Royal baby fever may have gripped much of Britain and indeed
the rest of the world, but as one American interviewer found out, not everyone
is in a frenzy of anticipation.
Margaret Rhodes, 88, stuned CNN host Christiane Amanpour
with the admission. She also defends Queen staying in Scotland after Diana's
death in 1997 The monarch's first cousin and close friend lives in Windsor
Great Park Confidante of the Queen, who often joins her for Sunday drink after
church She was a Woman of the Bedchamber to the Queen Mother until her death
When CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour asked Margaret Rhodes,
the Queen's first cousin andclose friend, if she was excited about the baby,
her answer took the journalist by surprise.
'Not terribly,' admitted the 88-year-old, hooting with
laughter.
Why on earth not? asked the incredulous Amanpour.
Mrs Rhodes, who grew up with the Queen and was present at
the Queen Mother's deathbed in 2002, sighed: 'Well you know, everybody has
babies. And it's lovely. But I don't get wildly excited about it.'
'Heir to the throne?' prompted Amanpour. 'History?'
Eventually, possibly more to move on to more interesting
topics than anything else, Mrs Rhodes conceded: 'Yes, all right. I'm prepared
to be excited.'
The US TV host asked Mrs Rhodes, the youngest daughter of
the 16th Lord Elphinstone and his wife Mary Bowes-Lyon, sister of the Queen
Mother, what sort of life the baby, which will be third in line to the throne,
would have.
Mrs Rhodes said she hoped it would have 'just a jolly,
happy, ordinary child's life', something she said the Royal Family managed with
the then Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret.
She added: 'The king and queen in those days made an
enormous effort to give -- to keep their childhood sort of sacrosanct. I mean,
it was just a time for learning and enjoying.
'And I think that they have succeeded awfully well.'
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