Margaret Rhodes on the Royal Baby

lurker17260 — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 23:20:33 GMT

How refreshing.

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.

When CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour asked Margaret Rhodes, the Queen's first cousin and close 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.'

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.'

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*elizabeths-mum* — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 23:28:02 GMT

Good on her!

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purplecarrot-top — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 23:33:45 GMT

Not overly excited or interested. Got my own new bubs to cuddle.

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