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Sophie's 'wonderful girl'
By CHARLES RAE
DELIGHTED mum Sophie Wessex finally left hospital yesterday — and spoke of her “wonderful” and “beautiful” baby daughter.
The 38-year-old countess smiled broadly as she stepped from the NHS hospital, 11 days after giving birth in an emergency caesarean operation.
And The Sun can reveal that the Queen and Prince Philip paid a secret visit to their grand-daughter.
They spent an hour with “baby Wessex” and her parents at the hospital on Sunday. A royal source said: “They were desperate to see the new addition.”
Asked yesterday how her baby was doing, Prince Edward’s wife replied: “She is wonderful. She is doing very well.” Sophie said the baby, born weighing just 4lb 9oz, would leave hospital “soon”.
But asked if a name had yet been chosen for her daughter, she replied: “Not yet.”
The countess was pushed to the main entrance of Surrey’s Frimley Park Hospital in a wheelchair by Edward, 39, as patients and staff cheered and clapped.
She was then handed a bouquet by nurse Molly Sheppey, who had helped look after her.
Sophie said: “I cannot thank the staff and medical team and nurses enough for all they have done for me and our beautiful daughter who will be joining us at home to complete our family very soon. I’m thrilled to be going home.”
She then walked to a waiting car beside the grinning prince, who helped her climb inside.
Royal sources say their daughter, returned to Sophie last week from a special care unit, has put on “a decent amount” of weight.
Doctors are happy with her progress and she may go home early next week.
Sophie, who plans to visit her baby each day until she is released, was rushed to hospital after collapsing with abdominal pains at her Bagshot Park home on November 8.
It is thought she suffered the condition placenta abruptio, which can kill mother and baby in two hours.
A blunder resulted in a half-hour delay in calling an ambulance.
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