Smiling warmly while chatting about the stress of motherhood, the Princess of Wales tickles brave tot Amaya-Rae’s elbow.
It was a momentous occasion and welcome boost for the tiny girl’s mum Mischa Hand, who spent nearly a year by her daughter’s hospital bed as doctors told her eight times her premature baby might die.
Amid such bleakness, meeting Kate at the Evelina London Children’s Hospital – where Amaya-Rae spent 166 days fighting for her life – meant the world to the first-time mum.
