Jason Knauf, a former aide for Prince William, lately opened up concerning the media frenzy surrounding the start of Princess Charlotte ― and the way he virtually unintentionally leaked the information earlier than it was formally introduced.
Start bulletins from the British royal household are a number of the most anticipated information tales across the globe, particularly because the royals don’t reveal the intercourse of their child or their title forward of time.
“You have hundreds and hundreds of journalists and photographers from all over the world that arrive in London, camping outside, trying to get their spot,” Knauf mentioned, describing the scene from 2015 in an interview with “60 Minutes Australia.”
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He added that “Behind the scenes, you have a very pregnant member of the royal family and her husband who are trying to get their lives organized for the arrival of a different child.”
When the princess was born on Could 2, Knauf was one of many first to know the entire particulars ― which he almost let slip.
“We weren’t going to announce it for another couple of hours, and I had this piece of paper to go write this press release,” Knauf shared. “And I’m still out there with hundreds of journalists trying to have a game face, and then I couldn’t find the piece of paper, and I think I had dropped it somewhere on the street.”
“Somewhere on that street the entire time was a piece of paper that said there had been a little princess born, what time and how much she weighed,” he mentioned, including that his coronary heart was racing main as much as the large second.
However the announcement went off with out a hitch ― or an early leak ― although Knauf by no means positioned the piece of paper in query.
“Neither did any of the media, though, so that’s all that really mattered,” he mentioned.
The then-Duke and Duchess of Cambridge put out an announcement later that day that their child woman, the couple’s first, was born at 8:34 a.m. She weighed 8 kilos, 3 ounces.
Although William was current for the start, he later left to get Prince George and produce him to the hospital to fulfill his new child sister, presenting one other lovely photograph alternative for well-wishers:

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