He even tried to practice with a little baby
doll at home.
But you know, it just never works out the way you've planned it.
It was quite hard to do that, I think, on the world stage.
But I think he did a very good job.
Was there like a sigh of relief when you actually got in the car
and drove off?
But also, you're driving away with a newborn baby. It's the most—
I've heard stories about mums who sort of
took their child out of the car seat and put it on the sofa
and didn't want to touch it.
Because they're worried about they were going to do the wrong thing