Earl: Baby has changed my life - From BBC News
The Earl of Wessex has joked his life is now controlled by "two women" after the birth of his first child.
Prince Edward, who stood in for his wife Sophie at a Buckingham Palace reception, said his life had changed dramatically in the last week.
"If you're wondering why I'm standing up here, I don't know which planet you've been on," he told guests from the brain injuries charity Brainwave.
Mother and daughter remain in separate hospitals after Saturday's birth.
'No dress'
The baby, who weighed 4lb 9oz, was born a month early by emergency Caesarean section after Sophie became ill.
She was then transferred as a precaution to a neo-natal unit at St George's Hospital in Tooting, south London, while her mother remained at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey.
My wife really changed a few days ago and my life is now not run by one woman but two women
Earl of Wessex
Edward was abroad on an official visit at the time, but flew back to visit both his wife and daughter on Sunday night.
He told the Brainwave reception on Wednesday: "My wife really changed a few days ago and my life is now not run by one woman but two women."
He said Sophie, who is president of the charity which rehabilitates children with brain injuries and special needs, had been "adamant" the event should go ahead despite her absence.
She had "asked me to stand in for her, which I can do from time to time - but I don't agree to wear the dress", Edward joked.
The earl received a teddy bear as a gift for his daughter from a 14-year-old cerebral palsy sufferer.
Natalie Preston, from Southport, learned how to walk during a therapy programme at Brainwaves' national centre in Somerset.
'Good progress'
Edward had earlier visited Sophie at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, where their daughter was born.
A spokesman for Buckingham Police said both mother and daughter, who are expected to be reunited on Thursday or Friday, continue to make good progress.
Meanwhile, police have apologised for an error which meant the countess had to wait 30 minutes for an ambulance after going into labour prematurely.
A Surrey police inspector has been moved to desk duties after he failed to send an ambulance to Sophie's Bagshot Park home, mistakenly believing one had already been called.